Quote Originally Posted by chrillix View Post
It makes sense to me that you should have to gear your retainer properly to be able to complete the highest level ventures.
Define "properly"? If we had to get our battle class retainers to ilvl 121+, would we then see people making a huge fuss over this? I am willing to bet 'yes', and simply put... that is essentially what this is (except for gathering classes). You have to get some of the absolute top gear and meld it out. Why can't SE just be consistent when dealing with battle class and gathering class requirements when dealing with retainers?

(I could ask why SE can't be consistent between gatherers and battlers as a whole... but that is an entirely different discussion)