Retainer ventures we need to talk.

[Nadirah]

Which class/mission brings minions? Have yet to see those.

[MeridaQ]

Which class/mission brings minions? Have yet to see those.

I believe the top level fisher brings back the geshtal minion (sp) the funny dog one.

[Rorichan]

Here's one from a few days ago:

*level 18 retainer returns from a quick venture.*

"Hey, look what I brought back!"

*Garuda HM White Mage staff*

"...what."

My miner did that with an Ifrit HM bow. I sat there for about five minutes going "HOW?!?" I mean really.. she's a miner! What'd she do, club him with her lantern and pickaxe?

[Doki]

The 18 hour ventures on battle class retainers really need an update. I get the same 2 items at level 60 than I was getting at level 50, even at ilvl 170+

The 60 botanist has either brought back a totally worthless rosemary, or lvl 50 logs.
The 60 fisher has brought back Aetherlouse and Silver Soverigns both equally notaminion :/

[Stormfur]

My miner brings back HQ raw diamonds at the highest possible venture level. I was getting those at level 50 too. <_<

[Bebekurenai]

Mine are lvl51 miner and botanist and mostly bring me back fish...
Rarely a dye, which is what I currently seek on QV but still get loads of fish. I can assume in my case of all QV I send them both out to in a day, the result is 80% random fish, 4% random food or ingredient, 4% a dye (rare or common), 1% some primal weapon or wolf gear, 1% anything not listed before, and the restant 10% is housing related.

I seriously don't understand all the fish spam.

[Taimara]

My 50 archer Miqo'te retainer brought me sweet cream 18 times in a row. So last week I told her one more and I'd fantasia her butt.
She is now a Lalafell and hasn't brought me sweet cream once. In fact, right after the fantasia she brought me the Mog HM Monk/pug weapon.

I've gotten about 10 Fat cats over the past two months too from my fisher.

[Novaura]

For me, I have grown so tired of my retainers giving me completely worthless items no matter which type of venture that I am intentionally running through my ventures so that I run out. I think the retainers going on exploration concept is dead and the only way that retainers can be useful is for us players to have them sell items that we obtain because they will never outdo the player.

[Elladie]

I never use Quick Exploration and only use Field Exploration if I'm levelling one of them up. My gatherers mostly fetch me crystals unless I need specific mats, my FSH gets sharks, my DoW gets skins or whatever I currently need for crafting. I craft and/or sell what they bring back. Do one big crafting splurge a week, mostly making leather, cloth, lumber and food, whatever sells well really. I find it much less frustrating than a constant stream of fish and cottage roofs!

[Iagainsti]

I wish their was a vendor in diddlyshire where we could trade one retainer only dye(metallic/pastel) for one of another colour. Bad enough I get a dye every 20-30th quick venture, but it's a pastel purple. Why can't I trade this for silver.