Yes I do have some gear I should deal with, but the vast majority is not gear. Guess I'm too used to how it works in WoW... where I'd gather everything from low level on up to level crafting class using those mats. Of course, there isn't near the variety of stuff over there as well. I DID get some use from some fish I got going 10-15 for some 15 leves wanted THAT in 3 levels of fishing, never once came from the water (had to hit the FC for the summoning bell because I had it on a retainer). At this point, I think the only crafters I think I want are CUL and ACM (assuming those are the right acronyms). It's also haS been not easy to get my head around the value system of the in-game currency (just spent 120k for a rep mount that I'd pay 5k in gold for in WoW). AND that one use items can go for substantial amounts of gil. Seems everyone has multiple, multiple millions...

Anyway, being new I have no way to judge what is or isn't hard to get.

I'd still really like to have an idea of how many retainers folks carry...