Retainer ventures we need to talk.

[Greven]

I have an ilv185ish LNC that I use to farm things that sell well and a BTN one that I send specifically if I need something otherwise I let her go for quick ventures. She is pretty random as expected: got from the infamous sea cucumber to dyes to Coil housing etc..

Lately though I'm sending them in the long ventures to bring back minions.

[chibaby]

all I get from doing the quick ventures is fish or roofs

[FoxyAreku]

I just mostly do 18 hour ventures these days, at least then I can have a chance at a minion to sell and don't have to check it but once a day.

[Gamer3427]

Gathering retainers are worth having at high level, since you can get minions that are only obtainable that way through them, and for a fishing retainer at least, you can occasionally get rare items that would normally take a lot of luck even after getting they myriad of weather and time conditions right. I've been using my fishing retainer to level my CUL desynth past that annoying point right before you can desynth HW fish, since otherwise I'd have hours of grinding ahead of me to do so......

Combat retainers on the other hand, yea, the ventures are pretty worthless. The only real use for them is to gather materials you can farm yourself pretty easily but are too lazy to do. Particularly since Quick Exploration isn't affected by gear, so post level 10 you have no point to level them if that's all you care about. Even Quick Exploration is pretty useless, since your chance of obtaining anything of value is practically non-existent......

In short, Gathering retainers have their uses, while combat ones are pretty worthless and really need to have SE look at them.....

[Sarynth]

Whatever you say, chub.

This is what retainers do on quick ventures

kitty in your comic looks like me o.0

[seekified]

In short, Gathering retainers have their uses, while combat ones are pretty worthless and really need to have SE look at them.....

When compared with each other, definitely. That said, my DRG and WAR retainers have been farming Deepeye Tears and Chimera Manes for months now and it's generating a pretty respectable income for someone who doesn't craft.

[thunderbreak]

My theory is the retainers keep all the good stuff they find for themselves. I mean why would companies have lost prevention and internal affairs department?

I knew these guys were up to no good the day I created them.

[JeffD]

I just have one retainer doing jobs atm cause I am slacking on my tradeskills, but I have generally gotten a good number of dyes, but otherwise just alot of crap. Including common home building stuff, as if they brought me enough to even afford a home.

But yea as for the current problem, much like the current draught of new content because of no content patches, the retainers are stuck on day 0 3.0 mode so while they can be leveled to 60, they have no level 60 content enabled at all, and that sucks.

[Ayerinn]

In short, Gathering retainers have their uses, while combat ones are pretty worthless and really need to have SE look at them.....

With the exception of *maybe* fishing retainers, I completely disagree at high level. Having a retainer go get you Chimera Manes or Deepeye Tears is leagues more useful than have them go get...Aurum Regis Sand? Dark Chestnut logs? The problem with gathering retainers for HW content is ALL THE PAIN IN THE @#$ stuff is HIDDEN or an Unspoiled/Legendary Node, hence retainers can't get them...

[Edgedy]

I almost feel like there should be two quick ventures, one for 2.0 and a second one for 3.0. To distinguish for new classes.