Do you still outfit retainers?

[Kaurie]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

[Gemina]

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

Yup. Higher the iLv, higher the increase in chances of rare items brought back from explorations and quick ventures. Some rather look at RNG as 50/50 regardless of rate though. I can understand why someone wouldn't bother to upgrade, and also understand why someone else would.

[Kaurie]

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

The game is incorrect with that notice. *shrug*, do as you will.

[FoxyAreku]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

It actually does, but just to a set amount. If you're no longer getting the message "with higher gear, your retainer could get rarer items" then you are fine.