SE, We need to talk about Leatherworker ...

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I don't wait on my retainers. I'm smart enough to anticipate what I'll need and send them out to get it before I need it.
But you don't? You wait until you need something and then send a retainer out for it?

In that case, I suggest you get rid of the wait by buying the thing you sent your retainer out off the market board and then recouping the gil by selling what the retainer brings back. No waiting required, even if you can't plan ahead.

Your post implied a reduction in mat component would somehow equate to dumbing down crafting. Planning ahead doesn't change the two methods for getting mats have nothing to do with crafting, thus a reduction wouldn't be "dumbing it down." You'd simply be less dependent on your retainer or farming.

Nice try though.