Quote Originally Posted by Xlantaa View Post
Well. Stop buying retainers. No one buy retainers. That service will die.

But if you pay for 9 retainers, well. They won't stop. It is the same as DLC. If you don't want DLC everywhere, stop buying them.
You are correct, but its easier said then done. You only need a handful of player to keep renting the retainers, for SE to see it as a sucess. Its like with the F2P games. Majority of F2P players do not buy alot of items, maybe a glamour, inventory or a mount, but there are small group of players who spend alot of money (whales) and their monthly spending outweigh, the players not spending anything. I reckon its the same with FFXIV, if majority of the players decide to not spend a cent on the retainer service, it wont change a thing, because a small group of players will be renting 6 extra retainers for their characters.

Unless the whole community comes toghter and stops spending money on the retainer service, nothing will change.