Quote Originally Posted by Liam_Harper View Post
No reason for you maybe. Others like being able to craft most things as they feel like without hoping the MB has it or having to gather all the base materials, again. Especially if you're the crafter in your FC. I can decorate my house, make gear for alt classes, make anything for friends/FC, attempt the Blessed tools, sell various items as markets fluctuate. Not to mention Enix is constantly bringing old mats into new recipes or releasing new sets of mats.

Sure you don't need this, but you don't need anything in a game really. It is a detriment to your gaming experience however. The 10-retainer player has it miles easier.

Personally I don't see how they can keep us on 2 retainers forever. There will be more new glams. There will be Skybuilder part 3, maybe 4, the relic and all the associated bits, more primals+totems, a whole set of 3 star crafter mats, tome mats + sands in 5.3, maybe more mats in 5.4 ...then the next expansion with a few hundred more mats and items and so on. They'll have to give us something.
I mean, it's not really that much extra time involved in getting whatever is needed to craft the thing I want, with exception of special mats (trials, treasure chests, etc). The amount of time it took me to log out, log into alt with 3 retainers full of mats, find the mats, forget exactly what I needed again, check recipe on site, move mats, retrieve mats, craft the thing....

You can see where I'm going with this. For me it was just less of a waste of time/money to just buy what I needed and craft it rather than keeping a ridiculous stash. I just check the thing I want to make, if the mats are under 1k per item I just buy it. If not, I can gather it quick.

...All that said, people who are paying a per-month subscription..with minimal effort and a 3 month-at-a-time payment, you can get up to 8 characters, each with retainers.