Why are we getting more retainers?

[Saccharin]

Why not make an inventory system like the one in GW2 where your crafting materials dont really occupy space and instead are all available at all times? God knows how seriously fulfilling it was to open that tab and see ALL your crafting items, and how many you had of each.

But the problem is they do take up space - on the server. Usually when MMO players complain about space and suggest alternatives to banks like house storage they forget that it has to be stored somewhere. The issue isn't one of game limitations but server storage. yeah, storage for one player might only take a 250KB (made up) but when you have 10,000 players omline and you have another 50,000 players characters stored that don't log in it adds up. The system in GW2 is account wide remember so it's easier to store the items since all character will share it. If we had a crafting bank in FF then we would have up to 8 of those. That would be immense storage requirements.

From an RP perspective I love the retainer system but having multiple retainers just feels clunky; it's also not easy to switch between them. We have different inventories and market slots for each. Now I've had the issue that I've sold all the stuff on my first retainer but I have nothing left to sell in it's inventory. My second retainer has a full market list and has 50 items left in their inventory left too sell. So what I have to do is move the stuff into my own inventory, let's hope I have space, and then place it into my other retainers inventory. I think we just need one retainer with the storage and market slots of two.

I think the issue is with this is how the system was coded, perhaps it uses the same code as 1.0, and when it was designed it wasn't though that we'd need more space. The easier solution is now just to give us a third retainer to switch to. More item juggling. /sigh

It's early on in the games life so this needs to be looked at and fixed. If stuff like this isn't fixed then we'll end up with 10 retainers years down the line and that's not practical.

[Caelan]

Yes, we are getting an additional retainer in the patch.

Source? I can't find anything to substantiate this.

[Radxen]

For some reason I read why are we getting more retards.

Maybe some people want a male and a female retainer to fulfill all their "needs".

[zPanda]

Source? I can't find anything to substantiate this.

I'd welcome the option of getting and additional retainer. However, I haven't heard or read anything official about this being added either.

[odie]

I'd honestly like a change to the retainer to skip the greetings and waiting for them to spawn and say hello. What about a quick retainer option so that when i select that retainer the options for it pop right up?

[Gramul]

I miss the list.
So much more efficient than this...5x5 icon thing.

[jabbywocks]

I'd prefer a bank system over the retainers myself. Just give us one retainer for dealing with the market, and give us a bank for storing items, other than the armoir.

Yes. Please. I'd even be willing to use the F2P bank style of having limited slots and having to pay money to open more. Seriously, this game needs a cash shop. I'd sink ridiculous amounts of money into buying vanity items and bank slots. You. Just. Don't. Know.

[joshsecret]

i love the fact that we will have 3 retainers that i can optimize my selling preferences. selling Leather in Gridania, food ingredients in Limsa, and ores in Uldah to skip the tax. plus u can never go wrong w more storage space. too bad the whole supply-demand ratio is already off and will only get worse. RMT must be jumping up and down for this!

[silentwindfr]

i wish the retainer can be send to do some mission or gathering or stuff like this... will have been a nice way to add stuff to do with them

[Kaelah]

3 retainers makes sense to me, one for each city estate.

I still think there should be some kind of bank system though. Allow us to buy a larger vault. (Increase slots by so many each time.) Or something~ (Though knowing SE they would make the cost of expanding the vault ridiculous so maybe not a great idea.) :P