Apkallu Shortage

[Sotek]

I wouldn't put too much hope in Ventures. From the trailer I gathered that it'll be a points system; the Retainer had "Number of Ventures: 98", at first I figured that's how many they've done, then when selecting what to hunt, 98 is shown in the top right, and the cost of a Venture is 1. Furthermore, Ventures provide the Retainer with EXP. The logical conclusion being that you level up your Retainer, while Eggs are at Lv.41-45, so Retainers wont be able to farm those for some time. Then you're only getting 7/Hr, with no noticeable way to automate it, meaning if you want a lot you're going to need to camp a Retainer Bell every hour. I also doubt your Retainer can sell and Venture at the same time, so sending them all off would mean you can't sell anything.

There are also two other options besides Hunts for Retainer Ventures to take. We have no idea what those might be, but it's possible it could result in less people automatically farming "rare" items with no effort. I can see it having an impact on the economy, but I can't see it crashing it entirely. Most people in this game are far to fickle for that, the price will crash, they'll forget about it, and the price will return to normal. Exact same thing happened when people realized Pudding Flesh dropped in Pharos Sirius on Excalibur, though I guess you can attribute that to the "difficulty" of the dungeon...