Retainers New abilities!!

[dcdistro]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/spe...The_Maelstrom/

At 4:15 into the video it shows a bit about the retainers the first thing of notice is that it seems to have a set number of leves/ventures at the top.

Secondly, at the bottom is the ability to check your retainers gear and abilities.

Third is the option to reset your retainers level .... the retainers class and level ... pugilist lvl 50.

When the retainer is assigned a venture there are three options, hunting, field exploration and quick exploration.

I am wondering is it possible that you have to level your retainers upto a specific level to do hunting logs as when he is sent out to hunt the apkula eggs it shows various level ranges and also shows an experience gained top right corner.

Whats everyones ideas on this and are you looking forward to an auto farmer, hunter, gatherer??

[Aery]

I see this as kind of a "Train your fighter!" kinda thing. Like in Yakuza.
Kinda like a simulation mini-game.

And i love that kinda stuff O: So really looking forward to it.
What i'd love is, if we can train them to learn certain behaviour / skills and assign them to kinda like tournaments or so.
Put them on a diet plan, work out plan etc. to gain additional stats.
Something along those lines.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

it what Dev call it > Retainer Venture system.

[HakuroDK]

I saw this and I was like, "Damn, crafters are going to love this new system!"

Still enjoyable, though! It'll be nice seeing my retainers, Scritchy and Mosshead, doing some fun things out in the world!

[NintenPyjak64]

I'm looking forward to the hunter/gatherer. I may have Lvl 50 BTN but I'm lazy and occasionally need to gather quite a multitude of items so having the retainer help would be a pleasure.

Hunter because I hate having to compete with 5+ other people and bots for one spawn (total exaggeration but you get my point)

[dcdistro]

There was mention in beta on one of the early live letters that at some point you will be able to take your chocobo into battle with you in dungeons. Maybe with the apparent diversity of jobs etc that retainers appear to have and the ability to level them like a normal player with current jobs ( pugilist as shown lvl 50) as well as gear them and tamper with their attributes as shown in video tab. Maybe it will be their plan to have our retainers join us in dungeon battles instead of chocobo's!!!! This would be quite interesting and seems a lot more viable with what appears in the video.

[Warlyx]

i will put my slav....errhhmm retainers.... to farm stuff for me ^^

[Linadae]

One will hunt for me and the other will deliver exotic materials.

I'd do it myself but...I fall asleep while farming.

[Cabalabob]

Wonder if we'll be able to take our retainers as adventuring fellows after levelling them up through ventures.

[Felis]

F: What about the additional features for retainers coming in patch 2.2?

Y: We will implement a fee based retainer service which we have been announcing since the previous FFXIV days. With that, we’re going to add new features aside from being able to store items, and currently preparing for it.

F: It will be a type of useful feature?

Y: It’ll will be a new play mechanic where you can dispatch. You decide on the retainers job and class, then pay a tip (tip/chip - as in form of payment, tokens) and choose the item you want to obtain. Then you dispatch the retainer. Once the retainer successfully obtains the items, they will gain experience points and gain levels, and will be able to wear different types of gears.

F: Retainers will be able to wear gears for adventurers?

Y: Yes. As the retainer gains higher level, he/she will be able to equip better gear, with that they will be able to bring back a much rarer items.

F: Will the items vary depending on the class/job role we assign to the retainer?

Y: If you want items that drops from monsters then set it to battle type class. If you want items that are obtainable by gathering class, it will be better to choose gather type class.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1913393