Retainers New abilities!!

[Wilan]

Yet despite this, people are still buying two star crafts and materia.

Lazy people will be lazy. Retainers will take time to gather mats, and it takes a good 2-3 stacks worth of mats to AFK SB a crafting set. I'm pretty sure people with the "I don't have time to wait for your sh*t" mentality will still buy mats. The only thing that'll maybe go down is Apkullu eggs.

This.
On a side note, I'm pretty sure that while retainers will be away (and maybe won't be able to be recalled) we won't be able to sell stuff on the market, maybe we won't even be able to access our retainer's inventory. This would mean we wouldn't just be able to send them away on a whim.

[dcdistro]

i guess depends as well if later on they allow the retainer to battle in dungeons with you instead of the previously planned chocobo doing dungeons with players. It would be worth the investment to train them in specific jobs ( tank, white mage )

[Eggnook24]

I think this will actually help the economy. Less supply on the market boards while a majority of players are sending out retainers on ventures means the same demand for items at an increased price.

[LordSliver]

when i think retainer doing stuff for you I think of slave labor.

[Wobble]

So does this further the impact on the market-board with making items more readily accessible?

Most likely no. Considering they can only gather a set amount from what I'm hearing and knowing SE there will be a large cool down timer on reuse.

[Samburi]

Most likely no. Considering they can only gather a set amount from what I'm hearing and knowing SE there will be a large cool down timer on reuse.

And they would not selling anything while doing errands

[Ulathskullsplitter]

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

So from reading that you have to pay your retainer to go gather for you. It better be dirt cheap or else it won't be worth it because almost everything on the market board already sells for practically nothing. Better off just buying stuff than paying your retainer to go get it.

[Duelle]

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

I hope so. I'd also like glamour prisms to affect gear given to retainers. Would make for some interesting outfits. If they can follow me into combat even better.

[Yukiko]

I just hope they dont make the same mistake twice...
You remember the thing with chocobo leveling?
I hope once we choosen the job for retainer it is not permanent.

[Arkghyom]

This reminds me of Grand Fantasia and their sprite system.