Quote Originally Posted by Valendred View Post
It has been confirmed in 2.2 that retainers will be able to go out on missions and gather materials and more. The person who spends their real life money on more retainers will have more access to materials and be able to obtain them much quicker than someone who does not. This is literally the definition of Pay 2 Win if these purchased retainers are able to perform these gathering ventures.

There is much more to be said about this topic but I feel as though I've presented the most important information. I know if this change goes live, I'll be talking with my wallet and cancelling my subscription immediately.

What do you all think?
I think it's a little early to start running around and saying that the sky is falling. Oh no... people can buy 100 retainers and crash the market of Apkallu eggs... so? People farm them to death and do that all by themselves. I'm guessing the materials that people actually need for i90 crafted stuff is going to be gathered from the new nodes that require high levels of gathering just to get something from. Your retainers are unlikely to be able to obtain this stuff for you, and that's the stuff that's likely going to be making the worth while profits. When they start selling i90 gear equipable at lvl 1, then we can start talking pay to win.