Retainers, confirmed, you have to pay for them.

[Yurimi]

If you need 40 Slots for Prism's you are doing something totally wrong:



They are just like other Catalyst's; stackable up to 99 x 5 different Grades mean with 1 Stack of each you can Glamour 495 Items. So i dont know what you need 40 Inventory Slots for.

Yes but each prism is tied to a specific craft type 5 grades 8 disciples of the hand

[existingdark]

1- Hate it, won't be paying for it. As others said, as soon as companies start this sort of deal, they'll add more payed features even if they are small. This stuff adds up, and suddenly you're paying 2, 3x the amount you should be for a game that from my understanding, gave us the promise of NOT having a cash shop by giving us a pay-to-play model where everyone is set off on relatively equal terms.

2- I believe it depends completely on how the community reacts. The people who buy retainers will feed into the idea of embracing the idea. Those who do not will not be participating, therefore not supporting it. If we want this changed, starve them of the income they want from the retainer sale, and speak out against it.

[existingdark]

3-No, because even if it's "little" (Which by the way, is the worst argument I've heard), it still exists and still is the start of a possible trend. People who argue the significance of such actions are best to be ignored, as they only use such an argument in replace of something with any bit of logic or solid reasoning.

4- Our voice? No. Our wallets? Yes. Keep your wallets away from this, and your "voice" will be heard. That's just how this works.

5- Yes. They should be given an in-game way of obtaining, just as mounts and aesthetics are. It's not a F2P, don't act like one.

[existingdark]

6- Eventually if the trend continues, yes. Players willing to pay double if not more the current subscription fee will already be able to fantasia whenever they please, hire several retainers, and who knows. They may have increased mount speed, they may have EXP and Gil bonuses from dungeons, they may even have payed consumable stat buffs (usually these last several hours and persist through death) or anything else that a cash shop would provide them.

Also, I was looking forward to a milestone reward ingame in which I was able to earn a new retainer or two. Or inventory space, or something. But alas, that level of accomplishment turned into an instant gratification payed feature. Sadface.

(3 posts because of 1k character restriction)

[Yurimi]

6- Eventually if the trend continues, yes. Players willing to pay double if not more the current subscription fee will already be able to fantasia whenever they please, hire several retainers, and who knows. They may have increased mount speed, they may have EXP and Gil bonuses from dungeons, they may even have payed consumable stat buffs (usually these last several hours and persist through death) or anything else that a cash shop would provide them.

Also, I was looking forward to a milestone reward ingame in which I was able to earn a new retainer or two. Or inventory space, or something. But alas, that level of accomplishment turned into an instant gratification payed feature. Sadface.

(3 posts because of 1k character restriction)

Just for the future if you need get get around the 1k limit just type out your whole post then cut it down to 1k then edit that post and paste the whole thing back in

[Doo]

If there's no need for them, then buying them is throwing money at them at that point. Sure some will bite, but not like how your describing it to be like, people REALLY need it. If it has no purpose people won't buy.

See that? They already artificially created a need for 35 inventory slots + all new stuff that is coming out as well.

5 grades times seven crafts = 35 inventory slots to cover everything if you want to keep them all stocked all the time instead of just buying them when you need them. It's right there in the image (as well as other images so far), Grade 1 Glamour Prism (Woodworking).

[existingdark]

Just for the future if you need get get around the 1k limit just type out your whole post then cut it down to 1k then edit that post and paste the whole thing back in

When several points are needed to be made, 1,000 characters just isn't enough. This is a forum, not a chat room. Forums are designed for more lengthy, well thought out and fleshed out responses.

[Yurimi]

When several points are needed to be made, 1,000 characters just isn't enough. This is a forum, not a chat room. Forums are designed for more lengthy, well thought out and fleshed out responses.

Nono you misunderstand you cut the post "Ctrl + X" then after its posted click edit post then Ctrl+V it back into the existing post to get past the 1k post limit

[Nero]

5 grades times seven crafts = 35 inventory slots to cover everything if you want to keep them all stocked all the time instead of just buying them when you need them. It's right there in the image (as well as other images so far), Grade 1 Glamour Prism (Woodworking).

Oh apologies, did not notice that there are also different kinds per actual Craft.

[FoxiLady]

When several points are needed to be made, 1,000 characters just isn't enough. This is a forum, not a chat room. Forums are designed for more lengthy, well thought out and fleshed out responses.

You do realise Yurimi was trying to assist you? Pretty sure we all know it is a forum and what it is usually used for. As Yuri said if in the future you want to type out your *more lengthy, well thought out and fleshed out responses* do what the rest of us do. Type out your story and then copy and cut to leave approximately the 1000 characters then EDIT your post and paste your cut words back in.