SE - Default 3rd Retainer before Fees

[ReplicaX]

Oh really? Last time I checked I was paying to access this game content, wich includes those two retainers.

They are adding more materials, and tons of new gear and the retainers of any person who actively crafts/gathers materials are almost full as of now so yes, we want that 3rd retainer we were told we would get before all this extra fee bs.

That's odd as I recall it was your 2nd retainer and there was no 3rd mentioned. ARR was originally only going to have one, due to streamlining inventory and items overall from 1.0.

However, due to legacy/1.0 players having inventory and retainer slots reduced from 1.0 to ARR they gave everyone in the game a 2nd retainer, free of charge. The whole point behind the Calamity Salvager and rebuilding your retainers.

Never heard of a 3rd being mentioned, please share an official source as ppl want to know.

[Delsai]

Entitled much?

Seriously, why don't SE just pay you cash every time you log in?

This generation is doomed.

[Felis]

Just buy the retainer if you need it. It's as simple as that. We already get TWO for free.

Exactly
And it was also first planned that we get only 1 for free.

[Gextiv]

Just buy the retainer if you need it. It's as simple as that. We already get TWO for free.

How about no.

A free third retainer seems fair, since inventory expansion upgrades have been put behind a cash shop's pay wall.

[Tupsi]

How about no.

Then don't buy it? If you want it you'll get it, if you don't want it you won't get it. Considering your join date is Jan 2014 I figure you didn't know SE already planned to charge us for additional retainers both before and after Yoshi P took over.

None of this is honestly a surprise.

[Felis]

How about no.

Third retainer seems fair, since inventory expansion upgrades have been put behind a cash shop's pay wall.

The free inventory upgrade have already happened.
FF XIV 1.0 started with 180 item slots (character (80) + character bazaar (10) + 1 retainer (80) + 1 retainer bazaar (10))
ARR started with 815 item slots (character (100) + armory chest (325) + 2 retainer (350) + 2 retainer bazaar (40))

If people complain about not enough space with 815 slots, then a 3rd retainer would be also not enough and they would start to complain that the 4th and 5th cost a fee.

^this.

Also, I wouldn't mind so much if the Armoire could actually hold the Seasonal Gear in a timely manner (Dream/Kabuto's/Valentione's... looking at you).

Dream suits and Usagi kabuto are tradeable, still obtainable after the events (in the MB) and therefore would never go into the armoire.

[Gesser]

Dream suits and Usagi kabuto are tradeable, still obtainable after the events (in the MB) and therefore would never go into the armoire.

a) it was still collected from a seasonal event, b) it's purely vanity equipment, & c) it really ought to be allowed into the armoire as an 'exception' if you will.

[Felis]

a) it was still collected from a seasonal event, b) it's purely vanity equipment, & c) it really ought to be allowed into the armoire as an 'exception' if you will.

a) it was originaly collected from a seasonal recipe, to be correct ^^
Hey, all my dream suits I crafted as HQ during 1.0 ^^

Dream Tunic recipe from 1.0:
Dream Tunic Materials 1 (event mats)
Dormouse Fur 2
Cotton Yarn 1

And even in ARR it is still craftable in some way. Only that a NPC craft it for you now. You give him as example a Dream Tunic Material and he give you a Dream Tunic. And because it is tradeable, it was also already be able to get it before the event. At least on legacy servers, who people sold dream gear and the leftover event mats.

[Themis]

Just buy the retainer if you need it. It's as simple as that. We already get TWO for free.

But I want 8 of them for free.

If SE did give us 3, people would just then ask that they actually should get 4 for free, and then it will continue. Can't give people too many inches; they start to add up. I've collected all kinds of gear, and my retainers aren't full. My secret is not storing up crap materials for crafting "just in case I level that craft later". I'll farm them when I do.

I know that, even though I don't really need it, I'll likely still purchase at least 1 extra retainer. Why? Helping to support the game. More money towards server costs might just provide enough extra to keep upgrading them and making them better. I think of it like investing in the future of the game.