Quick ventures

[olioster]

Since 2.35, when my retainers return from a quick venture, it says they can get rarer items with better gear. Did they make the rarer items available only with better gear or will better gear just increase your chances of getting rarer items?

[Jaarlask]

the latter. the better the gear post 50 the better the change the retainer will find rarer loot.

[Alleviator]

I hate this because my retainers were already very well equipped, with my DoM retainers being between iLvl80 and 90 and DoL being between gathering 383 and 401. My only options now to improve their gear are to either spend my soldiery tomes on weathered gear for my DoM retainers, spend my myth tomes to obtain crafting materials (which really isn't an option for me because I'm a little behind everyone else and just started getting my animus books), or spend my gil to buy crafting mats or already crafted items from the MB. I am simply at a loss as to what to do for my DoL retainers now. I think my only option for my DoL retainers is to upgrade to the Supra primary weapons. Any ideas?

[Alice_89th]

It sounds like they are already equipped to the max Alleviator. I don't think you need to worry about even better equipment.

[TomTom1968]

If you can send them on the highest 18 hour venture, they are well enough equipped. Can't tell if if the cap is below because I was capped before they implemented it. But all of them brought up a message after their next quick exploration that they are good enough for rare items. The first one even brought up a new help section entry.

[Wulfyn]

I think they broke ventures with last patch...my lvl 50 botanist brings back mostly fish .. go figure. Never did that before 2.35. I hate that they expect us to meld retainers gear now -_- . Basically turned retainer ventures into a gil sink.

[Alleviator]

Thanks for the replies! I thought they said at one point recently that they were going to be easing up the requirements for the higher level ventures, but I guess either I misunderstood or their idea of easing things up and my idea of easing things up are two totally different things! I'll keep sending them out. Hopefully they'll start bringing me back something other than fish or tier 1 and 2 materia again.

[TomTom1968]

They kinda eased conditions for the DOL. They added a new 18 hour venture and decreased the Gathering Points you needed for the formerly highest. But in the end, if you wanna send them to the highest venture, you still need 383 Gathering.

[BobbinT]

Just recently started doing quick ventures again due to overwhelming venture coins I got from Ixal dailies. But I only got junk so far. I'm still wondering what is the best properly geared to raise chances to get rare stuff. Right now my archer has i80+ and my miner has 385 gathering.

[dspguy]

I think they changed the "requirement" for better quick venture loot because a retainer with bare minimum gear was coming back with crafting tables worth millions of gil at the same rate as retainers with i80+ gear.