Okay, so I leveled both my retainers to lvl50 miner and lvl50 botanist. Getting them to 50 took at least a month. And I've heard that giving them good gear increases the chances of them bringing you a good item. So I gave them my BIS perfectly melded gear for both classes.

Since then I burned through estimated 400 venture coins and never have gotten an item that's worth more than 15k. And I also can't use my botanist/miner gear since they are wearing it all the time. Does the gear really influence the stuff they bring you? Cause so far I really can't tell any difference.

Anyone else has the same bad luck? Or are my retainers just lazy and useless employees?