Retainer Spiritbonding

[Jynx]

It opens avenues for players to have a distinct advantage in terms of money making depending on how much they pay to play the game.

I can't agree with this suggestion.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It opens avenues for players to have a distinct advantage in terms of money making depending on how much they pay to play the game.

I can't agree with this suggestion.

Yep, that's the other problem too; people who have multiple retainers beyond the default 2 would have a huge advantage since they can turn their retainers into materia factories AND gather whatever materials they find in ventures. Reeks too much of pay 2 win.

[HakuroDK]

Yep, that's the other problem too; people who have multiple retainers beyond the default 2 would have a huge advantage since they can turn their retainers into materia factories AND gather whatever materials they find in ventures. Reeks too much of pay 2 win.

Compromise: Default Retainers are the only ones who can spiritbind. Extra retainers can't. So once a player gets their first two retainers, they can spiritbind. They can be, like "A-Class Retainers" while the extras earned through paying extra on subs are "B-Class Retainers" and have fewer options available.

I'm just sick of swapping out gear that has, like, 70% spiritbind that I will never use again and missing out on the potential materia.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Compromise: Default Retainers are the only ones who can spiritbind. Extra retainers can't. So once a player gets their first two retainers, they can spiritbind. They can be, like "A-Class Retainers" while the extras earned through paying extra on subs are "B-Class Retainers" and have fewer options available.

I'm just sick of swapping out gear that has, like, 70% spiritbind that I will never use again and missing out on the potential materia.

Then finish spiritbinding?

[Duelle]

It opens avenues for players to have a distinct advantage in terms of money making depending on how much they pay to play the game.

I can't agree with this suggestion.

People using retainers to spirit bond = more materia in the market = lower prices. I'm not seeing much of an advantage.

Would be nice since it would give me a reason to craft stuff without having to set time aside to grind mobs just to spirit bond when I could be doing other things. Like run dungeons and PvP.