Retainers & Retainer Bells

[Dhex]

The Retainer & Retainer Bell UI is extremely tedious.

I'm making this post in an attempt to help streamline player use and eliminate & minimize wasted time.


To utilize the Retainer you currently must;

• Be within target range of a Retainer Bell
• Select the Retainer Bell with either a right click, or target and confirm on controller

Additionally;

Agreed. This would be very helpful.

You left out acknowledging the first retainer's farewell and the second retainer's greeting. That's another couple extra button presses each time (plus a slight wait for each of them). Now I do like the fact that SE has tried to give the retainers some amount of personality (even if it is rather limited), but couldn't that be done in the chat log or with overhead flavor text like we see on some other NPCs, rather than in a dialog box that we're required to acknowledge each and every time?

Adjustments;

If a player is within range of a Retainer Bell allow them to hotkey/shortcut the Retainer menu.

Similar to the Journal, Logs, and Inventory the Retainer menu should be quick and easy to access.

Eliminate the need to target and select the Bell to bring up the Retainer Selection menu.

(Addendum) Remove unnecessary greeting & farewell messages or simply put them in the chat log.

Currently, when you are finished with a Retainer and want to Move to a different Retainer, you must;

• You must select "Quit"
• Selecting "Quit" closes the Retainer Menu & removes your cursor from the Retainer Bell.
• To open a different Retainer you must; Target the Bell, Confirm, and Select a next Retainer

Adjustments;

Simply make it so you can cycle through available Retainers & their inventories without having to target or open various menus.


Exiting the Retainer Menu
Adjustments;

Unlock character movement. If you step away from the Retainer Bell it should automatically close the Retainer menu entirely.
A double click of the ESC or the Cancel command is sufficient to exit the Retainer menu entirely as well.


Please understand that your system is extremely cumbersome and tiring to use daily with any amount of frequency. With multiple Retainers, hourly ventures, and the pace of FFXIV's volatile markets this interface is simply unacceptable and needs more polish.

Thank you.

Dhex Ark


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