Wow, this feture is like the resurection of the 1.0 market wards. You had your retainer NPC stand around and actually sell the items market street style. And now that you can "Gear Up" you retainers that would let you show off your retainer's gear and style as well. With the way FC houses are set up you could even use the out door furnature to make a market stall for your retainers as well.

All this really is suppose to be is a cool feature to let you show off your retainer. Personally it's kinda annoying that I have a retainer that looks like a carbon copy of Lightning from FF13 right down to the Blazefire Saber and no one but me can see her. Think less about "What's this improving" and more about "This could be a cool way to display my retainers."

Something I'd love to be able to do is place minnions inside the house. Once I clear final coil and get the Wind-Up Louisoux minnion I'd be able to make a full "Circle of Knowing" round table if I could put all my minnions in one room.