Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
That 'conjuring' of high value items is, as far as I can remember, dependent on using ventures and being smiled upon by the RNG...hardly an automatic thing eh?
Quick ventures are for gambling addicts and newbies. The real money is in Mining/Botnay ventures, which give guaranteed returns on specific items which can be sold for a premium.

And again, you ignore the basic truth that extra retainers do change gameplay; specifically, they double the rate of acquisition and thus the rate of income a player with only two retainers can hope to achieve. That is a significant gameplay advantage.