3rd Retainer by Default, please?

[Katsaria]

A good start would be getting rid of the limitation known as the PS3. Tired of the excuses at this point.

[papichulo123]

yeah they should give us 3 and 4th retainer free with purchase of expansion totally agree

[Nutz]

The tens of millions of Gil I've obtained from having more than 2 retainers must not be significant then.

I'd have to agree. Most players haven't made millions (let alone tens of millions) of gil with the 2 retainers they have. Adding 2 more would do almost nothing for the average player (pertaining to income only). Very very few people constantly keep their retainers selling items or even have a constant flow of items to sell. If you're suggesting your retainer ventures have produced tens of millions of gil then I'd have to say that you're probably just very lucky, are especially good at planning to use materials and then actually using and selling products efficiently, or you wildly overestimate the amount of gil you've made from your retainers. In any case, it's not anywhere near what other players would be doing with them. I imagine a large number of players would just become starved for venture tokens.

[Geologo]

Would be kind up to me if they give a 3rd and maybe then a 4th retainer as Veteran Reward.
A player who paid FF always could get even a little payment benefits up to me instead of a minion for 3 month of subscription :/

[Faelandaea]

I'd rather have quality then freebies. The money they make off us goes to development. Frankly, the current path FFXIV is on, an upcoming expansion, new dungeons in the most recent patch (with BEAUTIFUL graphics by the way), other improvements such as the upcoming Golden Saucer, choco racing, games, etc . . . all of this is possible due to budget. So, no, leave the retainers where they are.

In the year or so I have been playing this game I have never had an inventory issue. If you pack-rat enough where you need to be featured on the show "Hoarders", then you have the option to purchase extra space to feed your pack-ratting habit.

[Chiramu]

yeah they should give us 3 and 4th retainer free with purchase of expansion totally agree

Because servers don't cost money to run at all do they?

The paid price for the extra retainers pays for the server cost, and I don't disagree with the cost because you can get by with only two retainers.

[EinherjarLucian]

While there are no concrete details pertaining to inventory management at this time, the development team is constantly monitoring the amount of inventory space in comparison with the amount of items added in each update. The dev. team continues looking for ways to increase the amount of items players can store through various methods, including increasing the maximum number of retainers a player can hire.

Short version: We're doing a thing.

[Nutz]

In the year or so I have been playing this game I have never had an inventory issue. If you pack-rat enough where you need to be featured on the show "Hoarders", then you have the option to purchase extra space to feed your pack-ratting habit.

I used to say things like that, and then I went and leveled all crafts and 2/3 of the gathering classes and discovered that there are just way too many items that a player might reasonably have at any time/ all times. Artisan gear has been very helpful, but I'm always low on space and with only 2-3 combat classes. This is also without keeping any stock of low level purchasable materials. Certainly you can get rid of things you don't need right now, but then you just create the headache of mass gathering/ buying when you want to craft something. There are hundreds of useful materials that one might use frequently to say nothing of the inventory mess that fishing can cause.

[Zfz]

Short version: We're doing a thing.

I would actually translate that message as: "It's fine, L2P."

[Jasott]

Or at least add an 8th tab on to all retainers to make room for all the crap that we should be able to put in our Armoires but can't. Master Rogue Ring, all 4 Hitsuji Kabutos, all 4 Starlight Christmas clothing and the False Mustache, the 2 pieces of the Hildibrand set, the Goblin Mask from the Vet rewards, the Friendship Circlet from the Recruit-A-Friend system, the Slime and Dodo Earrings from TGS 2014, the King Slime Crown from the Anniversary event, the Sable Death Mask from 2.35 with maxing all Beast Tribes, and the 5 pieces of the Moogle Attire from FanFest, and the Fat Chocobo Head from the Vet rewards. So in total 24 pieces. Almost 1 retainer tab, and next we'll have 3-4 pieces of Clouds SOLDR gear, so then 27-28 pieces. Taking up space in 2 tabs.