For players in the upcoming heavensward expansion, it's clear that many players will be trying out the new classes and switching their main class potentially.

However this poses a problem for their current retainers. Imagine if you main DRG and made your retainer a lv.50 DRG. Now you want to try to main DRK when heavensward releases and assume you have reached lv.60 with it already.

The current problem is that if you want your retainer to be a lv.60 DRK you have to completely reset its level, losing all your progress from lv.50.

But this is wrong and I'll tell you why.

There is absolutely no difference in what a DoW retainer can potentially gather, regardless of class. You can have a WHM or a WAR retainer, they both fall under the category of a disciple of war (DoW) and thus will be able to gather the same items.

So why is it that DoW retainer classes when switched to another DoW loses its level progress?