Pay for your inventory.

[The_Last_Dragoon]

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So to sum it all up you literally want everything in the game because you never know when you may need it (and yeah, I left out the accessories because any class can wear any ring, so most normal people who have extremely disposable income maybe have 5 or so accessories that aren't able to go into the Armoire that they use to glamour), you have a distinct paranoia and distrust for any authority that hinders you in your goal to get everything, and the fact that you think everything can and should happen at the drop of a hat to appeal to your view of the world. I can just see you on your Culinarian now:



Jokes aside, most MMOs that allow you to buy inventory space severely restrict said inventory space to the point where even an economically sound player would need more space. In FFXIV's case it is indeed a significant amount of space, but it's also an extremely excessive amount. It's perfectly fair that if you want to have that excessive space that you pay for it, and since it's only $2 a month per retainer I can scarcely believe you're this up in arms at it since it's obviously not something that the average player would ever even consider paying for. If SE actually takes your complaints to heart you must realize their solution won't be to give you 8 free retainers, it will be to once again limit it to 2 without even the option of additional retainers.

All in all, it's the very principle itself that is offending - and if someone can't see that, regardless of how it might or might not affect them, they need to open their eyes (or if they don't want to, then they're just ignorant)