Quote Originally Posted by Spawnie View Post
yeah they stay 5 levels below you til ur cap level then the retainers can max out :3
This got changed in 3.0 - they can now be same level as you even if you are below 50 - noticed when some of my alts retainers maxed at the 5 below suddenly started gaining xp again even though I hadn't leveled the classes they were based on any more - Might be a bug - but I like it!