What type of retainers should I have?

[basketofseals]

I've heard botany and fishing are the way to go, but I've also heard people are selling mining stuff by the truckload because of airships.

What job does your retainer have?

[SendohJin]

Botany is the worse right now. you can do Miner or Fisher as one both are useful in different ways, choose whichever you like more.

and i would do your main Disciple of War/Magic class as the other so your Retainer can inherit your gear.

[Someguy]

If you only have 2 retainers then I would do a battle class and miner. Battle class is probably the most useful post heavensward, and miner is probably the better out the land ones. If you have 4 or more retainers then just get one of each.

[Mykll]

Go here.

http://www.xiv-minions.com/list.php?...ethod=ventures

See what minions you really want. Use that retainer.

[Jinglybell]

At the moment the most useful retainer to me is my DOW/DOM one. They can get chimera manes, amphithere skins, deepeye tears and other pain to gather materials. All retainers have their uses though so if you end up with 4 id get one of each honestly.

Also I looked you up and it says you dont have any of your DOL leveled, retainers cap out at your level on the job they are. So you'd have to level DOL if you want to use a DOL retainer of the same job. (DOW/DOM are the same way so youd probably want a conjurer retainer)

[basketofseals]

Is a battle class actually useful/profitable, or is it just the fact that they're easy to gear?

At the moment the most useful retainer to me is my DOW/DOM one. They can get chimera manes, amphithere skins, deepeye tears and other pain to gather materials. All retainers have their uses though so if you end up with 4 id get one of each honestly.

Also I looked you up and it says you dont have any of your DOL leveled, retainers cap out at your level on the job they are. So you'd have to level DOL if you want to use a DOL retainer of the same job. (DOW/DOM are the same way so youd probably want a conjurer retainer)

Leveling another class doesn't bother me, in fact having a retainer would probably be what'd motivate me to get it done. I don't think I'll want a CNJ retainer though, half the fun of retainers is playing dress up with races that aren't your own.

[Moonleg]

Battle class has the advantage that you can set them to farm annoying materials (like Gelato Flesh and Deepeye Tears) while you do stuff that is more entertaining. Like watching grass grow.

[basketofseals]

Is that profitable? Those items seem to only sell for 500 gil a piece. Do they bring them in large quantities?

[SendohJin]

Is that profitable? Those items seem to only sell for 500 gil a piece. Do they bring them in large quantities?

10-30 every hour, depending on the type of item and their gear.

[Welsper59]

Is that profitable? Those items seem to only sell for 500 gil a piece. Do they bring them in large quantities?

Initially, DoW/DoM retainers were leaps and bounds more profitable than the others. Now, it's hit or miss. You need to check your servers market board to gauge which might be the most profitable. Chances are, it's a tie between combat retainers and mining ones. FSH is all right... but again, you'd need to check for prices on your server. For FSH, this would be things like the Blue Cloud Coral, Mogpom, etc.