Retainer max level...?

[heiligeharmonie]

I always thought it rather defeats the purpose of being able to select your retainers class if it has to be one you have yourself. You can't even level your retainers beyond the level you have for that particular class.

If someone wants to level their retainer as a miner to avoid a bit of grunt work harvesting ore, where's the harm? Similarly, if someone chooses to level a Black Mage retainer when their only job is Paladin, why should SE care? It's not like it suddenly renders markets obsolete. Despite their best efforts, retainers still only farm at a snails pace compared to players.

Why should someone who hasn't put in the work to be able to gather cobalt ore themselves be allowed to just level their retainer to go get it for them? That would be incredibly unfair, even if it is significantly slower (though, imagine if someone had 8 mining retainers--they could get close to the speed of a player with significantly less effort, all without the player having ever touched miner). The restriction is appropriate on gatherers, because if the possibility to exploit the system is there, you should at least earn it. Battle/hunting classes? Restriction is pointless.