DoL idea: Shepard

[ChexMix]

We all know how much you hate grinding out monsters over and over again just for the chance to get a random drop right?

What if there was a class that treated monsters as gathering nodes? Where you could gather materials X amount of time for a sufficient amount of a certain material you need with all the skills to go with it (kings yield, ect.) without having to rely overtly on RNG. You could also have skills to pacify aggressive monsters before you begin gathering from them. Would make it a ton easier for jobs with more expensive items like LTW/WVR to get mats, and could be pretty fun it it's own right if expanded upon. Just my thoughts.

What do you guys think?

[Dualgunner]

I like this idea, and I've wanted a class like this for a while. It would make leatherworking much more bearable!

[Zoy]

Retainers gather leather and what not I've use it to lvl classes

[Legion88]

Retainers gather leather and what not I've use it to lvl classes

WE don't talk about retainers here.

I would like a DoL like this, just hoping it won't be beast master.

[HakaseNyan]

Yeah, we already have retainers that can do this. Killing monsters yourself does take a while, but if you level up a retainer - they can do it more effectively. Sometimes, they even bring back all of the materials HQ. There's not much an additional DoL class can add at the moment. The three we have pretty much cover everything.

[Miyu20]

Is it even possible to get HQ skins by killing a mob. I don't do much mob farming but I really like the Shepard idea.

[Genaxx]

Since retainers reset on changing class, this would be useful. Or they should just remove the reset and put a cooldown on changing your retainer class, how is it that they forget everything

[Bixillarla]

Is it even possible to get HQ skins by killing a mob. I don't do much mob farming but I really like the Shepard idea.

Yes. There is a chance for the drop to be HQ when you kill a mob.

[Dualgunner]

Retainers can gather hides, and yes, we can also get hides from killing things, however I do not believe that to be sufficient enough to prevent players from having a Shepard for the purpose of gathering off of monsters. Retainers gather materials that botanist, miner, and fisher can gather, however we are still given the aforementioned classes so that we can gather materials on our own. You can also get Iron Ore from killing Coblyn type enemies, but that is also something that is obtainable via gathering.

[Averax]

"Hey there mister blob monster i'ma just reach up inside ya there and take some stuff"

I can't stop laughing. Help.