Venturing with retainers and chocobos

[Khalithar]

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I'm skeptical on that now. I mean, I have two retainers a level 60 Paladin and a level 60 dragoon, according to the hunting list if I pay them a venture they are able to slay chimera, dragons, griffons, amphiteres, drakes, dhalmels, and all sorts of creatures and securing whatever pieces of those creatures I want all by themselves.

Source: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Hunting_Exploration

So while that may have been true back in 1.0, I do believe the modern retainers are quite capable of watching our backs now. Especially when I imagine my adorable au ra female retainer murdering a griffin and skinning it or ripping the fangs out of a dragon's mouth or carving up a dhalmel for it's meat.