So this might be an issue with something on the older systems(PS3) if it's a software limitation. I can't see this being an issue for loading data to the PC versions or the PS4, espically if SE sunk money into the hardware to support the game properly. Also, if you think that a few thousand queries against a database is a problem then you probably don't work in a Data Center that has the equipment to support this type of MMO.

They could always just have all your retainers waiting in your room at the inn so it would load them as you load your room. I'm just looking for centralized management versus individual management through menus that I've done just clicked through hundreds if not thousands of times by now. It's a QoL thing nothing more.