I currently have 3 retainers however if I weren't lazy to clear them properly, 2 would be fine.

In my opinion crafting is way too easy atm. I only use 2 hq mats in the entire game to do my crafting. They're:

- Hq Luminious Fibers - This is a 2* recipe which I can just run through the 2* macro I made (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...stats-required)
- Hq Celestine - Only a level 54 recipe so quick to hq & gives a nice boost to starting quality.

Since I craft these without hq mats then it means I don't need any other hq mats at all which really helps with inventory/retainer space but when 4* crafts are introduced then I may need to use more hq mats. Guess we'll have to see.