Do you still outfit retainers?

[Renius]

I have both with ilvl of 200 but I think there is no reason to keep getting them outfitted anymore, there seems to be no reason whatsoever they have brought back the same garbage since they got maxed.
Is there something I am missing?

[Canadane]

I just give my retainers the latest replaced set if gear as I improve. No real reason not to.

[Kosmos992k]

I just give my retainers the latest replaced set if gear as I improve. No real reason not to.

Exactly, hand me downs are free, and of course the glamours go with them, so if I like the set on me, I will like it on my retainer - properly laundered before gifting it of course...

[Chocolys]

I just give my retainers the latest replaced set if gear as I improve. No real reason not to.

Same and eventually glamour since I have one retainer placed on the garden.

[Kaurie]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

[Gemina]

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

Yup. Higher the iLv, higher the increase in chances of rare items brought back from explorations and quick ventures. Some rather look at RNG as 50/50 regardless of rate though. I can understand why someone wouldn't bother to upgrade, and also understand why someone else would.

[Kaurie]

Gearing them does affect quick ventures. The game outright tells you that you can improve your chances of getting rare items if your retainer has better gear. While you can still get rare items if they are not geared, it's still a low chance if they have bad gear.

The game is incorrect with that notice. *shrug*, do as you will.

[FoxyAreku]

It became quite clear that gear doesn't affect quick ventures, and that is the only thing I send my retainers on. At the lowest ilvl possible, I still receive things like rare dyes, rare mats, HQ crafting armor and rare housing items. I stopped worrying about gearing them ages ago.

It actually does, but just to a set amount. If you're no longer getting the message "with higher gear, your retainer could get rarer items" then you are fine.

[Atoli]

Like most others so far, they just get my hand-me-downs.
This has lately led to a weird situation where my no. 1 retainer had a higher ilvl than me..xD
Since he got the ilvl 250 crafted gear that I had traded in for Alex gear with better substats and I dropped the Sophia SMN book (his class) before the BLM staff (my main), so with that weapon he was suddenly better geared than me

He's still higher than my secondary cass, healer, who is only 246 so far.