Request - Allow Retainers to gather Clusters

[Tigerlilley]

Hitting the raid crafts for savage and wondering why this is the only mat retainers are still unable to get. They can even get timed Stormblood nodes now but still no clusters.

Unless they are hidden somewhere in these menus and I can't find them.

[Paladinleeds]

Quick question, as someone without any gatherers at 50 (so can't level the retainers to that point either), can other ARR timed nodes be gathered by retainers? What about Heavensward timed nodes?

[Tigerlilley]

Quick question, as someone without any gatherers at 50 (so can't level the retainers to that point either), can other ARR timed nodes be gathered by retainers? What about Heavensward timed nodes?

Yes to both of those, ARR and HW time nodes.

[Paladinleeds]

Yes to both of those, ARR and HW time nodes.

From my understanding of doing research via Bing, Clusters are just another timed node, aren't they? If so, then why aren't they gatherable by retainers... I'm definitely seeing an inconsistency there. Perhaps someone can give a more solid reasoning as to why SE haven't added them if this is the case.

[Bacent]

From my understanding of doing research via Bing, Clusters are just another timed node, aren't they? If so, then why aren't they gatherable by retainers... I'm definitely seeing an inconsistency there. Perhaps someone can give a more solid reasoning as to why SE haven't added them if this is the case.

I think it's the same reason why fishing retainers can't get some of the more rare fish, like ones you have to mooch+ off of. If the retainers could grab things that are usually in high demand, it'd devalue everything. Plus you tend to get more clusters from the following - https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...rial_Reduction

[Tigerlilley]

I think it's the same reason why fishing retainers can't get some of the more rare fish, like ones you have to mooch+ off of. If the retainers could grab things that are usually in high demand, it'd devalue everything. Plus you tend to get more clusters from the following - https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...rial_Reduction

They can get new items that are in high demand though, like the new Ala Mhigan Salt which is a timed Stormblood node and the new battle mats needed for weaver and leatherworker which have insanely high demand, much higher than clusters. They can also get shards and crystals - it kinda doesn't make any sense for the clusters not to be included.