Got four retainers myself, this is how SE makes there money and aslong as we don't have a choice it is not even going to get looked at, this is expansion number two, the only reason we got a small increase is because of the two extra jobs we got. This has been the biggest complaint amongst the crafting, gathering and glamour player base since the beginning in ARR, across all regions that is. Sad indeed but SE likes subscription based stuff there CEO in a interview he said he sees the future for gaming as a paid service from game development companies and not buying the product to own as a consumer .