Quote Originally Posted by BigRed5392 View Post
not true. it is easy to save up the game throws gil at you. a fc mate of mine put a 5K gil limit on his character every time his gil went over, they would put it on their retainer till they got 5K in 2 days they saved up 500K just from quest rewards, fates.
You can also make a fortune if you know which Hunting Ventures to send your battle retainer on. All the more so now that they put minions behind Quick Ventures which any retainer can get, afaik