Quote Originally Posted by DrWho2010 View Post
so you're just saying you just want more lootz and are too lazy to farm or send out your retainer yourself. okey
No, I'm suggesting an alternative means of gathering such items for people who like gathering classes and want more control over their RNG rather than having to kill a bunch of mobs because they need specific leather or claws by the boatload. As for the retainers, that's why I don't fish since that's all they bring me whether I want it or not.

Quote Originally Posted by kikix12 View Post
Though it would be 'possible', it's not going to happen. It would be a major sim mini-game or it would be broken. And a sim mini-game would not work because it would require some sort of 'farm' which would need to be quite large and a method of obtaining the animals. The necessity of tending for them would also become quite a chore. If it could be gotten from wild monsters then it would be broken as it would be way too easy to obtain compared to disciple of war or magic with no drawback. As it is, disciple of war or magic sacrifices "time" to kill the monsters for a chance at the loot. A shepherd would need to sacrifice something as well. It's fine with the current DoL since they have unique resources, but a shepherd would fight for the spot of 'gatherer' with someone else so it needs to be somehow balanced. For example by requiring some care and more time, but for a higher and guaranteed yield. But, again, that requires a lot of frame to work, something this game have major issues with providing.
And you're misunderstanding both of us when you keep calling it "Shepherd". In fact, you're confusing ElHeggunte's DoL job that he specifically called "Salvager" in these forums for a reason: you go out and find stuff, just like any MIN or BTN, and even though I had been using the name of "Scavenger" for it elsewhere, it still follows the exact same principle. No mini-game involved outside of all that gathering is (although one could argue FSH is more of a mini-game).