Good job, kudos to you. I would support quest based leveling for retainer, with gil costs after. Constant upkeep costs are quite annoying though, I would like to be able to quest without worrying about feature time running out. I also support the ability to transport goods through a linkpearl and tell a retainer where to go. It basically becomes, "minion, go sell this stuff in that town, I'm going to go kill some more monsters!"