Thread: Retainer Changes in 5.4

So from my understanding they just changed the way things worked with Quick Ventures, but not the others since it specifically states the changes were to quick explorations in the patch notes. Before certain "rare" items were locked behind your retainers ilvl. Meaning you could only get certain items if you ilvl was high enough. And it was never really that high to begin with.

But now, if I read the patch notes correctly, rare items are now locked behind your job lvl instead of you ilvl, but a higher ilvl gets you a chance to snag more items or hq versions if available. I personally would not meld materia onto my DoL retainers, generally the base stats on the previous patch's gear were good enough to max them out. I put my retainers in scrip gear and call it a day, personally, since scrip gear is insanely easy to get and its more than enough to max them out. Same with DoW/M. They always get dungeon gear and its more than enough.

The only things different I have been getting today were a bunch of deepshadow gear, like a lot of it. And these retainer packages that when used have been giving me rare dyes. I got far fewer fish than normal, which is a blessing. Quicks were notorious for giving you a bunch of worthless fish.