10 Retainers - Suggested Spread?

[Caladir]

Good afternoon friends!

I'm going to make the jump to 10 retainers here shortly and I was wondering how you all would suggest the spread to be?

For reference I have two characters, but one still has to finished latest MSQ.

I was thinking 5 Combat, 2 Miners, 2 Botanists, and 1 Fisher.


What do you all think would be more effective? Looking to hear your thoughts and reasoning.

[Aurou]

I personally have 4 Miners, 4 Botanists, and 2 Combat. I had a fisher originally but converted them to BTN and MIN. My reasoning is that fishers can't bring me back crystals and other useful mats in the long run. You get more out of the other retainers and if the fisher gets an item locked behind it, I should be able to afford it over time as it'll get cheaper. Even then, combat isn't as needed either but still useful for the random hides and stuff you might need for crafting.

[ryouma17]

i only have the 2 free retainers why you need so many

[Shibi]

I find, 2 combat, as they are not used much outside of hides at the start of a expansion. Or if you are being lazy and need to get a rare CUL meat ingredient.

Then 4 miners and 4 botanists. The 8 DoL means you have a good supply of crystals or ores/wood for crafting. And if you keep your hunters up a lot, there are more than enough hides for the start of expansion (price on skins drops real fast)

i only have the 2 free retainers why you need so many

Helps with crafting, plus more sell slots = more income.

[Momo_Kozuki]

Don't go Fisher. They barely offer anything useful.

[Nightingaile]

Good Lord man,

what's your monthly cost for that many?

[Caladir]

I appreciate the feedback from those that stayed on topic.

Thank you!

[Taspar]

3 Combat 3 Miner 3 Botanist 1 Fisher would be profitable.

[Thaurnus]

5 min, 5 bot.. the rest are useless!

[Losara]

Miner/Botanist are the ones you want to have more of imo and I need to eventually swap my retainer classes around so that I am not using 4 combat.

Right now I've got 4 combat - 2 botanist - 3 miner - 1 fisher.