Why Is Gathering Equipment About 10x Too Expensive On Excalibur?

[Akisohida]

It's frustrating as heck.
I get back into the game after a year+ of burnout, decide to gear up my BTN Retainer, and all the level 20 gear on the Market is 30,000 gil or more!

Who, at level 20, is going to have 180,000 gil to spend on equipping an NPC? Or themselves?
Maybe it's because I don't continually sell stuff, but I rarely have more than 200,000 gil at any given time.

[jadeblade]

It's frustrating as heck.
I get back into the game after a year+ of burnout, decide to gear up my BTN Retainer, and all the level 20 gear on the Market is 30,000 gil or more!

Who, at level 20, is going to have 180,000 gil to spend on equipping an NPC? Or themselves?
Maybe it's because I don't continually sell stuff, but I rarely have more than 200,000 gil at any given time.

Try world visiting other severs on your DC, Gilga is one stop shopping centre in Aether prices are lowest there because of the population . Your DC probably have something equivalent.

[Risvertasashi]

First, google "universalis". You can world hop to take advantage of the lowest price, though, not while login queues are in effect, so you'll have to do it at off peak times.

But secondly, at level 20 you don't need marketboard gear. Just get fill ins from NPC vendors. Crap gear is more than enough for leveling. You don't even really need top end gear for profitable gathering right now (Hey, I gather level 90 materials that sell well and my right side is still all level 80).

[Akisohida]

Thank you both; I forgot about visiting other servers, and junk gear.
It's has been a hot minute since I played.

[Jennah]

Wait, you're gearing up your RETAINER.
You don't even need a full set of gear - just enough to unlock the highest 18-hour venture.
Or if you're willing to do it all through quick ventures, you can probably get all the way to 90 naked with just a level 1 main-hand; far as I can tell, they changed it so quick venture XP is the same no matter what they return with.

[Akisohida]

Wait, you're gearing up your RETAINER.
You don't even need a full set of gear - just enough to unlock the highest 18-hour venture.
Or if you're willing to do it all through quick ventures, you can probably get all the way to 90 naked with just a level 1 main-hand; far as I can tell, they changed it so quick venture XP is the same no matter what they return with.

But, and this is just me assuming, won't better gear make my Retainer find better stuff?
Edit: Plus, some expeditions need a certain gear score.

[StouterTaru]

All you really need with retainers leveling up is gathering. You can probably find the NQ gear from NPCs and stick some cheap guerdon materia on it. Don't upgrade the gear until it tells you that your gathering is too low to do ventures.

[Liam_Harper]

But, and this is just me assuming, won't better gear make my Retainer find better stuff?
Edit: Plus, some expeditions need a certain gear score.

Yes, but for leveling you aren't going to be hunting for rare items so you might as well just use quick ventures, which require no gear as far as I know. Then when your retainer reaches max level, you can farm them a scrip set.

[BaconBits]

The real question is why do crafters get a snazzy new waistcoat that doesn't have an unmatchable brown pattern slapped on while combat gear is just a bunch of reused assets.

That's it, I'm challenging Yoshi-P to a Hell in a Cell Ladder match.

[Akisohida]

Do all these tips apply to the retainer I made a combat class? Just give random gear to up gearscore?