Guild Retainer

[Grit]

A Linkshell retainer is one idea. I personally would prefer a Linkshell/Guild/Company Hall with a treasure chest inside.

The idea of the treasure chest is that linkshell members can add and remove items or gil at will, depending on their needs. Instead of having to ask all of your guild mates "Hey! Does anyone need 1000 Iron Acorns?", you can just put them in the treasure chest for other people to grab as needed.

Another feature of the treasure chest should be customized member permissions. Depending on your rank in the linkshell, you may or may not have access to certain features. For instance, low ranking members may only be able to add items to the treasure chest. As they progress in rank, they are then able to take items from the treasure chest. And at the highest rank they gain access to the gil in the treasure chest. The actual permissions for each rank should be customizable.

Of course.. a linkshell ranking system needs to be added first. And none of these ideas are new or innovative.. they just work well.

[Fieros]

I personally would prefer a Linkshell/Guild/Company Hall with a treasure chest inside.

The idea of the treasure chest is that linkshell members can add and remove items or gil at will, depending on their needs.

Another feature of the treasure chest should be customized member permissions. Depending on your rank in the linkshell, you may or may not have access to certain features. For instance, low ranking members may only be able to add items to the treasure chest. As they progress in rank, they are then able to take items from the treasure chest. And at the highest rank they gain access to the gil in the treasure chest. The actual permissions for each rank should be customizable.

Of course.. a linkshell ranking system needs to be added first. And none of these ideas are new or innovative.. they just work well.

I agree with Grit's comments which remind me of the situation in LoTRO back when I played it- the system worked well.

One problem that immediately comes to mind when introducing shared storage is theft. I don't know the situation on other servers, but there is a bit of drama over on Trabia. In previous games I'm sure we've all seen players bragging about stealing a "guild bank" after they painstakingly earn the trust of their secret targets. Not to say the players of FFXIV would stoop to this level, but introducing shared storage with various permissions will certainly make it possible.