I agree that poor Rukkirii shouldn't be getting hammered for her word choice...

I don't mind retainers gathering as long as it doesn't effect my personal pocketbook. If there's too much retainer gathering, or if retainers are searching the wards for deals, and auto-buying things and then auto selling them at higher prices, it could be exploited to really skew the markets.

But if retainers can't sell the items they gather and someone sent out their retainer for a small amount of low level / common things (or things that aren't commonly sold because they're so easy to get) and they used them for their own personal craft project, I really wouldn't mind it at all.

If retainers can search for prices while you're out of town and then you can tell them to "buy this item" while you're LOGGED IN, and then they deliver it to your bag.... I would so be for this feature because I would love being able to see market prices without having to go all the way back or ask someone to search for me. That would be stellar.

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