Retainer Level?

[LlenCoram]

>< I fell for it.

[LlenCoram]

Every time I logged in, I'd be offered a grind party to level some DoW class I didn't care about (all of them). I always chose gathering over grinding, 'cause grinding was a chore. Can I have my retainer grind my character when I'm offline please? It's a chore afterall.

[Jacien]

I have a small update regarding retainer levels to share with you.

Based on the feedback we collected in the past, the dev. team is looking to implement different features for your retainer as they level up. For example, we are looking into allowing retainers to perform chores, such as gathering.

As soon as we receive detailed information on leveling up your friendly caretakers and the tasks that they will be able to perform at certain levels, we will be sure to let you know!

Aw yeah, my kawaii waifus will now grind for me!

[Rylock]

To the people saying that they will just come back with random garbage... what good does that do anybody? If you sent your retainer out for the night, and came back in the morning and all that had happened was you are now -5 inventory slots until you npc the trash, would you send them out again? Just gathering what people gather anyway runs into the problems of either it is pointless, or it is too good. Either way, people complain, hell even if they strike a good balance people will complain.

So why not try and make the system more interesting by having them do something players don't already do better.

[Zenaku]

To the people saying that they will just come back with random garbage... what good does that do anybody? If you sent your retainer out for the night, and came back in the morning and all that had happened was you are now -5 inventory slots until you npc the trash, would you send them out again? Just gathering what people gather anyway runs into the problems of either it is pointless, or it is too good. Either way, people complain, hell even if they strike a good balance people will complain.

So why not try and make the system more interesting by having them do something players don't already do better.

because it would help out RMT and the market would be full of stuff and everyone would undercut and not one would make any gil. It should be where it come with junk and sometime good stuff but not always that the point. The retainer getting item should just help you get enough gil to get you by not make you rich.

[Rylock]

because it would help out RMT and the market would be full of stuff and everyone would undercut and not one would make any gil. It should be where it come with junk and sometime good stuff but not always that the point. The retainer getting item should just help you get enough gil to get you by not make you rich.

That doesnt make any sense at all...

[Kraggy]

I have a small update regarding retainer levels to share with you.

Based on the feedback we collected in the past, the dev. team is looking to implement different features for your retainer as they level up. For example, we are looking into allowing retainers to perform chores, such as gathering.

Er, okay, that'll please the botters and RMT in general, with this feature they wouldn't need to actually use their bots.

/shakeshead

[Rane]

I have a small update regarding retainer levels to share with you.

Based on the feedback we collected in the past, the dev. team is looking to implement different features for your retainer as they level up. For example, we are looking into allowing retainers to perform chores, such as gathering.

As soon as we receive detailed information on leveling up your friendly caretakers and the tasks that they will be able to perform at certain levels, we will be sure to let you know!

Sounds like an exciting system! It looks like retainers will be more interesting in 2.0.

Thanks for the update, and I look forward to finding out how retainers will change as they level, as well the method by which they gain levels.

[HiirNoivl]

Chores indeed...

Cuts me deep it does.

[LlenCoram]

Oh... yay... SE really hates gathering don't they? From the videos they've shown, it's pretty clear the new gathering system wasn't designed for gatherers. Now gathering is "a chore" that you can get an NPC to do for you?

Way to keep telling us to do something else. Here's a shocker, some of us actually enjoy gathering. I'm really afraid of what you guys did to fishing...