Gearing Retainers...

[RiversideGuy]

So I have 2 gathering retainers, one miner, one botanist. I went to start gearing them up to 620 gear (they are both 90), but forgot and hit a snag. Forgot that scrip gear was unique... so with no warning, it let me buy a second 620 coat, which, of course, I could not equip.

HOWEVER, I see both retainers wearing the exact same "unique" 590 script gear (Perfectionists). Somehow I managed to do that, but can 't for the life of me remember how.

What is the trick?

[MistakeNot]

You can have separate copies of a "unique" piece of gear in your inventory, in your saddlebag, and on each retainer, all at the same time.

So buy piece of gear, equip it to the first retainer, buy a second copy of that gear piece, equip it to the second retainer, buy a third copy, equip it yourself.
Shouldn't be a problem.

[RiversideGuy]

I only have 2 copies of the chest 620 DoL gear... one is equipped on one retainer and I can NOT equip the other one to another retainer. BUT somehow I managed to do that with the 590 gear, I have 2 of that, each one of the 5 equipped to a different retainer. Trying to equip that second 620 one from my Armoury chest or my inventory, same results, will not equip.

Oh, I have NONE of that gear on my in-game MIN/BTN. They have all crafted gear.

[Toutatis]

I only have 2 copies of the chest 620 DoL gear... one is equipped on one retainer and I can NOT equip the other one to another retainer. BUT somehow I managed to do that with the 590 gear, I have 2 of that, each one of the 5 equipped to a different retainer. Trying to equip that second 620 one from my Armoury chest or my inventory, same results, will not equip.

Oh, I have NONE of that gear on my in-game MIN/BTN. They have all crafted gear.

I have no issues with that. Maybe it's because you have a duplicate of the set piece you are trying to replace in your inventory. To be able to equip the 620, you have to be able to unequip and place the other piece in your inventory.

[Jojoya]

Sounds like the problem is you still have the first Perfectionist body from your MIN in your inventory/Armoury Chest. You need to place that elsewhere, then you can equip the new item to your BTN and its current Perfectionist body will be able to go into your inventory.

Perfectionist can be desynthesized now as well.

[MistakeNot]

I only have 2 copies of the chest 620 DoL gear... one is equipped on one retainer and I can NOT equip the other one to another retainer. BUT somehow I managed to do that with the 590 gear, I have 2 of that, each one of the 5 equipped to a different retainer. Trying to equip that second 620 one from my Armoury chest or my inventory, same results, will not equip.

Oh, I have NONE of that gear on my in-game MIN/BTN. They have all crafted gear.

Do you get an error message of some kind when you try to equip the gear to your other retainer? If you do, what does it say?
And just to check the obvious, the retainer you are trying to equip the gear piece to has the right class/job and the right level for it?

[RiversideGuy]

I'm an idiot... eventually it dawned on me that the "duplicate" was in fact the old gear I was replacing... except for tools, both BOT & MIN take the very same gear. I took the 5 piece set of Perfectionists gear and dumped them in my glamour dresser. Problem solved.

[Toutatis]

I'm an idiot... eventually it dawned on me that the "duplicate" was in fact the old gear I was replacing... except for tools, both BOT & MIN take the very same gear. I took the 5 piece set of Perfectionists gear and dumped them in my glamour dresser. Problem solved.

Glad you solved it. In EW only the 570 scrips sets are job specific. Beyond that there is one set for all 3 DoL jobs and one for all crafters (save tools which remain job specific of course).