So uh, how's the storage situation progressing? ^^;

[Camate]

Hello,

Below is a response from Yoji Fujito in response to a couple of additional inventory-related requests and questions.

Hello,

We are making progress with our plans and investigation as to whether we are able to boost the amount of items that you can hold in your inventory. While one specific plan is to add another type of inventory that can be carried around, we are still continuing to look into all of the other requests and ideas you have submitted. With that said, I would like to respond to what I can.

• Porter Moogles
  
  Can you make it so that a full moogle storage slip can be made into a key item?
  
  We can make it so that a single moogle storage slip that has all the pieces of equipment stored on it becomes a key item; however, this would make it so we are unable to add equipment that can be stored to these slips even if there are open spaces for it in future version updates. The reason is that when you restore an item that was converted into a key item to its original state, it will cause the storage slip to revert back to it's item state with the most up to date changes applied, so in other words it will show as having items stored that you did not store.
  
  This means that there will be no way of retrieving these items unless we do this when we are sure there will be no more items added to Moogle Storage Slips or the data has reached its limit for a slip.
  
  Also, as I mentioned previously, the Porter Moogle system was created to compress your items as much as possible. Compressing it any further would make it less convenient than you think to freely add and remove items.
  
  Is it possible to make it so we can direct equip items from storage slips that have been converted into key items?
  
  This is not possible. Items would have to be restored to their item form in order to equip them, and that item data needs to reside on the client. This is essentially the same thing as increasing inventory spaces, and would result in the same issues.
  
  Can you change the content of storage slips?
  
  As a current policy for FFXI specifications, we will not be moving the location of saved data. The main reason for this is so that we are able to secure data restoration. While this would be possible from a technical standpoint, we will not be doing it.
  
  
• Inventory
  
  Can you make it possible to use items inside of other bags?
  
  The answer for this is the same as the question asking if we could make it possible to equip items that were in other bags. In order to equip or use items in other bags, we would have to break past a lot of the core system aspects. We are currently estimating the tasks for this, and it will most likely take a bit of time until we have a conclusion.
  
  
• Storage
  
  Can you make storage that is shared between accounts?
  
  We are currently looking into this and whether we can make what you are all requesting. If it's only something that you can retrieve eight items from at a time then it wouldn’t be much different than the delivery feature. We are proceeding with our investigation to make this happen.
  
  Can you make a massive storage system that is limited to only our Mog House?
  
  For this as well, we need to investigate how we allocate our system resources or if we can restructure the system.
  
  
• Other
  
  Item loading after entering a zone
  
  Previously I mentioned that increasing the amount of items you can hold in your inventory would naturally increase the amount of time it takes for the items to load when entering a zone. Lag is generated by the communication between the server and the client. While we will not be able to completely fix this, we are searching for some way to do something about it.
  
  Will there by a continuation for Trial of the Magians?
  
  I'm sorry, but unfortunately this is not something I can answer. While you might be thinking it's I who created it, this is not only related to me as we need to make sure that it meshes with Adoulin content, so unfortunately I cannot respond to this.

With all that said, there are a lot of replies with an “under investigation” status. However, as we cannot ascertain whether or not these are all possible or not it’s difficult for me to explain to you all at the moment. We appreciate your understanding about this, and please know that we are working hard towards providing the most comfortable conditions possible.

Thank you very much.

[Alpheus]

Well at least the Dev lead for item storage or w/e is responding. As always thank you for the translation Camate.

[Catmato]

Can you make a massive storage system that is limited to only our Mog House?

For this as well, we need to investigate how we allocate our system resources or if we can restructure the system.

Thank you for looking into this. Please try your hardest to make this happen.

While we will not be able to completely fix this, we are searching for some way to do something about it.

While I understand it's not desirable to have a long wait when changing areas, I believe it's something the player base would be more than willing to put up with in exchange for more space.

we need to make sure that it meshes with Adoulin content, so unfortunately I cannot respond to this.

I really hope this is something you can do. It's a great system that you put a lot of work into, but is currently going to waste.

Thank you and keep up the good work.

[Vivivivi]

Thank you for the detailed response! It's very much appreciated

[Vinedrai]

tldr; no, no, no, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, <i don't know how to answer that question>

seriously though, it is always nice to get some answers, at least, whether we like what we hear or not. with very limited numbers and sources plus the spaghetti code, they are still doing a very good job keeping the game alive and kicking (ok, it is more like crawling these days but you got the point :P).

[Krashport]

Could we at the very least have; Accessories, Belts Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 10 (Empyrean Armor+2)", this way we would not be needing "Storage Slip 08 (NQ Empyrean Armor)" and "Storage Slip 09 (Empyrean Armor+1)" once we've gotten all Empyrean Armor+2.

"Storage Slip 06 (Relic)" Accessories, Belts, Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 13* (Relic+2)".

"Storage Slip 08 (NQ Empyrean Armor)" Accessories, Belts, Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 10 (Empyrean Armor+2)".

This would free up 4* spaces, Please and thank you!

[PriestBilly]

Probably something only I would be interested in, but when "storage that is shared between accounts" was mentioned, I had always envisioned a Linkshell storage system, kind of kin to the Guild Banks in so many other MMOs. I realize this is probably a pipe dream at best but thinking of a large crafting linkshell that would put crafting items into the Linkshell Bank and you could withdraw from it (in stations like a Delivery Moogle or maybe even like a Sack/Satchel).
Would such a system be possible, or even desirable at this point?

[Kavik]

An idea struck me as I was messing about in my mog garden today. Could we have some kind of chest in our mog garden that is similar to the gil box (I love putting gil i'm reserving in there so I dont spend it all). So if we run out of our main inventory space we could have say a box that has 80 inventory and we could just plop stuff in it, but could only access it from the mog garden, kind of how like storage used to be as well. For example, all the stuff we get from our mog garden could go in there since none of it displays on our characters.

This last bit is just theory assuming the above is possible. We could put multiple boxes in the garden. Then each box would be it's own code? OR or! Make a box for each mog slip, then you could free up the inventory being used for the mog slips and keep the same idea? Not really sure how that all works but it'd be neat, and make sense from a Lore standpoint. We are saving our goods in 'crates' and 'bins' and such like.

[Czeph]

Could we at the very least have; Accessories, Belts Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 10 (Empyrean Armor+2)", this way we would not be needing "Storage Slip 08 (NQ Empyrean Armor)" and "Storage Slip 09 (Empyrean Armor+1)" once we've gotten all Empyrean Armor+2.

"Storage Slip 06 (Relic)" Accessories, Belts, Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 13* (Relic+2)".

"Storage Slip 08 (NQ Empyrean Armor)" Accessories, Belts, Earrings, Backs Etc~ moved to "Storage Slip 10 (Empyrean Armor+2)".

This would free up 4* spaces, Please and thank you!

I would suggest 1 modification to this.
Allowing us to store accessories on empyrean armor slips 8, 9 and 10, so as you progress through the upgrading system for armor, you can remove 8, and then 9 as you go. The same would apply to relic armor storage slips, allowing us to store accessories on slips 6, 7, and 13.

I shudder at the thought of having to sift through stored -1 relic armor whilest grabbing relevant gear for the job I am intending to play.

[Zohno]

Changing what a slip stores means that they would have to update each character's slips data.
If the character doesn't have the slip for the moved items then it has to be automatically created.
If the bag is full then the conversion cannot be done.

So a probable answer is no.