Inventory Tabs

I decided it was worthwhile to make a thread for this dicussion after seeing the below posts from this thread.

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

We have discussed in the past the possibility of separating things like materia, or equipment, into tabs but it would only be for ease of sorting and not to add additional storage slots.

We'll continue to pass along your comments and suggestions, so keep 'em coming.

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Originally Posted by Sabaku_Usagi

That's a little disappointing IMO, but I can understand the limitations. If we could have separate category tabs & an "all" tab I'd be all for it!

IE:
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|_ALL_|_GEAR_|_ITEMS_|_MATERIA_|_CRYSTALS_|_CURRENCY_|


ALL: Would show the inventory as it currently get's displayed with sort options
GEAR: Would show equip-able items only
ITEMS: Would show crafting materials, random items (like totems), etc.
MATERIA: Would show materia
CRYSTALS: Same as it currently is (not sure if that's the "ingame" version or not)
CURRENCY: Same as it currently is (not sure if that's the "ingame" version or not)

EDIT: This would make a heck of a lot more sense when selling items as well. I've come dangerously close a few times to selling my equipment and being able to exclude both materia and equipment would save me from that mistake.

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I have seen/heard/made comments like this in game and on forums but I have never seen a thread specifically requesting this kind of change. I have felt this was needed for a very long time, myself.

What are your thoughts? I personally don't think it needs to add any space at all. Organization and sanity are the real needs here.

It would make all sorts of things a heck of a lot easier to do. Selling items, Crafting, Trading, etc etc. I could see Crystals and Materia being in the same tab, but having them separated has it's advantages too.

I would kill for this to be honest. I would really love some ease of sorting when it comes to my inventory even if it was just a separate tab for armor/weapons. This would be immensely helpful and convenient.

Agreed, although I think this is one of the things we'll be able to do/have to do ourselves post 2.0 when we can modify the UI.

Could you please add the option to sort by durability also (lowest durability at the top of the list), it would make it much easier when repairing your own items or putting them up in the bazaar for repair.

Maybe add buttons to the top of the inv list for easier switching between sort types. (maybe a drop down box would be better ?)

Sort by level would also be handy.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2622/inventoryw.jpg

I think the idea of separate tabs and additional sort options are all great ideas!

i would spread my legs like a bandit being drawn and quartered for this!

Please link your friends to this thread and spread the word cuz we need this stuff really badly! It's good that the devs are already thinking about it but the more people there are talking about it the higher it will move on the priority list. I really think it's one of those things where everyone is just used to dealing with the inventory system as it is now, but if it were revamped everyone would realize how much their gameplay experience benefits from it.

I'm surprised this thread didn't get more love. Obviously this should be a feature (and it would be a much better feature than bags...). Also gives me a distinctive Final Fantasy feel. :)

You're surprised a thread made four days ago about an issue that's been confirmed by devs didn't get more... love? What's there to discuss?