Please Add HQ items display/count Crafting/Gathering

I posted this in the quality of life and it got buried by other comments on other things being discussed so I thought I would make a thread for it. I would love it if they could add a count so we see how many items we have of HQ like they have for the NQ when harvesting or crafting it would be nice to see this so I don't have to mentally keep track or keep opening my items menu to check.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps155bd281.png

This is a good suggestion, would be helpful for sure.

Would be a big help when trying to mine a certain number of HQ items.

Bump I love this idea especially for job quests where you need a specific number of HQ items

You could always add the HQ item to your hotbar to keep an eye on how many you have. I do this for gathering unspoiled items as well as fleece/tufts when on a battle class.

Since when you put the item on your hotbar it will show you the total you have it won't stop at 99 but rather tell you your exact total on your hotbar.

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Originally Posted by Airget

You could always add the HQ item to your hotbar to keep an eye on how many you have. I do this for gathering unspoiled items as well as fleece/tufts when on a battle class.

Since when you put the item on your hotbar it will show you the total you have it won't stop at 99 but rather tell you your exact total on your hotbar.

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That's a nice work around but I would rather it be something automatic like in the photo. Now for farming items the hotbar would be great since there is no pop up box. :)

Hello,

We've been seeing requests to display the number of HQ items you possess similar to how the NQ items are displayed when crafting or gathering items. Below is a comment by Hiroshi Minagawa about addressing this.

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Originally Posted by Hiroshi_Minagawa

*I wrote the following extremely quickly to keep it short. Apologies.

I believe that the display that was added to the latest development version of the game should cover these requests for HQ display.

Problem
In order to confirm the amount of items you possess when crafting or gathering, you have to check from the number shown in the item details, and it's not possible to check how many HQ items you have. Due to this, you have to open up your inventory and look for your HQ items, which can be hard to locate sometimes.

What needs to be done
We'd like to make it easy to check how many HQ and NQ crafting/gathering items you possess.

Solution #1
Display the individual number of NQ and HQ items for the item you have selected in each log.
→Remaining problem: You will have to search through your inventory to see the stats of HQ items.

Solution #2
Display the number of NQ and HQ items you possess in the item details.
→Remaining problem: Same as plan #1

Solution #3
Display both an icon that displays NQ item details as well as an icon that displays HQ item details in the crafting and gathering window.
→Remaining problem: Unless you hover over the icon, you won't be able to tell how many NQ or HQ items you have.

Amongst these solutions, we've already addressed #1 in the latest development version of the game.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...4&d=1382536692

The above is a recent snapshot. We've added displays for the number of items you possess and the number of items you can craft. (Translation note: On the left "所持数" refers to the number of each item you posses. On the right "製作可能数" refers to the number of items you can craft.)

Originally we had looked into trying to display a list in the crafting window's center portion, but the stress for applying this process for the 400 slots of inventory space was unexpectedly large, and we addressed it with the current system that shows the number of items you are currently focused on.

Next, solution #2 has the remaining problem where you cannot check the stats of the HQ item, so we decided to prioritize solution #3. As there other a lot of other UI aspects that have priority for implementation, we are currently unable to work on this at the moment. However, we will be working on the gathering UI and fishing UI sequentially.

The one aspect that I can guarantee will be implemented in patch 2.1 is the display shown in the snapshot above, which is solution #1.

Ultimately the order we address this will be as follows: solution #1 (already completed), solution #3 (unimplemented as of yet), solution #2 (currently looking into a method that does not have place a lot of stress on the system).

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So friggin awesome. Finally, I'll be able to tell what I have of something. This has been annoying me with both cotton and velveteen most of all (for one they're separate from their "yarn" parts by several items and two, typically the previous type of material follows after the new one before any recipe that uses the new material shows up).

So I really can't wait. ^.^

Perhaps I'm just dense, but I'm not seeing how the "solution" addresses the issue raised in the OP. The "solution" above shows a crafting screenshot; the OP asked about harvesting.

When I am out in the field, I encounter two problems with collection feedback (aside from the absolutely dreadful "sorting" issues):

1) The pop-up tells me only how many of the resource I have ON HAND with me out in the field -- it doesn't tell me how many I have on my retainer(s). And, since I have no access my Retainers' inventories (why can't I at the very least browse their inventories?), there is no way for me to find out this information without stopping what I'm doing and running back to the Retainer(s). Highly inefficient use of time.

2) The pop-up only lets me how many NQ resources I have on hand with me out in the field. In order to know how many HQ I have, I have to slog through all the pages of inventory until I happen to find the item for which I'm looking.

I wholeheartedly back the suggestion proposed by the OP. Make the pop-up show both NQ and HQ. To make it even better, include lines to show what is in stock on my Retainer(s). I can't think of any reason why this wasn't included from the beginning.

Of course I don't know how the client is built but from a third-point view it doesn't look too stressing to add a second icon to display the HQ result, there are already so many for the ingredients :/

And yeah, this doesn't cover gathering, at least based on what was shown in the screenshot.

Maybe a little OT, but.... is there a way to tell the system to use HQ items for crafting a recipe when all NQ are finished?

I usually craft my own Quicksilver and get all HQs, so that I end up with 90 HQ and 3 NQ.

It is then annoying to craft other items from them and to manually select the arrow up in order to use an HQ quicksilver.

Hope I was clear enough.

Does no one else drag the item and the hq version onto their action bar like I do? It gives you an easy way to check how many you have. It's been very useful while I gather.

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Originally Posted by Amiabelle

Perhaps I'm just dense, but I'm not seeing how the "solution" addresses the issue raised in the OP. The "solution" above shows a crafting screenshot; the OP asked about harvesting.

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It's solution #2

Thanks for posting this thread to help address this issue. I think having the number of NQ and HQ in the tool tip when hovering over an item as well as showing the difference in NQ and HQ equipment stats (using parenthesis to show the different or alternative stat) would be simple and useful.

i'd love to have retainer names and how many they have of the item too. something like this. that way when they hover over the item in the craft screen they can be like "ohh i got that on my second retainer, i dont have to buy any" the crafting menu is find its being able to tell if you have that item is the problem i say something like this would fix it.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6430/nsmc.png

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Originally Posted by Sanctus

Does no one else drag the item and the hq version onto their action bar like I do? It gives you an easy way to check how many you have. It's been very useful while I gather.

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Good idea, Sanctus! Thanks for suggesting it! It's a workaround, to be sure (and what a shame that we, the players, have to devise workarounds), but until a proper fix comes, it's a great alternative!

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Originally Posted by April_Fool

i'd love to have retainer names and how many they have of the item too. something like this. that way when they hover over the item in the craft screen they can be like "ohh i got that on my second retainer, i dont have to buy any" the crafting menu is find its being able to tell if you have that item is the problem i say something like this would fix it... (image)

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Thank you for sharing this, April_Fool. Looks good! Hopefully, the folks-in-charge will be inspired to create/implement something like that.

For the issue in being able to see the different stats from NQ to HQ, would it be possible to create some sort of toggle? That is, when you hover over an item or select it with the controller so that the details window is displayed, press a certain key or key combination to switch between showing the NQ and HQ item's stats. This way, the NQ and HQ stats can be shown even if you don't have both items. This could be used for any situation in addition to crafting and gathering, such as purchasing items on the market or examining another player.

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Originally Posted by Wobble

I posted this in the quality of life and it got buried by other comments on other things being discussed so I thought I would make a thread for it. I would love it if they could add a count so we see how many items we have of HQ like they have for the NQ when harvesting or crafting it would be nice to see this so I don't have to mentally keep track or keep opening my items menu to check.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps155bd281.png

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A million times over YES!

Greetings,

Below is a follow-up from Hiroshi Minagawa about the user interface updates he discussed yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Hiroshi_Minagawa

Hello,
The UI that is to be implemented for plan #1, which I described yesterday, will be something like the below:

• Crafting log - (finished 2.1 implementation) – Addition of a display on the right side of the window that shows information for the item selected.
  
• Gathering UI - (priority A) – There is a lot of room taken up by the display for the different shards so we need to adjust the specialized layout.
  
• Gathering log - (priority B) – Same as above.
  
• Fishing log - (priority C) – Add text to the information displayed when you hover over the fish you can catch at each spot in the lower right of the window.
  
• Fish guide - (priority D) – Add text to the information of the fish you are selecting on the bottom of the windows.

Of the above, we are working hard to address up to the gathering UI in 2.1.

As the implementation of plan #2 described yesterday will take a bit more to address, we prioritized the implementation of plan #1 since we can definitely do this for 2.1.

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Originally Posted by Hvinire

Greetings,

Below is a follow-up from Hiroshi Minagawa about the user interface updates he discussed yesterday.

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Any chance at fixing the whole lack of GP situation while you're working on that. :)

In the same vein as this. It would be nice if retainer items were counted when you hover over something in your inventory. As well as counting as unique items. I keep lotting greed on this i have on my retainer only to have to destroy them later when i realize i have that item. Would be nice to just know i have it.

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Originally Posted by Xerius

Any chance at fixing the whole lack of GP situation while you're working on that. :)

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What lack of GP?

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Originally Posted by Xerius

Any chance at fixing the whole lack of GP situation while you're working on that. :)

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Eh? 600+ GP isn't enough?

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Originally Posted by nitrous24

In the same vein as this. It would be nice if retainer items were counted when you hover over something in your inventory. As well as counting as unique items. I keep lotting greed on this i have on my retainer only to have to destroy them later when i realize i have that item. Would be nice to just know i have it.

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Destroy? I purposely greed extras after they are in retainer so I can trade for GC seals /shrug

I mean as long as no one in my party actually needs it, ofc.

The only item-related issue I have is being unable to see what my retainer is holding, without going over every slot. The upcoming sort function should help a little, but we still have to dig through our retainer inventory to see what we have. I've been slogging my way through crafting this way for awhile, and it is getting a little easier as I clear out the rubbish. Having a full retainer inventory of crafting mats was a nightmare though.

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Originally Posted by JayCommon

Destroy? I purposely greed extras after they are in retainer so I can trade for GC seals /shrug

I mean as long as no one in my party actually needs it, ofc.

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You can do this with level 50 items? They never show in my turn-in list..... I've just been tossing them /rage

The awesomeness of this idea is over 9000!
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...d/Over9000.gif

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Originally Posted by nitrous24

You can do this with level 50 items? They never show in my turn-in list..... I've just been tossing them /rage

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Do you know why? Because for some stupid reason, the expert delivery interface only shows the first 29 items that qualify for turn-in, starting with the lowest level items. INCLUDING crap in your Armory Chest! Why the heck they list items in the Armory is beyond me. They should ONLY be listing items in your normal inventory. That would go a long way to reducing the annoyance of this issue.