Slots cost: yay or nay !?

Hello again :) ,

what do you think about abolishing slot costs (usually ?/12) for accessoires?

Imo, you will be pleased to have slot cost away, because:

- you can wear pretty much anything you want, even if you are limited to specific
kind of slots;
- we may produce more demand for the markets, gain vs. gain for all of us;
- you may equip stuff depending on current style of usage;
- it is all about looks, too ^^

On the other side, you may take some consequences:

- like you need much more space in your inventary;
- more repairs would be needed...

:rolleyes:

*looks at slot costs and glares at them till they keel over and scramble off to my character's namesake's realm*

At least that's what I'd LIKE to do to slot-costs...

I very much favor the removal of slot costs! Since you need inventory space for every gear piece this is enough penalty for wearing too much jewellery. Atm there simply are gear slots that NEVER are used due to those slot costs.

Yeah, abolish it or at least make it scale with rank.
A fixed number for it doesn't make sense.

It was said a bit back we would see something regarding this in one of the summer patches(by a dev)


so i say stay tuned for info on this

Remove the slot cost and maybe add some ability to toggle the visibility of each individual piece of your bling.

Yes but not how they are doing it now.

For an average item for a level, it should have a slot cost of zero. Now if there were better items (like blue, purple, or gold) it would have a higher cost. So using the current system, maybe all normal items have a zero cost however if the item is +1, its slot cost would go up one. If it is +3 its cost would be 3. So in the end, you could have 4 +3 rings, but everything else would have to be normal... or something like that.

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Originally Posted by Winterclaw

Yes but not how they are doing it now.

For an average item for a level, it should have a slot cost of zero. Now if there were better items (like blue, purple, or gold) it would have a higher cost. So using the current system, maybe all normal items have a zero cost however if the item is +1, its slot cost would go up one. If it is +3 its cost would be 3. So in the end, you could have 4 +3 rings, but everything else would have to be normal... or something like that.

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How would that make sense? Why should I use any + Items in that case if I could wear more of the normal items? As far as I understand the stats with + items I would get more out of all normal items then with + items beeing able to wear so many less...

I would be happy with scaling slot points with level. I like the limit because it allows accessories the potential to be powerful and not just +1 whatever. Of course, right now stats mean jack anyway but once that changes our current accessories will be mighty useful. I'd hate to see them nerfed due to no limit on accessories.

On a more serious note, character statistical adjustments haven't been implemented yet. This includes the abolishment of physical levels and presumably a simplification of the combat algorithms. If they kill the slot cost, they'll most likely do it then.

And then there is still the Materia system to shake things up.

I also like the idea of slot costs that scale with level/rank. When I first started playing I thought this was the case... I then noticed that my slot cost didn't increase even when I achieved a physical rank of 50...

Rather than abolishing slot cost, I think they should do one or a combination of the following:

- increase slot capacity as rank rises (ex. r10 4 slots, r30 12 slots, r50 20 slots)
- adjust the cost of individual items (4 cost for a r40 ring etc is ridiculous, you only get THREE pieces of equipment? Come on)
- increase the slot capacity overall to at least 20

IMHO, too much gear as is. They should just have two ring slots and two ear slots. No slot costs.

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Originally Posted by Deatheye

How would that make sense? Why should I use any + Items in that case if I could wear more of the normal items? As far as I understand the stats with + items I would get more out of all normal items then with + items beeing able to wear so many less...

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Please re-read what you are 'disagreeing' with. Why would you NOT wear plussed items just because you were limited to their amount when they are also suggesting that normal items have 0 cost and it wouldn't limit you to filling up your remaining slots with those.

I personally like this idea...

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Originally Posted by Archadius

Rather than abolishing slot cost, I think they should do one or a combination of the following:

- increase slot capacity as rank rises (ex. r10 4 slots, r30 12 slots, r50 20 slots)
- adjust the cost of individual items (4 cost for a r40 ring etc is ridiculous, you only get THREE pieces of equipment? Come on)
- increase the slot capacity overall to at least 20

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Instead of just giving you free slots as you rank up, why not add some quests to be able to do so. When they do away with physical level, this would allow a seasoned player to retain a slight advantage when leveling a new class. More accessories so you get a few more points, but it's not overwhelming since high level gear is scaled.

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Originally Posted by Eli_Jin

Instead of just giving you free slots as you rank up, why not add some quests to be able to do so. When they do away with physical level, this would allow a seasoned player to retain a slight advantage when leveling a new class. More accessories so you get a few more points, but it's not overwhelming since high level gear is scaled.

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Ooooo I really like this idea. I think it's better than abolishing slot costs altogether

Slot cost doesn't really effect me, especially at 50. I'm always able to put any ability I feel I need on my bars. The rest are pointless.

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Originally Posted by Kazimir

Slot cost doesn't really effect me, especially at 50. I'm always able to put any ability I feel I need on my bars. The rest are pointless.

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This is about accessories, not skills.

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Originally Posted by Eli_Jin

Instead of just giving you free slots as you rank up, why not add some quests to be able to do so. When they do away with physical level, this would allow a seasoned player to retain a slight advantage when leveling a new class. More accessories so you get a few more points, but it's not overwhelming since high level gear is scaled.

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I like it, great way to expand upon the idea.

slots should increase with lvl.

Nay!!!

I want to use earrng rings all. And an extra slot for face please. My eyes hurts when i put my helmet and run out of a city... Sun blind me.... Need sunglases whit my helm pls :D

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Originally Posted by Galka75

Nay!!!

I want to use earrng rings all. And an extra slot for face please. My eyes hurts when i put my helmet and run out of a city... Sun blind me.... Need sunglases whit my helm pls :D

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The headgear slot covers both eyes and head. This is why some items such as the Harlequin's cap are able to include eyegear such as the Nighthawk visor.
As an example, Yda's turban includes a mask - see what happens when she has to wear a ceremonial mask: http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...MQK1qqI14k.jpg

"Fixing" this would involve some very serious model reworking at the graphical end. I have a feeling that it's not going to be a priority.

I'll be happy as long as I can sparkle.

I'm down for yay. I don't see any harm ridding away the cost of wearing accessories.