Just got back to playing the game again after being gone for a while, but the first thing I've ended up having to do is work on inventory clean up so I'm not paying for a third retainer every month. I know a while back there was some talk about trying to find ways to expand the inventory system, but I haven't seen anything since then and I've been absent from the forums for a while.
Any word on inventory expansion?
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04-23-2016, 10:52 AMColt47Any word on inventory expansion?
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04-23-2016, 11:44 AMFabricioRFQuote:
Q: My Armoury Chest and inventory are always full. Do you have plans to expand the amount of items we can hold?
A: Minagawa: We have begun looking into this closely to see how we can make this possible. We're discussing with Yoshida on how we can expand them without losing game performance. It will require more time, but we do expect to increase inventory space.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...82016-04-12%29
TL;DR: Soon™ -
04-23-2016, 12:55 PMpushin_tin
In the meantime, you can pay SE monthly for extra retainers while they take their time figuring out how to do what many other MMOs on the market has been doing for years.
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04-23-2016, 01:06 PMColt47
Yeah, the entire situation with inventory is why I ended up abandoning ship earlier since paying extra long term for retainers adds up to a rather not insignificant sum of money. I was hoping maybe that changed now, but it looks like I'll just have to chimney sweep and hope for the best.
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04-23-2016, 01:07 PMBelhi
The amount of total inventory space SE offers is now is actually pretty comparative with quite a few other MMOs including WoW minus the Void Bank.
They have said the primary issue is how their servers are designed. I don't know much about programing or server architecture but basically they seem to be saying the issue isn't a simple on to fix.
What they have said is they will be expanding the Armoury slots, something they have to do if they want to add more jobs. -
04-23-2016, 01:47 PMEvangela
The latest dev comment was the same as their previous comments: we're working on it. :D
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04-23-2016, 05:14 PMCelefEDIT : Without loosing the money you put to get a 3rd or 4rth retainer....Quote:
Originally Posted by FabricioRF
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04-23-2016, 05:41 PMLaeruneThis, if SE wanted, they could have added couple of retainers for free, but since players are willing to rent them and SE is a company that wants to make a profit....Quote:
Originally Posted by Celef
Its simple, if inventory spaces are not possible, give players free retainers, because we know they cant say, there is going to be a server issue, if they add more retainers. -
04-23-2016, 07:10 PMCelef
As long as people a willing to pay for the retainers they won't add free ones :/
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04-23-2016, 07:55 PMMihaelB
Very sad and disappointing to read :( Need more inventory space indeed.
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04-23-2016, 08:15 PMSolarra
I am very glad they are working on it. Storage is a huge issue for me.
Extra retainers seem the easiest route to go and I'd certainly welcome having a third one for free, wasn't there some talk of us getting one with H/W?
More and/or larger tabs in the FC chest would be nice, too.
The way currencies and tokens work make the problem even worse, so many different types that all have to go into your inventory. That's another thing that could do with an overhaul. -
04-23-2016, 08:26 PMLaylaTsarra
I'd personally like to see the issue of glamour and saved sets addressed relative to inventory. The problem with having to have items in the Armory in order to load a saved set needs to change. Once a glamour is set that glamour or armor set should load regardless of what is in your armory. Anyone with many crafting and war/magic roles leveled has to be frustrated with the current limitations. I know I am.
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04-23-2016, 10:20 PMColt47
There's a lot of limitations right now in how they are running inventory space. For one, even though we have a max of 8 characters, we can't really use those other characters for storage because they made it impossible to trade to characters on the same account, so that eliminates the alt storage that makes other games inventory livable. Here, we are forced into using an adhoc system that basically is like buying an additional character slot, only it only holds inventory and we are renting it on a per month basis. They really should just let us pay a full sub, say how many character slots vs additional retainers we want (for a single character), and if we need more past that point, THEN do the rental. I would totally take 4 character slots and 4 additional retainers, or just have my two characters and several retainers, over having to pay for a service that is only being required because of restrictions they put in place.
Also, they need to make it so the chest that holds armor pieces in the Inn can hold any kind of dungeon bound armor and let people glamour from that chest directly so they don't need to run back and check out the armor. That would eliminate about 60-70% of inventory woes right out the gate next to a dedicated crafting materials box like they have in World of Warcraft.
The inventory in this game always seems to be a conversation piece that comes up when I'm with my friends I used to play with. -
04-23-2016, 10:52 PMSaccharinyes: pay an extra sub for retainers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colt47
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04-24-2016, 12:29 AMColt47Uh, did you read the part about not having to pay for third retainer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saccharin
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04-24-2016, 01:04 AMSaccharinSE dont agree. Sadly people are more than willing to pay extra it means SE dont have to worry about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colt47
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04-24-2016, 12:14 PMNicodemus_Mercy
I'd be willing to buy extra retainers if they were a one time purchase. To me that's enhancing the value of my account. But paying monthly to basically rent extra retainers? Yea no... they can go pound salt with that.