Inventory solutions and new repair change

[Rjain]

There is a lot of outrage and support over the new repair news, but most of the support stems from the fact that there's more room for inventory and most of the outrage stems from the fact that it's just generic and overall a bad idea, taking out immersion and making crafters seem less efficient in general.

I think a better idea would be a complete overhaul to the inventory system in general, not the repair system. Have different tabs for different things. There was a post I believe a long time ago that said there will be changes to the dye system, where dye will be separate from your inventory and will stack differently. Crystals are similar, having their own tab and stacking up to 9,999.

Why not separate everything? Especially things like repair materials. Make repair materials different from crafting mats and have them separate from your main inventory. Be able to collect up to 999 or so of said materials and view them from a different tab, so you can repair without any compromise of your inventory.

This solves both problems. You get the untidy people who do not know how to manage their inventory properly happy that they have room and things are organized better for them, and you have the people who like the way the current repair system is set up to some extent happy that they still have individual repair mats.

While I feel the developers intended that this would be a well-received change, this just completely defeats the purpose of the repair system in general. Either go back to the way it was before, come up with a new idea, or get rid of the repair system. A superglue for all items is just a really poor idea, and does not in any way represent the "high quality" aspect the developers seem to want this game to achieve.

Come on devs we have faith in you to come up with some better ideas than this.

[JunkPunch]

A superglue for all items is just a really poor idea, and does not in any way represent the "high quality" aspect the developers seem to want this game to achieve.

Come on devs we have faith in you to come up with some better ideas than this.

^ I agree with this statement. If they are going to introduce dark mater in this game to be able to magically fix items, we should be able to use dark mater as a wild card for any mats we are missing for a specific synth.

[Rjain]

If they are going to introduce dark mater in this game to be able to magically fix items, we should be able to use dark mater as a wild card for any mats we are missing for a specific synth.

This man should work for NASA.

[Dreamer]

I agree! The current repair system doesn't need that much of an overhaul. I would even argue that the inventory space requirements are fine, but some players seem to be utterly incapable of managing their own inventory without someone else holding their hand the entire way (see the constant cries for more space in pretty much every MMO out there).

As Rajin said, this is just one big step closer to removing it altogether, which I really don't want to see.

[BloodLotus]

This is the way it is.

Deal with it.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Hmmmm i just want more space in my inventories thou... Not because i cant manage but is not enough to fit all my cool items yo.

[Rjain]

This is the way it is.

Deal with it.

And this is the way the game is going to end up dying if they pull this kind of stupid shit too often, you're welcome to deal with that.

[Jynx]

Only reason I'm glad about this is so I don't have to lug around really oddball repair materials. Asking a weaver to actually carry straw around was like pulling teeth so I always had to provide the straw just to get a repair.

[origamikitsune]

Has anyone considered that Dark Matter and/or Deaspected Crystals and/or Materia System may be something we see integrated in some way in the next three patches? The name of it, the style of it, it all smacks of something SE -isn't- telling us. I can't help but wonder if we are all so focused on what WAS said, that we are forgetting that sometimes reading between the lines is a good thing.

[Chezen]

Has anyone considered that Dark Matter and/or Deaspected Crystals and/or Materia System may be something we see integrated in some way in the next three patches? The name of it, the style of it, it all smacks of something SE -isn't- telling us. I can't help but wonder if we are all so focused on what WAS said, that we are forgetting that sometimes reading between the lines is a good thing.

They might tie in together for lore, but that doesn't make it more interesting than what it was.

I agree with the OP. In many places the game just needed better organization, not gutting.

But I guess they're already doing this.. I like your idea though.