Additiona freel retainers

[Erim-Nelhah]

You know, this is a little on the side, but it does come up sooner or later whenever inventory is being discussed: re-instate that damn auto-afk-kick feature and keep it permanent. (snip)

If they did this, they'd have to make the feature server-side instead of client-side. Currently the AFK Kick feature is entirely client-side (when it's turned on at all) and can be circumvented incredibly easily without using any 3rd-party addons. I think the reason they don't implement it server side, tho, is because of the way cutscenes are implemented (kicking someone offline in the middle of a cutscene can crash the client), so implementing a server-side AFK Kick feature may not be as trivial as it seems on the surface. Just something to keep in mind.

--Erim Nelhah

[Derio]

Well it would be great if we could have an inventory size like our retainers, but that would probably crash the server on the update. Easiest thing to do is give everyone 1 free retainer with HW.

Although people still request expanded armory chest.

[Kosmos992k]

Well it would be great if we could have an inventory size like our retainers, but that would probably crash the server on the update. Easiest thing to do is give everyone 1 free retainer with HW.

Although people still request expanded armory chest.

You have more than they do, count up your inventory slots plus your armory slots. You have over 300 item slots in your character data just for the armory, each of those will take more or less exactly the same data as a standard inventory slot. All in all we probably have close to 600'inventory' slots in our player data if you include armory, key items, shards, crystals, currency, Triple Triad cards, minions, mounts companion settings, etc....

[Nyalia]

On an semi-related note, could we please have a few extra ring slots in our armory chest? I hate having to hit retainers to switch classes =\ Sure, accessories are shared across jobs, but only if they're all the same level. Right now, my NIN (60), BRD (50), SMN (60), SCH (60), WHM (51), BLM (51), MCH (34), DRK (31), PLD (60), and WAR (50) all use different ring sets because they are vastly different in level than the classes they'd normally share with. Only my MNK (50) and DRG (50) are currently able to share. I honestly haven't unlocked AST (-) just because I'd have nowhere to store the rings for the class <_<

For those counting, that's 22 rings for DoW/DoM. Throw in 4 more for DoL/DoH (which are all the same level right now for me), and you get 26 rings in 25 slots (not to mention my wedding ring of teleportation which puts it at 27).


[EDIT: Oh, slight mistake in the above (not that anyone cares) - just checked, and WAR IS sharing rings with MNK/DRG because rawr warrior smash! But I have two sets of rings for PLD, Vit and Str. I still use the Vit rings for very specific content where I'm just a vitality sponge - damage doesn't matter and threat isn't a problem, like OTing Faust in A1 (normal) or OTing in A4 (normal). They're also good for healing in PvP. Also, I still have my level 50 vit rings for when I get old FL in the FL roulette, not for WAR, so I really have 29 rings, but I've only been swapping out two. How do I store the other two? I just found that a few classes had one of their rings "accidentally" desynthed and will be one ringed angels whenever I get back to playing them.]

[Kosmos992k]

On an semi-related note, could we please have a few extra ring slots in our armory chest? I hate having to hit retainers to switch classes =\ Sure, accessories are shared across jobs, but only if they're all the same level. Right now, my NIN (60), BRD (50), SMN (60), SCH (60), WHM (51), BLM (51), MCH (34), DRK (31), PLD (60), and WAR (50) all use different ring sets because they are vastly different in level than the classes they'd normally share with. Only my MNK (50) and DRG (50) are currently able to share. I honestly haven't unlocked AST (-) just because I'd have nowhere to store the rings for the class <_<

For those counting, that's 22 rings for DoW/DoM. Throw in 4 more for DoL/DoH (which are all the same level right now for me), and you get 26 rings in 25 slots (not to mention my wedding ring of teleportation which puts it at 27).

So, so, so much this...

[Nutz]

The inventory issues are really getting out of hand for most players. Anything to do with collectibles requires large chunks of inventory space to be available all the time (and if you have quite a lot you're practically rewarded with being able to gather red scrip items way ahead of time or hold lots of collectibles for when they're 'starred' or at least requested). It's been the case for a long time that if you have several, let alone all classes leveled then many sections of your armoury chest have 1-3 spaces left without carrying multiple same-slot items for the same class (eg. PvP gear).

There have been a number of times I missed a DF que because I forgot I got new pants or something from a quest, thus filling that section of the armoury and removing the ability to change classes.

I feel like more retainers does help, but it's a band-aid. They were smart with shards/ crystals/ clusters and most currencies at least, but I think they need to take the same approach to a lot more items and perhaps investigate a few other changes that have been brought up in similar threads if they ever want inventory complaints to lessen.