Glamour Catalog - This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things...

[Catwho]

This is bullsh!t. SE could do it, but then people would stop buying extra retainers. 15-year-old FFXI could save gear sets without clogging up our inventory through their Gear-Slip NPC. Are they saying their 15-year-old FFXI can manage inventory better than FFXIV? I don't believe it! SE is just trying to keep their most profitable cash shop item on the mog-station. Greedy!!! -_-

"you can play multiple jobs on 1 character!.... if you buy 6 extra retainers" I can barely Manage playing 2 battle jobs, 3 crafting, and 2 DoL at a time with the default inventory space we are provided..

here's a thought; Could we have Rare-Ex Alexadrite/Atmas/Pots of ushuri be treated like the Key-Items that they are? and have them be stored in our almost always empty Key-Items inventory?

We do have that feature in the Armoire. SE needs to work on expanding it. We still can't store all the seasonal items.

Note that XI did not have the additional data points on gear that XIV gear has: You could only store un-augmented gear in XI. Gear had no soul-binding. Gear had no wear and tear on it. Later gear sets could be customized with upgrades much like materia, but once augmented those items could no longer be stored. With the armor set NPC, you had to store a whole set and not invididual pieces. With the later moogle storage slips, you could store only certain pieces on each slip AND you then had to carry around the slip in your physical inventory, not as a KI.

The armoire only stores unique items and requires that you have the item 100% repaired, because once it's stored in the armoire, it's stored as if it was never used.

[Mug]

They will have to at least expand the armoury eventually if the plan is to add more jobs. I'm lvl'ing all jobs, and I'm already struggling as it is, especially with rings.

Btw, didn't they say they would give us a new free retainer at some point? I swear I've heard them mention that.

[zosia]

They will have to at least expand the armoury eventually if the plan is to add more jobs. I'm lvl'ing all jobs, and I'm already struggling as it is, especially with rings.

Btw, didn't they say they would give us a new free retainer at some point? I swear I've heard them mention that.

It was briefly mentioned then they reneged on it.

[Eye_Gore]

So if we poll the players and see if a 30 second server sync is ok with us, will we get twice the inventory space?

[zosia]

So if we poll the players and see if a 30 second server sync is ok with us, will we get twice the inventory space?

Or, they could give us an item(glamour) catalog, like most modern MMO's are doing? Or is it a bad thing to hold our MMO to some industry standards?

[Catwho]

A glamour catalog isn't going to take up any less database space.

Let me repeat:

A glamour catalog isn't going to take up any less database space.

From a UX/UI perspective, it's the best practice. That's the argument that you need to make. That's the reason other games do it. It makes for a better user experience.

But from a database perspective, what table you store all the gear identifiers in makes no difference to the server.

[Tyrn]

No need to pay me for this amazing concept art SE, I'm sure you're hurting enough financially from the server strain after adding all those new crafting recipes in the expansion.

[Enthy]

No need to pay me for this amazing concept art SE, I'm sure you're hurting enough financially from the server strain after adding all those new crafting recipes in the expansion.

SE Hire this woman! xD perfect! Love it! Well done!

[OPneedNerfs]

The funny thing is, the very same thing is currently in game in the form of minions and to a lesser extent, mounts.

Saying "If we could, we would" is completely and utterly false and is only an excuse to cover up the real reason.

Which is that they want more people to pay for extra retainers because money duh.

[zosia]

A glamour catalog isn't going to take up any less database space.

Let me repeat:

A glamour catalog isn't going to take up any less database space.

From a UX/UI perspective, it's the best practice. That's the argument that you need to make. That's the reason other games do it. It makes for a better user experience.

But from a database perspective, what table you store all the gear identifiers in makes no difference to the server.

Glamour catalog don't need to track condition, spiritbond, materia, or dye! The armior operates under a similar system because it cuts down the data needed. So, yes, it takes up less space.

The funny thing is, the very same thing is currently in game in the form of minions and to a lesser extent, mounts.

Saying "If we could, we would" is completely and utterly false and is only an excuse to cover up the real reason.

Which is that they want more people to pay for extra retainers because money duh.

QFT x 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

No need to pay me for this amazing concept art SE, I'm sure you're hurting enough financially from the server strain after adding all those new crafting recipes in the expansion.

I would say your idea is spot on and SE needs to pay you, but there is some sort of illuminati storage conspiracy in this game.