Okay we're a year into HW, where's storage diversity?

[Nalien]

It being a vanity based cash shop though, does mean that profits are unstable, so it's likely to go to things like RL events and more merchandise to (hopefully) profit off of. Who knows?

That's the hope, though so far (and we've had this stuff for nearly two years now) progress has been... Slow?

We got EU servers, and fingers crossed 3.3 delivers on the Housing adjustments promised around 3.1, but so far we've seen nothing with regards to inventory issues. They've consistently compounded problems with new items and continue to waste potential storage space; Others have pointed out the potential to put more in the Key Item spaces, and I've mentioned how the Armoire potentially wastes space (stores AF but not Augmented AF).

With all that in mind, it has become increasingly hard for me to just give them the benefit of the doubt on this... They're out right profiting off the issue with the retainer service, which has never sat right with me. Nor has the cash shop in general, but that's vanity fluff I can ignore (for the most part, I still have some issues with it) and we've seen returns on that. They out right stated around its launch that they'd use profits from it to improve servers and provide more Wards for Housing, and we've got (and are getting more of) that. Retainers are, for some, a requirement at this point, and then there is the simple fact that they're not vanity fluff, Venturers give them actual in game value, be that increased chances at rare Venture rewards, or a simple break down of the 18h Venture profits you can bring in (which essentially has SE selling ~120k for $2 a month). Then you have to consider that retainers aren't a one time cost, it's an extra subscription (one which they likely can make projections on). I've always very much been against the retainer service because of that, and always figured they'd work better as veteran rewards. I can get past that if I see inventory issues being sorted out though, but I haven't. I've seen the issue worsen and practically nothing on SEs end about any long term (or short term) solutions... Deal with the inconvenience or give us more money, those seem like the only options going forward. It's a very similar issue to Housing space, except that has had numerous comments from Yoshida regarding the plan going forward (we've been told we're getting new stuff in 3.3, for example). Storage? Nothing. And every event they labor me with more seasonal furniture that I'll either never be able to obtain again (or have to pay real money for if they put it in the cash shop... /shudder) or have to pay ridiculous prices for on the market board as players take advantage of the finite supply of the stuff... Good thing I can dump that stuff in my FC chest so I can put a Christmas tree out again next Christmas, I feel bad for people who don't have that option though...