2 Runestones Lost due to full inventory

[Xenor]

Sorry to hear you lost 15 mil, but also happy that i am not the only one and it was bad game design as usual thanks for the reply.

It could have been worse. It was the second time I'd done that faction NM and it was going to be my second buccaneer's shirt. Was probably the only guy on the server to get two to drop back then lol. It's not like 15mil is much in this game.

[Cycloptichorn]

A runestone is lost if you open the chest with a full inventory. Don't listen to all the mis-information in this thread. I lost a buccaneer's shirt back in January when they were worth 15mil. It sucked but it was gone. The chest depopped, it wasn't in the loot list, it was just gone.

It boils down to more sloppy game design by the old development team. It would be simply unacceptable to have a piece of software do this in anything that isn't a game and anyone who thinks otherwise I hope never gets a job in the software industry. It would be like going to an ATM to take money out but losing your money because you accidentally had your finger on the slot where the money comes out.

The game has checks for full inventory on pretty much everything in this game, except that. It's an oversight either through lack of adequate QA testing (the patch with these NMs was probably rushed) or simple laziness.

You won't get that runestone back. This isn't Final Fantasy XI where you can fill in a form online for items that are lost through no fault of your own and have them looked into and put back in your inventory. This is Final Fantasy XIV, the flagship MMO from the same company without any customer service. Trust me, I tried various methods of contact in efforts to get mine back since it was so valuable at the time.

This isn't up for debate with me. Speak to any other software developers and they will tell you the same; bad design and bad QA.

I had no idea about this. Now I really do feel bad for the OP, he got screwed!!!

Thanks for educating us.

[Rutelor]

I just read the first page, or so, of comments, and I'm shocked by the "tough-luck" attitude displayed by most. Shouldn't the OP be allowed to retrieve his (very hard to get, btw, and rightfully earned) runestones? Why all the superioristic, supercilious attitudinizing here? To me this is not a moral issue, but people are making it tantamount to "you shouldn't have ignored that red light, so stop crying over your destroyed car." It's not equivalent.

Even if there's an issue of a technical nature that would prevent a GM from granting the drops anew, shouldn't it be the GM's job to announce that to him/her, rather than this bad-omen chorus of unfriendly, ill-wishers? The truth is: most of the people here have no idea whether it's possible for the OP to get his runestones now or not, so discouraging him or her from escalating the case is ill advice. I remember dropping something precious, accidentally in XI, and getting it back a few days later, after requesting it from a GM... Why is this morally different?

I hope you get your runestones back, buddy, and that you have better luck with a gamemaster than with the heartless, tight-assed bunch that responded to you...

R

[MizoreShirayuki]

They don't get "lost" or thrown into limbo... or into loot list... Poster even said when he clicked chest it told him name of runestone which only re-enforces what I said.. Had this same exact thing happen to me not over a week ago... Except I was smart enough to clear my inventory and re-click the chest... GM's won't do anything to get you the stones back... Good luck next time

[Xenor]

You must have some fast skills to be able to clear your inventory and reclick it before the chest depops, because like any other chest it will disappear as soon as you open it. Lightning speed reaction != smart. By the time most people read which runestone they lost the chest will be gone. You must have went straight to your inventory without even reading the log.

I remember dropping something precious, accidentally in XI, and getting it back a few days later, after requesting it from a GM... Why is this morally different?

XIV doesn't have this service, or any customer service for that matter. I've been there and tried that, even mentioned the XI feature.

[MizoreShirayuki]

Chests from FNM won't open if you inventory is full AND the chest contains a runestone... Just says "unable to obtain" You don't actually get the open animation.. 's more or less a "Here's what it is.. please sort inventory problem & try again" thing... I thought the same thing when it happened to me but due to READING, You just needa sort out the inventory problem before the time limit (When NPCs & whatnot all disappear) and re-click the chest.. If you don't do that before they depop... then yes you are SOL.

In the OP's case, he got the Vintage Haub because it's a reward given by NPC at end of leve... These types of rewards get stored if unable to claim them. The chest that contains the stone on the other hand disappears once the NPC from the leve do... So he is therefore unable to claim it once leve ends & NPCs disappear since he didn't claim it when game message told him to try again after initially clicking the chest.

All in all bad game mechanics coupled with not paying attention= Lost reward

[DantesAmore]

not even a SGM can get you them back there is no item recovery feature availble to them in game yet i've talked to one about a vintage harby +1 i accidently Npc sold... screenshots on the excellence site as proof it was a SGM they are the only ones allow to have Rep as their first name. but ya... next time just watch your loot list and inventory better

[Xenor]

Chests from FNM won't open if you inventory is full AND the chest contains a runestone... Just says "unable to obtain" You don't actually get the open animation.. 's more or less a "Here's what it is.. please sort inventory problem & try again" thing... I thought the same thing when it happened to me but due to READING, You just needa sort out the inventory problem before the time limit (When NPCs & whatnot all disappear) and re-click the chest.. If you don't do that before they depop... then yes you are SOL.

In the OP's case, he got the Vintage Haub because it's a reward given by NPC at end of leve... These types of rewards get stored if unable to claim them. The chest that contains the stone on the other hand disappears once the NPC from the leve do... So he is therefore unable to claim it once leve ends & NPCs disappear since he didn't claim it when game message told him to try again after initially clicking the chest.

All in all bad game mechanics coupled with not paying attention= Lost reward

It's possible they ninja changed it since January after my complaint but the chest certainly depopped in my case. It said something like "forces beyond your control prevent you from receiving the Allaghan Runestone whatever". It's not exactly difficult to see a massive chest infront of you if it's still there. I don't fancy wasting faction credit to prove either way however lol.

At the end of the day it's just shitty game design.

[MizoreShirayuki]

Ah... yeah... they've changed it since then apparently... Lets you re-poke the chest if your full now

[Raikki]

At the risk of stating the obvious, you know that runestones aren't 100% drops, right? Just because you did the faction doesn't mean you got one. I only bring it up because it seems weird that you would've noticed a runestone message in your log and not notice "Unable to obtain" or whatever.