Temporary item bank for rare items

[Aife]

They're not useless replies, it's feedback. As you said, some people have different priorities. If you make a thread with a suggestion you should be open to people disagreeing or having other priorities. This "problem" can be very easily solved whereas other things can not.

I use the Key Items tab all of the time. It stores beast tribe items, my hunt marks, special quest items and various other things I don't really want in my inventory.

I definitely don't want to take away from what the OP's topic was with the sidebar - I just disagree that there was any constructive feedback in the first two replies.

The request is a "quality of life" request; so it shouldn't take away from anyone's experience. At the very least it could start a conversation - your last reply is at least useful because even me who has played since Beta didn't know I could move items into that Key Item tab. Learn something new every day...

[WinterLuna]

your last reply is at least useful because even me who has played since Beta didn't know I could move items into that Key Item tab. Learn something new every day...

I don't think you can move them, but the things I mentioned are automatically stored in the Key Items tab, instead of taking up regular inventory slots.

Edit: sorry if it seemed that way, I didn't word my post very well.

[Aife]

I don't think you can move them, but the things I mentioned are automatically stored in the Key Items tab, instead of taking up regular inventory slots.

Edit: sorry if it seemed that way, I didn't word my post very well.

Ahh yeah... Just went back to test that...

But then, I think it goes back to my point for the OP: I've never seen this section of my inventory full. Never. At the very least 1 box or 1 line could be re-purposed as a temp holding space. Items that drop there when your inventory is full can have a 5 minute timer once you exit an instance for example until they disappear. As I said - I've never really experienced inventory issues since I habitually purge everything in my bag - but I think that it would be a terrible experience if I missed out on a valuable drop because I didn't realize the junk in my bag had filled my open spots through-out an instance run. (i.e. Running AV as a WHM Leveling DF and just getting all of those auto mat/low-level pot drops from chests that I have no use for, etc...)

I just think it could very easily happen that you lose track of your inventory space if things are already tight and you head into an instance for a run... Things hop in there on their own whether you want them or not in most cases.

[Odd]

FFXI had this, not just for rare items, but for any drops if your inventory was full.

[Ashkendor]

It just seems to me that people like to hear their own negativity and thus leave these useless replies.

So any post that doesn't agree with OP's is useless? Yeah, that's not how forums work.

Hell, that's not how discussions work in general.

didn't know I could move items into that Key Item tab. Learn something new every day...

You can't move things into the Key Items tab. I just wish they'd make more items into Key Items to utilize that space more.

[Aldora]

Well, WoW had a nice solution for it. Whenever an item dropped for you in a dungeon, but you couldn't pick it up (due to a full inventory), the item would be sent to your mailbox instead.

I can fully understand the frustration of having stuff hit the floor because of a full inventory. I had that the other day when I was doing the Kobold Beastmen quests. I needed to get the Alchemist Fate drop for one of my quests, but even though I made room for the fate reward, it still hit the floor, due to monster loot filling up the spare slots. Luckily the fate respawns quickly, unlike the Kafra (the Boar in East Shroud).

[Phireblast]

Just give us WoW's Twisted Nether feature.

But you know what? It won't happen. Why?

1. "Server limitations" coughignoringthe5000keyitemslotscough

2. People will say "IT ISNT NEEDED, JUST DO THIS AND THAT INSTEAD WHILE IGNORING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A HELPFUL FEATURE"

[Rowyne]

I can fully understand the frustration of having stuff hit the floor because of a full inventory. I had that the other day when I was doing the Kobold Beastmen quests. I needed to get the Alchemist Fate drop for one of my quests, but even though I made room for the fate reward, it still hit the floor, due to monster loot filling up the spare slots. Luckily the fate respawns quickly, unlike the Kafra (the Boar in East Shroud).

^This specific situation has driven me nuts on more than one occasion. Trying to get my Kobold quest FATE drop, and iron ore and all manners of other things continually dropping into my inventory, taking up space. If I don't get them all destroyed before the FATE ends, I lose the item and have to camp it again. Why aren't these FATE drops key items?

I have four retainers that are all filled to the brim with crafting materials, materia, leveling gear, old relic weapons, and glamour items. Full armoury chest. Plus my regular inventory never has more than 5-6 free spaces. Good thing this game doesn't have an encumbrance debuff.

Yes, the general issue of alleviating full inventory space needs to be addressed. But they've said that may take a while. In the meantime, if there's a way to allocate some temporary storage that wouldn't significantly detract from development, many of us would be glad to hear it.

Well, WoW had a nice solution for it. Whenever an item dropped for you in a dungeon, but you couldn't pick it up (due to a full inventory), the item would be sent to your mailbox instead.

That's a nice idea. Also, like others have said, can't we consider reallocating a line or two of key item storage to temporary overflow storage for drops? I usually have 3-4 lines full (Crystal Tower quest items, relic weapon items, hunt marks, and other things). Three whole inventory boxes seems like a waste, though.

[WinterLuna]

1 box or 1 line could be re-purposed as a temp holding space.

I'd rather it be re-purposed as extra inventory space in general, not a temporary one.

[Lambdafish]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, on the subject of negative feedback, I appreciated constructive feedback, I'm very open to reasons why this feature is a bad idea (which it isn't). What I don't appreciate is destructive feedback and shutdowns. Summing it up nicely:

2. People will say "IT ISNT NEEDED, JUST DO THIS AND THAT WHILE IGNORING SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A HELPFUL FEATURE"

These comments have nothing to do with the feature, and it instead attacks me as a player.

Back on topic; As has been mentioned, XI has this, WoW has this, almost every other MMO I have played has this, it's something that would help players when they aren't expecting it to, and give them a lifeline, especially with the amount of junk that drops into the inventory when you don't want it to.

I think it's more because they have limited development time into what features can be added and this is something that we as the players already have a way to avoid. I know I'd personally rather they spend their time adding new features.

While I appreciate the sentiment, in my opinion, this feature is more important than something like idlecam/groupcam or visual alerts. These features are very niche, but might be very useful to a few, and we got them, why is this any different and any less valid of developer time?