4.0 plans for crafting and market?

[Silverbane]

That 999 stack idea is amazing

But unlikely to happen, in my opinion. Instead I expect we will have more spaces in our backpacks, more spaces in each of our retainers, and hopefully more spaces in the FC chest.

Especially that latter-- my wife and I have three crafting characters each (we each have two 4-star omnicrafters--for the specializations-- and our third characters aren't there yet), and the FC chest is how we share materia, mats, and craftings between our characters. It's stuffed, even with us limiting each unique item to 99.

[Lambdafish]

But unlikely to happen, in my opinion. Instead I expect we will have more spaces in our backpacks, more spaces in each of our retainers, and hopefully more spaces in the FC chest.

Especially that latter-- my wife and I have three crafting characters each (we each have two 4-star omnicrafters--for the specializations-- and our third characters aren't there yet), and the FC chest is how we share materia, mats, and craftings between our characters. It's stuffed, even with us limiting each unique item to 99.

If it happened it would likely be limited to certain items that would benefit from it. Having 999 ceder logs is more useful than having 999 grade 5 materia

[Caimie_Tsukino]

If it happened it would likely be limited to certain items that would benefit from it. Having 999 ceder logs is more useful than having 999 grade 5 materia

I'd rather have 999 grade 5 materia though (not that it's gonna happen)! LOL! XD

[craized]

But unlikely to happen, in my opinion. Instead I expect we will have more spaces in our backpacks, more spaces in each of our retainers, and hopefully more spaces in the FC chest.

Especially that latter-- my wife and I have three crafting characters each (we each have two 4-star omnicrafters--for the specializations-- and our third characters aren't there yet), and the FC chest is how we share materia, mats, and craftings between our characters. It's stuffed, even with us limiting each unique item to 99.

I'd say increasing stack size would be a smarter method of inventory management.

[Silverbane]

I'd say increasing stack size would be a smarter method of inventory management.

Why is it smarter? If you have 200 different stacks of mats to store and only 150 slots to store them in, increasing the number of items that each slot can store doesn't help.

And then there's the issue of what fraction of players would actually benefit. 999-item stacks probably only benefit a minority of very active crafters. But everyone I know has had to work around the limitations on how many unique items (e.g. glamour gear) can be stored in their inventories.

If you're talking software effort, don't trivialize the effort it takes to display 3 legible digits in all the spaces that currently only display two. Making each row of the company chest 10 slots, instead of 5, is simpler. Or better yet, make each page of the company chest identical to an inventory page (100 slots in four 5x5 blocks, or whatever it becomes in the expansion) for a total of 300 items instead of the current 150. That reuses all the existing code and graphics forplayer and retainer inventory.

You're welcome to your opinion of what's "smarter," but is there any logic to it?
But odds are whatever they are going to do is already decided.

[MisterLucy]

totally disagree! sounds like a horrible idea.
this will just makes mastercrafters just undercut more and more, sounds like a garage sale system.
this just means hardwork for less gils, if the customer can creat his own price.

anyway i read they want to extent inventory/armory space.
for my self i really would love to see that they change the stack limit from 99 to 999 this would be a huge help with the inventory space.

regards hobbit

I would love the 999 thing. Its sad that I would still have stacks of items >.> <.<

[TaleraRistain]

I really hope they get away from this idea of needing older content gathered items in bulk for current content items with SB. It was horrible in HW. You already needed insane amounts of materials from the current zones, but then you had to go back to ARR and farm more materials there. For special recipes, fine, but not the basics.

[MisterLucy]

I really hope they get away from this idea of needing older content gathered items in bulk for current content items with SB. It was horrible in HW. You already needed insane amounts of materials from the current zones, but then you had to go back to ARR and farm more materials there. For special recipes, fine, but not the basics.

I dont mind if I had to go back to the old places. I enjoy it I met alot of nice new people who I wouldnt if I didnt go back to old places. Also I make alot of gil doing things other dont want to do because they think its old. Keep it up SE

[enthauptet]

totally disagree! sounds like a horrible idea.
this will just makes mastercrafters just undercut more and more, sounds like a garage sale system.
this just means hardwork for less gils, if the customer can creat his own price.

This would not happen at all like you are saying. Right now it is sellers themselves that always undercut the buyer has nothing to do with this behaviour. Whenever I list my items for sale I list at the same price as another seller usually in another market. I check later and that seller changed their price to undercut me. In addition sellers constantly undercut this way even when there is a steady purchasing of said goods so the sellers will undercut to get "more sales" when there is a consistent sale at the higher price anyway. I have a feeling it is people like you that cause markets to crash and not function in a normal manner.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Also allow gear to stack clothes can be folded and stacked up :P I understand collectables not stacking, as each one could have a different value.