A consern about space efficieny since stormblood is not getting enough space increase

[KisaiTenshi]

I'm not sure if it's been suggested or not, but perhaps it would be a viable short-term fix to create NPC's that sell ALL ARR and HW mats. This would at least mean crafters need not hoard materials outside of those for the current expansion. It would be relatively easy to implement and have none of the drawbacks SE seems to be worried about regarding the other suggested(and better) solutions.

Uh don't they do this already? That's what the beast tribes sell, likewise the guild NPC's sell materials for their guild.

I'd actually rather all crafting materials not be sold by any NPC. Farm it if you need it, buy it from the market if you don't want to farm it. But don't just put it on a NPC, otherwise you have no incentive to use the market.

The Beast Tribe quests were actually the great compromise here because you couldn't just go to them and buy stuff for gil, you had to earn their trust by doing their silly fetch quests, and that opened up more rare things.

[Hamada]

Uh don't they do this already? That's what the beast tribes sell, likewise the guild NPC's sell materials for their guild.

I'd actually rather all crafting materials not be sold by any NPC. Farm it if you need it, buy it from the market if you don't want to farm it. But don't just put it on a NPC, otherwise you have no incentive to use the market.

The Beast Tribe quests were actually the great compromise here because you couldn't just go to them and buy stuff for gil, you had to earn their trust by doing their silly fetch quests, and that opened up more rare things.

They do not, just select items and some of them are overpriced while others are exclusive, i/e there is some furnishings that are made with a cloth that can only be bought at the sylphs tribe

[Lycieus]

I'd actually rather all crafting materials not be sold by any NPC. Farm it if you need it, buy it from the market if you don't want to farm it. But don't just put it on a NPC, otherwise you have no incentive to use the market.

This would doubtless hurt the market, and again, not my ideal solution. It's merely the easiest solution to implement.