Quote Originally Posted by Rymm View Post
Welcome to the game! It's always nice to get new blood in the community. I hope your enjoyment of the game is enough to offset your annoyances. The game can obviously be benefited by some QoL improvements but is still a great game and has come a long way since 1.0 and even 2.0.

1. This one I honestly don't notice too much. When it comes to crafting, it's mostly about prep-work; I either just make sure I've already got what I need on me or I hunker down somewhere near a retainer bell/MB and work there. I don't know if I'm just used to the system or what, but I've never really had a problem with the inventory aside from item bloat. (Seriously, for an omni-crafter the two default retainers are just not nearly enough space.) My husband, on the other hand, played a lot of Guild Wars before coming to FF14 and complained long and loud about not being able to craft with mats that weren't in his personal inventory, so ymmv I guess.

2. ... Is your monitor set darker normally? Or it could be a video card thing, maybe?
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5. Not sure why this would be a thing. As someone who played a lot of MMOs in the past where you had to walk everywhere, the aether shards in the city already seem like a huge luxury to me so walking 20 feet to the nearest one doesn't phase me. It would admittedly be nice to mount up in the cities but with the number of people who think it's funny to block NPCs with huge mounts, well... "this is why we can't have nice things." And the aftcastle aethershard's placement has always seemed a little off to me too. But heck, we finally got one in Ul'dah next to the MBs, so maybe there is hope for SE changing that one around too!

6. I'm not even sure what you mean on this one, sorry. I just click yes with my mouse, or are you on a console? I've no idea what the UI is like there so I can't comment on this one.
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Thanks for the response.

Definitely with a large, complex, immersive game, the large amount of good has side effects. I've crafted/gathered a bunch, and inventory issues are the worst. And there is no way I will pay for extra retainers, for what is essentially a broken inventory system (be it console limitations, or 1.0 spaghetti code the client doesn't really care); when they become too much of an issue it will be time to leave.

For #2, standard card; it's just too dark in some areas/times, or at least google turned up some others with the same complaint without good resolution.

For #5, speeds in cities are just too slow, particularly for areas without close teleports that need to be visited regularly; perma sprint might be helpful; game time is precious and limited, especially considering there is so much content, and everywhere tons of quests I have to pass by and will likely never do

For #6, try entering areas (like homes, etc) with your keyboard and the "Confirm" key (under the System keybinds). You always have to switch from "no" to "yes"