Request SE: Show "you had this" or "you dont have this" for mounts/minions

[ItMe]

Oh shoot, this came up last month but I can't find Yoshi's response.
Basically, he said for things like Orchestrion scrolls that data is physically kept in a different computer than the ones that tracks your regular inventory... and these computers aren't able to talk to each other.
The game can check if you have a minion or not while rolling on it because minion info is stored in that second bank, not the one that tracks your Orchestrion scrolls.
He said that making those systems talk to each other so when you're rolling on loot it could mark what you have, or prevent you from rolling on it... would create an unmanageable amount of extra traffic between them.
Maybe the game will be able to track what Orchestrion scrolls you have better in the future, but I would not hold my breath on this change : (

[Xegodar]

Oh shoot, this came up last month but I can't find Yoshi's response.
Basically, he said for things like Orchestrion scrolls that data is physically kept in a different computer than the ones that tracks your regular inventory... and these computers aren't able to talk to each other.
The game can check if you have a minion or not while rolling on it because minion info is stored in that second bank, not the one that tracks your Orchestrion scrolls.
He said that making those systems talk to each other so when you're rolling on loot it could mark what you have, or prevent you from rolling on it... would create an unmanageable amount of extra traffic between them.
Maybe the game will be able to track what Orchestrion scrolls you have better in the future, but I would not hold my breath on this change : (

The rigidness of this games entire backend continues to astound me.

[Puremallace]

The rigidness of this games entire backend continues to astound me.

The rigidness of this games backend is artificial as it lacks investment. They can port it to a PS5 but not figure out something simple like this? There are multiple features they could add to the game to make the UI more friendly but always fall back on the same excuses.

Lets just say I personally do not play FF14 the same way I would have played WoW. Glamour collection is limited, mount collection is a pain and other things are just extremely difficult to keep track of without outside plugins that could get you banned.

[Callinon]

Oh shoot, this came up last month but I can't find Yoshi's response.
Basically, he said for things like Orchestrion scrolls that data is physically kept in a different computer than the ones that tracks your regular inventory... and these computers aren't able to talk to each other.
The game can check if you have a minion or not while rolling on it because minion info is stored in that second bank, not the one that tracks your Orchestrion scrolls.
He said that making those systems talk to each other so when you're rolling on loot it could mark what you have, or prevent you from rolling on it... would create an unmanageable amount of extra traffic between them.
Maybe the game will be able to track what Orchestrion scrolls you have better in the future, but I would not hold my breath on this change : (

The more I hear about how this game's backend is set up the more I'm convinced it's some kind of Lovecraftian horror the likes of which would drive you mad should you look directly upon it.

None of that makes any sense. So how do they store that data if the two systems can't communicate with each other? Some intern transfers it with floppy disks or something?

[Ceridwenae]

The more I hear about how this game's backend is set up the more I'm convinced it's some kind of Lovecraftian horror the likes of which would drive you mad should you look directly upon it.

It is indeed some loopy Yog-Sothothery. It also never ceases to amaze; I mean, I know you can't always be forward-thinking and planning, but this always comes across as much worse than that. I do not envy the dev team and pals on this.

[Haruka_R]

Oh shoot, this came up last month but I can't find Yoshi's response.
Basically, he said for things like Orchestrion scrolls that data is physically kept in a different computer than the ones that tracks your regular inventory... and these computers aren't able to talk to each other.
The game can check if you have a minion or not while rolling on it because minion info is stored in that second bank, not the one that tracks your Orchestrion scrolls.
He said that making those systems talk to each other so when you're rolling on loot it could mark what you have, or prevent you from rolling on it... would create an unmanageable amount of extra traffic between them.
Maybe the game will be able to track what Orchestrion scrolls you have better in the future, but I would not hold my breath on this change : (