Something needs to be done about inventory space

[MilkieTea]

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I'd like to note that my forum age is indicative of the time spent playing this game (by about a month off)- so, yes, I was that sprout planning in advanced. I did face inventory issues too! But that was my fault. Want to know why? While I planned in advanced I did not properly manage my inventory and it became cluttered with useless stuff. I had to sit down and go through everything a few months back and decide: "Am I going to use this? Am I keeping it for good reasons, or am I just... well. hoarding?" And I decluttered about 90% of my inventory. So I'm speaking from the experience of both a newbie who went through it and a newbie who, well... literally went through it.

But I'll bite - Let's go through this step by step, starting out empty:

The number of non stacking items amounts toooo; Thirteen items (both left and right side) for DoL then 13 more items for DoH buuut wait!

- This is 2 items per section.

As the armory chest does not aggregate all inventory into one page but sections it off into neat 35-item sections. The only section that will have more than two items is the weapons section - which should always have a static amount (Meaning if ytou have a lower-levelled weapon, you should not keep it unless you are doing endgame stuff. I'll address this later.).

This is 3 main hands and 3 off hands for DOL,


[8:31 PM]
and 8 mainhands/offhands for DOH



with 11 sets total (2 sets of gear, with 1 gearset per class) each containing the same gear with the same melds because crafting macros require the same melds and gathering... well... that's something I deliberately do not have much experience in, however I know that late-game gathering has generally the same stats.

Actually pre 50 DoM gear is used on healers because it has a mind stat. It is tank gear that is different.

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...he_Novice_Loot You're correct. I got the two mixed up. This is 3 sets that will last you till lvl 30 on all DOW/DOM/Tank classes.

There is a gap between Lvl 30-Lvl 50 in which gearing becomes suboptimal - this is something in which Squeenix can improve upon. Typically it's dungeon loot and crafted gear that is class locked... sometimes? It's not uncommon to see sprouts tanking in "All Classes" healer gear.

Not even including the weapons this is just left and right side that is umm; 33 inventory slots. Now accounting for weapons; 47

Again, inventory slots are not aggregated but separated.

If one levels all DOW simultaneously, this is what your inventory will look like:



7 sets of gear, with separate sets in your Gearset List only for weapons. Additionally, since PLD is the only DOW with off hands, you would only end with 12 off hand weapons.

At the end of your levelling process, Disciple of Magics tagged onto this would look like this:



Ranged Magical DPS Share a gearset, and Healers share a gearset.

At the WORST possible outcome, tossing out gear as you level and leveling each class separate from each other, each section should have 27 pieces of armor each. If there is more, you have something extra that you don't need - toss it out.

Why do I feel like you may have purchased extra retainers or have other vested interest in defending Square's decisions?

I did! ^-^ They're only used for marketboard and ventures, since I've begun to make a pretty penny off of casually selling off gear I don't need/use, and crafting.

However, defending square's decisions I am not. You have a total of 1310 slots, with half of those being for gear and the other half being for whatever you want. The armoire needs upgrading, we need more glamour slots for those who have been around since forever and have filled their glamour chests to the brim, and we need more glamour plates. Preferrably 31+ (One for each class (including the two coming out in Nov) + maybe 3 extra for whatever)

If you're filling your inventory with stuff you "might need... maybe, for this class you're going to eventually level... possibly" then you've got poor inventory management.

I'd like to end this by saying that poor inventory management isn't a bad thing - it's a thing that eventually everyone will have to face. I did so several months back - I had one job at level 80, One at level 70, and the rest were scattered in between 30-40-50. I kept gear that was worthless or easily farmed, because I was worried that, despite my careful planning, I'd lose out. I didn't by the way.

Mention absolutely NOTHING about my spelling of disciple, by the way. I'm dumb and too lazy to go back and fix it all.

EDIT: Messed up a number. ...Preferrably 29+... should've been "Preferrably 31+" And has been fixed.