Something needs to be done about inventory space

[MiaShino]

They do give you 2 for free from the start and even if all available retainers were given out for free people would still be complaining about not having enough inventory.

This is silly as heck and I read this type of comment many times in this thread. I am unsure what the English word for this type of fallacy is.

If I had ten retainers I would be in a far far better place then I am now? Is that not true?

[Ultimatecalibur]

This is silly as heck and I read this type of comment many times in this thread. I am unsure what the English word for this type of fallacy is.

If I had ten retainers I would be in a far far better place then I am now? Is that not true?

Nope. The paradox is that more storage doesn't necessarily mean less storage problems. It has been a noted effect that humans tend to fill storage rather than dispose of things until they reach the limit on how much they can store at which point they choose between either expanding storage or disposal of excess items.

Even if you had 1400 retainer slots and 1000 glamour cabinet slots you would still be running into storage problems after a while.

[Deceptus]

Nope. The paradox is that more storage doesn't necessarily mean less storage problems. It has been a noted effect that humans tend to fill storage rather than dispose of things until they reach the limit on how much they can store at which point they choose between either expanding storage or disposal of excess items.

Even if you had 1400 retainer slots and 1000 glamour cabinet slots you would still be running into storage problems after a while.

Well, when the game adds 800+ gear items each expansion and only 100 glamour slots inventory bloat tends to happen.

Same when they add 80+ "Currencies" that go into your inventory each expansion.

Again, that's not even touching crafting where multiple recipes can require anywhere from 6-10 separate items each.

I will give you bait. Bait has always needed SOMETHING done for it. I think the older expansions should get condensed into maybe a couple lures when new expansions are released, that would help immensely, since they're said a "tackle box" thing is not able to be done. Maybe only have unique bait for big fish in the old zones.

You can tell the FFXIV Devs attempted to rectify this by adding Freshwater and Saltwater Boilies but then they didn't go far enough and they're pretty useless as they can't hook most fish.