Inventory space

[Arcell]

They didn't say you won't be able to store seasonal event items, they just said there are concerns about problems arising. To me that means it may not initially come with that functionality but that will come once they fix said problems.

[Suneater]

A materia tab would be great as long as they keep materia so it requires inventory slots. I think what a lot of people want is for it to be like how crystals are now but then we'd end up with too much hoarding. Since the server merge, most materia prices have plummeted. There is a large disparity between prices of the higher tier materia and ones with lower quality stats (within the same quality ie. +9 enmity rage IV materia is dirt cheap while +12 are non-existent or absurd prices). This problem would only increase if materia didn't consume inventory slots.

Another way to alleviate inventory space & management issues would be to let us purchase more retainers. I believe the original plan around launch was to allow purchasing of retainers through the subscription service, something like $1 per retainer. In my ~3 years of XI I had at least 2 mules at all times and at one point I was up to 4 (for several months, not just for mog bonanza :P). I hate to jump on the "add this from XI" bandwagon, but I think this would be a reasonable option for FFXIV too.

[psykhaotic]

I actually didn't like when they gave us the free inventory slots, so I was happy when I saw that it was a temporary measure.

My reason is that there should've been some kind of quest or additional content in order for us to earn that inventory space, rather than have it just given to us.

[Zezlar]

They didn't say you won't be able to store seasonal event items, they just said there are concerns about problems arising. To me that means it may not initially come with that functionality but that will come once they fix said problems.

Then the feature is useless. It shouldn't be released until it is ready. That's how this game got into the situation that it's in.

[Kyra]

Hey everyone!

I'd like to give you a couple of quick details about the planned storage system for 1.22.

First of all the system will be free of charge! No need to spend your hard-earned gil on storage your items. Also, it will be possible to store individual pieces of your AF, not just a full set.

We are looking into the storage of seasonal event items, but there are some concerns about possible bugs arising, so we will get back to you on that once we have some more information.

If the storage cant store event items, tell the devs dont bother adding it untill it can.

[Reinheart]

you guys do understand it's event items coming in w/e patch.
Say in 1.22 they release a event - you wont be able to store items in 1.22 but most likely in later 1.22a or 1.23 etc. They just need to check to make sure it wont cause any issue.

Although they should test before the event but it doesn't mean we can't store all the event items, only the upcoming ones for temporary.

Anyways I posted translation on stuff that kind of sucks from JP Rep today, might get some people angry lol.

[Arcell]

Then the feature is useless. It shouldn't be released until it is ready. That's how this game got into the situation that it's in.

If the storage cant store event items, tell the devs dont bother adding it untill it can.

So you'd rather not be able to store SOME U/U gear because you can't store all event gear just yet? So they shouldn't add something in to alleviate the situation until it can reach full functionality? In most cases I'd agree but this is storage, it's not an incredibly complex system that changes the core of the game. It's putting shit in a box. Personally I'd be happy to store all my excess AF for the time being and be happy knowing that event item storage is coming. Must it really be all or nothing if they can increase the functionality later?

[Zezlar]

So you'd rather not be able to store SOME U/U gear because you can't store all event gear just yet? So they shouldn't add something in to alleviate the situation until it can reach full functionality? In most cases I'd agree but this is storage, it's not an incredibly complex system that changes the core of the game. It's putting shit in a box. Personally I'd be happy to store all my excess AF for the time being and be happy knowing that event item storage is coming. Must it really be all or nothing if they can increase the functionality later?

In all honesty? Yeah, I probably would. I'm fairly tired of this attitude they've been taking with this game. Nothing they release ever works properly. All we ever hear about is the costs to implement, and how shitty a server structure is. I'm tired of excuses. One of the reasons this was asked for in the first place was the seasonal items. I want a stable, finished, implementation. Perhaps people may not agree with my stance, and that's alright but i'm tired of these half-assed unfinished services.

[Kittkat26]

Why would anyone be happy about decreased inventory slots? As a culinarian and when I have more jobs with armor and weapons out the kazoo to keep, not to mention all the crap that drops during parties... 200 slots goes pretty quickly. I don't know about you but I like playing the game instead of taking hours to arrange my inventory because I don't have enough room to store my armor and weapons. I also agree with the OP about the RDM job in FFXI, I had every elemental staff also and I always had a full inventory.

I wouldn't mind a quest like the gobbiebags to give us more inventory space, but I don't like that they're taking it away. Although I'll admit that 100 slots is better than 30 slots like some games give though.

[Arcell]

In all honesty? Yeah, I probably would. I'm fairly tired of this attitude they've been taking with this game. Nothing they release ever works properly. All we ever hear about is the costs to implement, and how shitty a server structure is. I'm tired of excuses. One of the reasons this was asked for in the first place was the seasonal items. I want a stable, finished, implementation. Perhaps people may not agree with my stance, and that's alright but i'm tired of these half-assed unfinished services.

This isn't something being half-assed though. It's them being cautious about potential bugs and giving us what they can for now while they fix that one part of the functionality. As I said, for any other system I'd agree with you but we're talking about storage here. Some now and more later is better than none until later.