Inventory is blowing my brain! SE, make it stop! To the rest of you, help me out!

[TripBeaumint]

I'm sure you can purge a lot of stuff, lol.

Do you really need rings for every occasion?

If you are holding onto all these mats, why not just go through them? If they have been sitting on a retainer for like 3 months, are they really worth holding onto?

I spring clean on a daily basis.

[Galliano]

for af sets and event items you can store them in the armoire in your inn room (they need to be 100%), that will free up some space. And as others have said, a lot of the crap that builds up is easy to obtain if and when you need it, so just npc it or sell it at a good price on the wards.

[Zottan]

Third Retainer for Legacy Members Yes PLEASE!

[Jinko]

Yea I am guna cry when they half the inventory space in 2.0, I pray that mannequins will remove gear from the inventory.

[JackDaniels]

Not sure if this has been said but you can store AF and Event equipment in your hotel.

Hope this helps

[Skies]

Yea I am guna cry when they half the inventory space in 2.0, I pray that mannequins will remove gear from the inventory.

According to one of the PDFs that SE put out a good while ago, yes they will.

Also to the OP: Believe me, only store materials that you plan to use for grinding crafts (And even then, store in your own personal inventory so you remember to get to them ASAP) and +1 materials relevant to your interests. Otherwise NPC all of that junk, it's not worth it.
You can also throw your AF armor sets in the Armoire (they need to be at 100%) in your Inn room, also seasonal gear.
Pick and choose your materia, keep for you only what you REALLY plan on using and sell the rest of explode some old gear. Also attempt to have gear that overlaps through your classes, like for example I have only one gearset for all of my DoW as they level.

[Airget]

ya even if you have 99 of mats it doesn't mean they are exactly useful, so just set a threshold for what you find useful.

use www.mooglebox.com to help you out with this, just input the name of the item, see what you can make with it and determine if it's worth holding onto it to make and sell or if it's worth holding onto for a skillup synth. Those are the two basic standards I set myself to when determining what I hold onto it. If I can't use it for skillup or the items it make are useless I'll most likely NPC the materials rather then sell it on the MW. However with the new MW search function I would recommend searching before NPCing to see if you can get a decent amount of gil for it.

While I know this isn't a "popular" method of selling items in terms of other Sellers but when it comes to clearing space if you just want to get rid of the items then undercut and have it leave your hands quicker then selling it for a normal price, but always compare it to the NPC price before doing it. And by compare I mean look at an item if you can NPC for 20k but sell it for 40k then consider if it's worth the time to sell it through the MW to make that extra 20k or if you really need that space.

[MicahZerrshia]

Storage limitations are why our already full wards are full of retainers with all their items listed at a $999,999,999 sale price.

But to be honest we have more storage than alot of games, but also on that note alot of game dont require so many synth items, main/off hand tools and gear to make anything and equipped gear is removed from your inventory.

[Lienn]

I find this lame tho. At start i was so excited in having additional retainers options...i had 7 mules when i played FFXI...being able to access them all w/o having to log in/out and deliver items was priceless IMO. In the end a retainer for 1 buck would be way more useful than a mule (a character and 2 retainers) for 3 bucks.

I wish the plan was kept...but instead i can smell "temporary inventory expander" cash items coming soon... :/

[Griss]

Have less crap.