ARR - 100 Inventory Limitation

[Gokulo]

read their own post and watch the video. when yoshi changes from his carp gearset to his drg(i believe it was drg) his saw went back into his inventory. you then add in that on lodestone post about inventory it has in red and highlighted.

* Players will be unable to operate bazaars in FFXIV: ARR.
* Items equipped by players will not count towards the 100 item inventory limit.
* The maximum amount of gil, crystals, and grand company seals that can be held by players and retainers will not change.

look at the second bullet point. it does specifically state equipped items and not items in gearsets and we see the video of the saw going back into inventory. it leads many to believe that when you are on blm(for example) the blm gear does not count towards your 100 limit, but your whm gear does and when switching to whm(for example) then the whm gear doesn't and the blm gear does.

This is not true. The saw in his inventory might be another item or something. It was explicitly stated that items in gear set do not take inventory space.

[darkstarpoet1]

This is not true. The saw in his inventory might be another item or something. It was explicitly stated that items in gear set do not take inventory space.

would it be the first time they've changed something after they stated it? no, it would be par for them and the lodestone post was posted after the video specifically stating equipped items will not count.

[Gokulo]

would it be the first time they've changed something after they stated it? no, it would be par for them and the lodestone post was posted after the video specifically stating equipped items will not count.

This was said during the live letter so exactly during the same time you mentioned, so it's not something that was said a while back:

A: We’ll be releasing a Topics announcement regarding this matter. Yes, the inventory limit will be reduced to 100 slots. In ARR, when you equip an item, that item disappears from your inventory. So when you put together all your gear sets, your inventory won't be as full.

[Hulan]

would it be the first time they've changed something after they stated it? no, it would be par for them and the lodestone post was posted after the video specifically stating equipped items will not count.

But in this case, them reneging makes no sense in context. Everything else contradicts it, if items in gearsets took up inventory space, we wouldn't have all of this "one item per gearset" business. Similarly, gearsets, given their already obvious shortcomings, truly would be worthless if they left gear in the inventory. Yoshi-P mentioned macros being used to switch gear between gearsets, which means macros have just as much power as gearsets in that context. I cannot believe even SE would implement a system with literally no purpose.