Inventory on different platforms question

[Gillionaire]

I play on multiple PCs too and I think of it this way: Data needs allocates in a scattered manner, and when a new computer reads that information, it's jumbled in the transfer. That's what happens to inventories. It's a little annoying, but nothing a sort can't fix.

No, it's the files in your My Games\FF14 folder under your character folder.
ItemFDR.dat or ItemODR.dat are the culprits.
What baffles me is why SE decided to store that kind of data on client side, almost everything is saved client side for this game one exception I've seen so far is your cross class skills, those are about the only things saved when you log off.. and your title.

[DragonFlyy]

No, it's the files in your My Games\FF14 folder under your character folder.
ItemFDR.dat or ItemODR.dat are the culprits.
What baffles me is why SE decided to store that kind of data on client side, almost everything is saved client side for this game one exception I've seen so far is your cross class skills, those are about the only things saved when you log off.. and your title.

Saves on bandwidth to have the information stored locally.

[Callinon]

Saves on bandwidth to have the information stored locally.

Not really. The client could handle this sort of thing until logout, during which the data is sent to the server to be stored with the character's own data. Then the data is sent back on login. There's no need for a continuous update for this stuff. If we're worried about a connection failure screwing with it, maybe we send it to the server whenever a zone change happens. That would keep it relatively up to date.

Additionally I should point out that every MMO on the face of the planet EXCEPT FFXIV does this without a problem.

[Gillionaire]

Saves on bandwidth to have the information stored locally.

but those stupid files are 10kbs... I think we pay enough subscription to store that amount of data on their servers