Storage problem

[Callback]

We all know the issue. Expansions create tons of new items and it wrecks what little space we have. Something has to be done. The answer lies in the expansions themselves. Expansions should unlock 1 additional free retainer when you purchase them. It adds just enough space to allow for all the new junk to gather, and frankly for the price of this shit it's the least you could provide.

Give all Heavensward owners a 3rd free retainer slot, and prepare to add a 4th whenever 4.0 might be.

[Sakuraluna]

I think they'll have to address this complaint eventually, but for now they seem to have stressed that we now have additional paid retainers, use them.

[papichulo123]

they should at least increase the armory main hand and secondary for more slots

[Lelila38]

They should at least let us actually BUY retainers, instead we just rent them. Aren't we paying enough already?

[Zavius_Firerave]

It gives an otherwise great game a cheap F2P MMO feel to it. I hate it.

[vampiregirl663]

I agree on all points in this thread, especially main and side arms. I have lots and lots of jobs and it's getting hard to change between them because of armory chest limits! Please expand retainers for or make the space for free larger and add more slots for arms!

[TaleraRistain]

Agreed on all points. An additional retainer for an expansion is a fair request. And adding more space in the Armory Chest. If you have multiple adventuring classes, crafters, and gatherers those can get a bit full. Crafting and gathering is especially bad if you are at either of the max levels where the classes are not sharing gear.

[Tayolynn]

It was a pretty big stab in the back when they clearly showed capability of letting us have more retainers, except they dangle it behind a pay wall.

From the 3.0 patch notes:
"[2.0] Players can now hire up to eight retainers.
* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service (http://sqex.to/4Aq) available on the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station."

[Enkidoh]

It was a pretty big stab in the back when they clearly showed capability of letting us have more retainers, except they dangle it behind a pay wall.

From the 3.0 patch notes:
"[2.0] Players can now hire up to eight retainers.
* Players are normally limited to two retainers per character. To hire additional retainers, please use the optional retainer service (http://sqex.to/4Aq) available on the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station."

Except that was actually always planned to be that way from the very beginning even before ARR was even conceived, all the way back at the start of the original version of FFXIV (1.0)'s service in fact - retainers were always planned to be a paid service, with the cost of the first one included in your main monthly subscription and any extra retainers required a separate fee for each. Because of 1.0's failure though those plans were put on the backburner and players were only ever able to recruit a single retainer. All they've done in ARR is introduce what they had always planned to do years ago in 1.0.

Of course we need extra storage space by default - even I'm struggling to find a place for all my gear that I keep finding myself acquiring - but SE are aware of this and as mentioned already by someone else, Yoshi has stated inventory sizes will be increased in Stormblood so we just have to be patient.

*Ties another rope around bulging retainer storage chests*

[Sakuraluna]

It was a pretty big stab in the back when they clearly showed capability of letting us have more retainers, except they dangle it behind a pay wall.

I felt the same way.

To me, it showed that they very possibly even had the option to give us more inventory/armory slots on our characters if they wanted to, but instead they chose to basically put those much needed resources into the cash shop, so to speak. :/