Storage problem

[saberchic]

While I would love the addition of at least one more free retainer or a private chest in the house/fc private room, being limited to 2 retainers has taught me to not be such a hoarder. I constantly look up items that I have to see if I might need them again in the future. If not, or if I might need it but could easily gather it myself quickly, I sell it. However, I do hope that SE does eventually give us more storage space soon.

[Underlord]

I would like to see the storage chest option for housing. Simply for seasonal gear, or other gear for glamour purposes.

[Chigo_Sensei]

a free retainer with each expansion, a glamour book, a housing item that lets you store gear or certain types of items, all of those could help with the storage problem. but instead we're expected to pay 2$ a month for each extra retainer on top of paying for a sub and an expansion...

[Leory]

they did say on the live steam when they did reveal stormblood that we are getting more inventory in 4.0 and we got it from yoshida himself

[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*

[ZhaneX]

At the very least personally, I hope that the promised inventory expansions include all facets of storage we currently have; retainer inventories included.

Bigger Inventories, Armory Chests, Retainer Inventories, and Company Chests all would likely go a long way to alleviating the current issues.

[Crim2989]

generally unless I'm crafting a Ton, the character inventory has never been a problem... the armory chest has continued to be as they do things like class specific gear, which bumps 1 slot for omni gear to 8/25 then you need PVE gear add another 12... PVE add another 12... gathering add another 3. So to be able to be geared for all classes would need 35 slots per each tab. hopefully they add another 10 slots or give us more multiple omni class gear sets.

Crafting is a whole different beast.. I think if I have to pay for an NPC to hold my junk then they can fetch what I need from my crafting window till I need to restock my mats, that would be worth while.