Inventory being problematic!

[Voltyblast]

To be fair to SE, FF14 has offered as much inventory space as WoW does if you max out all your storage with just the two retainers you get for free. Storage space wise its actually a pretty competitive game.

You could be right....if we didn't have the chance of having 23 classes into one character. I still have space in mine BUT I am running low even by focusing only on the fighting classes (I'm gonna do crafting and gathering later).
Per se, this isn't a big issue YET, but knowing SE i wouldn't be the least surprised if they wouldn't add more retainer space in the future, yet we have 30 classes to level up. At that point, it won't be any more acceptable, to a point that we have to buy retainers just to keep our gear deposited. At that point, might as well go on a f2p game and spend 10 bucks on an inventory storage: it's a one time purchase for one thing!

My point is simply one: those two games I mentioned (but you can apply this also to any mmorpg that doesn't allow multiclassing) have far more better implementation of the inventory, simply because there's just one "bank" per character and it's normal to not have them big: you don't need a lot of space on one character, so it's acceptable.

In this game, where you can have 23 jobs - meaning that you'll have approximately 276 class equipment (which means nothing else BUT gear and weapons) - the inventory space is starting to show its limit and the ONLY WAY to possibly add more space is to pay an additional fee on your sub because....I dunno, weren't we supposed to get additional space at the expansion release?

And don't get me the "release better content yet" excuse: we're still starving and the biggest stuff we got was a crappy minigame (LoV) and a crappy dungeon (diadem). If i had to salvage something out of this mess is probably Thordan...and that's also dead!

[LadyVal]

I dunno, weren't we supposed to get additional space at the expansion release?

Everything the devs said made it sound like we were all getting a free retainer to help with gear storage in HW but when it hit we got "...and you can all buy one more retainer!" So it was kind of a slap in the face.

I only play one job, and I love me some glamour gears, and I had to buy a third retainer, and tons of my friends who craft have to buy extra retainers just so they can keep their mats. Really sucks that you have to pay monthly for storage space, I'd much rather pay a one-time fee, but I doubt SE will change that when they can easily put people in a position where they have to buy extra retainers, and pay monthly for them.

[FoxyAreku]

As a mostly-omni-crafter, glamour addict, and someone who plays multiple battle jobs at 60...I still to this day don't understand how people have inventory problems. Unless you literally hoard every last piece of gear and material you get?

I mean, I do have 1 extra retainer, but I've gone months without re-applying his contract before because I barely use him...he's mostly to sell stuff and go on ventures for me.

What i would like to expand is how many items you can put up for sale, though. I'm constantly at a full 20/20..

[Saccharin]

Yes I have 5 retainers and 4 are completely full with materials or gear. A game like this that is designed where you can be every job should have much more inventory space.

Well, by you paying that extra per month that is telling SE that they dont need to fix it.

I am not one for rushing things but that should have being considered with Heavensward release. In A Realm Reborn it was less of an issue since most were starting. But another example, someone working on leveling all their tank jobs or gathering. Thats a lot of armor sets to he kept as well!

They did: retainer sub!

[Ruri]

Well, by you paying that extra per month that is telling SE that they dont need to fix it.

So I should cancel my 3 extra retainers and lose everything? What do you expect me to do? And no I won't just sell 300 items and trash gear because I'm "hording" them. I like to change up my glamours and craft stuff for my FC friends (hence the need to save low level mats) so I need mostly everything there.

It's a problem they need to fix but also I need those extra retainers so...

[Saccharin]

So I should cancel my 3 extra retainers and lose everything? What do you expect me to do? And no I won't just sell 300 items and trash gear because I'm "hording" them. I like to change up my glamours and craft stuff for my FC friends (hence the need to save low level mats) so I need mostly everything there.

It's a problem they need to fix but also I need those extra retainers so...

SE wont fix it because the lack of space makes people buy retainer subscriptions.

I have little motivation to do much anymore because I don't have inventory space. I've already bought 2 extra retainers and they're max.

I feel like this is one of the serious problems the game is gonna have to address without telling us to buy more retainers. If they don't, things are only gonna get worse.

I feel a wardrobe system would help but apparently it's not in the works.

[Yukiko]

In 1.x when they advertised 2.0 Yoshi-P once answered to the question about the 25 slot inventory:
While progressing you may can buy more with gil or as quest reward and increase those 25... to 2x25 or 3x25 and so on...

Because server issues with strange database handling they skipped it and nowadays say its not possible to increase inventory space...
Retainers are meant to be first aid and not permanent (as many things that were meant to not be permanent -> look at quest tracker)

One of the main issues is their HQ system, quests or even crafts require you to use HQ and NQ is more or less just trash, not even worth to sell on NPC (1 gil each item)
When gathering HQ materials, you have now a ton NQ and not to mention the crafting itself... there it repeats again!
You can not set a rule to automatic throw away items when getting, nor a rule to sort the items (last as example was said that we will get - automatic sort with dropping in the bag of our choose)
Hell... just look at how other games handle this issue and you will see that SE needs look into that issue and change a lot...

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I am on the fence on getting a new retainer, I have all my combat classes (bar my melee's) at 60 and that saved me a lot of space because I don't have to cart around levelling gear all the time, but I have gone on long without needing another retainer so far, but if I am going to be levelling my crafters/gatherers, I might need the space.

Tbf the only reason mine are full is because I hoard a motherload of fireworks and glamour fodder, should probably trim the fat.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I think a solution might be somewhat similar to something Blade & Soul did. You have a separate wardrobe that can store outfits, thus alleviating a spot in your inventory. So for FFXIV, I'd suggest the very same, with it being able to store your glamour pieces. That, or simply being able to toss the item once its appearance is glamoured onto another would go a long way to helping storage without overloading the servers. In fact, the latter wouldn't even touch them at all. I have Lady Clogs and Amatsu Haidate glamoured for my craft set-- with both of those items stuffed right back into the armoire.

Unfortunately, I don't see them changing much, what with this effectively limiting the number of retainers people will purchase. Granted, a work around to this is leveling an alt and asking to use your Free Company's chest to swap items from time to time.

[AeraLure]

I like to glamour. Not just higher end gear but gear from all levels my job can wear. Add to that the rarer materials, various items and it's definitely a problem. I solved it for the time being though by discarding/selling everything except for my main job and retiring the other jobs, although I kept a few things for a secondary job. That combined with the crafter/gatherers is itself more than enough to try and deal with, especially when combined with trying to gear them. For a game that wants to encourage you to play all the jobs there really should be a better solution.