The new Expanded Inventory View design

[Vstarstruck]

I think about 90% of your posts have been complaints, why are you still here? They won't shut the game down, that would be a disaster. It was one thing to shut down the failed 1.0 server in the transition to 20. It would be a completely different thing to shut down a functional game just because. They would lose a ton of players.

I do not see them losing a ton of players if it means improving the game. From the sound of that post they may have to at some point. It is not a matter of IF, more like when. (Unless they can work a ton of magic while the servers are running, like preparing and releasing big changes for 5.0 as 4.xx is running.

What I do is none of your business though and sounds stalkerish (yeah i know public blahblah but you do not need to talk about my personal agendas in this thread)

Are we supposed to be happy and understanding that despite shutting down the servers these problems are still biting them? You can't rely on a flawed core if you want to keep growing. We're struggling to have the responsiveness that WoW had back in 2004 in a lot of areas still. No, shutting the servers down again won't fix it faster, they just have to actually work on it.

The wonders of these kind of games mostly having a skeleton crew between expansions.

My point said by someone else^

Weird, What I am reading is a general hate for the design of the core game and not hate for the comment. Also a question as to why SE hasn't put some priority into fixing this so the game can grow properly.

These are actually the real kind of answers we should see about housing and inventory it is very Blizzard. It doesn't mean it is going to be fixed. But it also means paying customers can voice their desire to have X function prioritized. This is literally a million times better then some figurehead trying to sell plushies.

Also if technical limitations(server load) are based on the actual inventory you are carrying. Why didn't the people in charge discuss alternative solutions that might require more storage but less server load? Chocob bag is an excellent example of alternative storage. Why people would like the moon. They would settle with just extra retainers, player storage chests and better itemization. This is a sign that one team refuses to work within the limitations of the game.



But all in all nice answer and Thanks.

That would be correct, and asking what can be done about it.

[Texa]

What I do is none of your business though and sounds stalkerish

[savageink]

I would prefer 4 up like the old view, but 2 up isn't that annoying. they did get rid of the useless slots that couldn't hold anything in the old view on the second tab. What I don't get is why they didn't add a chocobo bags tab to the inventory, instead of making it a completely separate window i have to dig through a menu to get to.

[Iscah]

What I don't get is why they didn't add a chocobo bags tab to the inventory, instead of making it a completely separate window i have to dig through a menu to get to.

That annoys me too, though on the other hand I'm guessing that since we have to transfer items between the two systems, having them display separately is what lets us have both inventories open at once while we do that.

[savageink]

That annoys me too, though on the other hand I'm guessing that since we have to transfer items between the two systems, having them display separately is what lets us have both inventories open at once while we do that.

I would think that even if they had to open it up as a separate window they could still put a chocobag button on the inventory window like the armory one.

[Iscah]

I would think that even if they had to open it up as a separate window they could still put a chocobag button on the inventory window like the armory one.

Having experimented with it a bit, I've realised that it's not counted as part of the inventory space - you can store a 'unique' item in there and then add a second one to your inventory. (So, another place to stash phoenix downs - and also useful if you want to put some quest reward costume pieces into your glamour dresser but don't want to lose the actual item, as I did for a certain sentimental one. Put the original in the saddlebag, bought and converted a replica.)

Anyway if it's separate enough that the game can't tell you're doubling up on unique items, then I'm not surprised if it's impossible to make it display on the inventory menu tab, as nice and sensible as it would seem.

[Hasrat]

Having experimented with it a bit, I've realised that it's not counted as part of the inventory space - you can store a 'unique' item in there and then add a second one to your inventory. (So, another place to stash phoenix downs - and also useful if you want to put some quest reward costume pieces into your glamour dresser but don't want to lose the actual item, as I did for a certain sentimental one. Put the original in the saddlebag, bought and converted a replica.)

Also treasure maps.

Personal opinion, I kinda like the new expanded layout. For me, the old layout was just a bit too big. I understand the complaints that it doesn't show everything, for the players that preferred to see everything. But I like the look, and it's still as much as I ever need to see at any one time.