The new Expanded Inventory View design

[Fynlar]

If they can afford to give us this many slots for KI's, why can't they afford to replace 50 of these slots for regular inventory slots?
Hell.. If KI's are so important, just let them overflow into my main inventory if I somehow manage to hit 50+ KI's...

People didn't understand this before and they still aren't understanding it now.

It's not that you have that many "slots" for key items taking up memory space. You aren't "losing" inventory space because of key items. It's just that it's using the same display as your inventory to show them so it makes you think you are.

[Vstarstruck]

Greetings,

We'd like to share a comment from Hiroshi Minagawa from the UI team in regards to the inventory display adjustments made in Patch 4.2.
We'd appreciate it if you all to continue to leave your feedback.

It gets old that you can't do this, cant do that because of the 1.0> 2.0 thing and still had to use 1.0's code as a base to cut corners and get it out faster. "Haste makes waste" as they say, and this will only continue to cause you problems in the future. Can you guys rework the code .. the core,, fixing all this while 4.xx is running and basically have a better structure for 5.0 +? How can you guys keep expanding this game with such a poor base? As you give us more items, we need more inventory space to hold those items. Your servers need more breathing room. I am sure this is also the reason Why we can't have a proper glam log and other things? If data usage is so bad with this spaghetti code why not remove repeated items in the game (may have to relay to the different development teams that are responsible of what materials go in the game and stuff along that nature) the meany copies of item icons for different items gets confusing too.

Does this mean our bag is stuck on 140 items forever? What is going to happen in the future? Future expansions? Right now using the dresser and chobobo bag is a chore, are there plans to improve this moving forward to 5.0 and beyond?

[Krotoan]

OH look , someone came in and actually explained the reason behind the change and was met with reprehension, misunderstanding and spite.

I am shocked and amazed..

They wanted to add another ..

appreciate the breakdown, thank you =]

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Shut down the servers and recode the game properly then. It gets old that you can't do this, cant do that because of the 1.0> 2.0 thing and still had to use 1.0's code as a base to cut corners and get it out faster.

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.

[Moonlite]

OH look , someone came in and actually explained the reason behind the change and was met with reprehension, misunderstanding and spite.

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.

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But all in all nice answer and Thanks.

[tymora]

Wait, we have a 64 bit version of this game?

[Krotoan]

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.


But all in all nice answer and Thanks.

So you're not seeing how that can be read as : Everything you're trying to do is worthless unless you redo the entire base?
why yes Chocobo bag IS a great example.. too bad all the complaints said "this is stupid, why can't I use things straight out of it, just give us more inventory" well this is why!.

I don't think people are hating on the poster, but their message is being met with the exact uncompromising attitude and demands that people post for everything else they don't like. Only this time we're getting the actual background reasons which people are half reading and demanding it be redone anyway.

I also don't think we're also going to get a big reveal on team directive and funding discussions as well.

These posts are GREAT, but if I was using the response to this as a meter for doing them in the future? I'd vote no.

[Tiraelina]

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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.

[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