Request: Inventory Management Tips from Vets

[Mhaeric]

Selling random mats you get from running content once per day will be enough to free up lots of space. I even do it once or twice a week and find I don't fill up. I do npc sell any mats that don't have a reasonably big enough profit margin on the market board, however. If I'm only going to make less than 100 gil on something then it's not worth the time or retainer space it takes to sell on the mb in my opinion.

If I'm not selling a mat at all, then I'll lower the HQ to NQ and combine the stacks unless I know that I'm going to need the HQ to be able to craft the item I want. 95% of the time I don't, since most of what I craft is furniture.

I also don't hoard materials, with the possible exception of leathers/hides since those can be a pain to get compared to other mats. I have all DoH to 70 with full scrip gear, so I have the luxury of being able to gather up almost any material I need at a moment's notice so if you know you're going to need a given material then go ahead and hoard it, but most mats are not necessary to hoard at all.

The biggest inventory hog for me is loot drops. I turn them in for seals for ventures and mb sales items, but the turn in place is a bit out of the way compared to a summoning bell so I either forget to do it or get lazy about it. That's just a bad habit I've developed on my own, though, so I recommend just doing it once a day and you'll be fine. You can also just pass on all loot drops to achieve the effect, but seals are a wonderful way to make money so it's totally worth rolling for them.

I only use my saddlebag for things like fishing tackle, extra food, various currency/upgrade tokens, etc. I.e. things that I don't necessarily use all of the time, but are nice to have at hand without needing to travel to a summoning bell.

The glamour dresser has also been a godsend for clearing up space in my retainers and armour chest.