(The following are my thoughts on possible inventory management solutions and changes to glamour after my first 10 months playing. I'd intended to submit them directly, but the suggestion box in game requested I put them here.Soooo I guess I'm posting them publicly, though that's certainly not what I was thinking when I wrote them out. XD Well, here goes. I'm sure all this has been suggested, but I wanted to add my voice.)
Option 1: Crafting, selecting fishing tackle and using the recommended gear feature are all able to pull from your retainers’ and chocobo’s inventories in addition to the player’s.
Reasoning: For crafting, picking up materials from retainers before beginning a craft is a long and frustrating process that simply feels unnecessary. If materials are pulled from all inventories automatically, this frustration can be eliminated.
For fishing, it is easy to forget to pick up the correct tackle before heading out to the desired fishing location. Perhaps more importantly, have to fit gear into the (usually rather full) player inventory makes it difficult for a player to simply walk up to a newfound body of water and try casting with various bait and tackle to see what’s there. Needing to transfer bait and tackle to the player inventory in advance makes spontaneous fishing while exploring all but impossible and greatly detriments the fun of fishing in a newfound location.
For recommended gear, searching and pulling from retainer inventories will prevent the classic regret: “I saved all this gear for when I got around to levelling X class but then forgot to use any of it.”
Option 2: Complete inventory revamp.
This starts with the introduction of a new means of storing glamours which, for simplicity, I will refer to as the “Look Book.” This is akin to the BLU spellbook/sightseeing log, with an entry for every piece of gear with a unique combination of model and default colouring. The Look Book is a replacement for the current Glamour Chest and Armoury Dresser.
How is gear added to the Look Book? We have several options:
1) Gear images are unlocked automatically in the Look Book upon obtaining a piece of gear with that unique model+default colouring combo for the first time. The original piece of gear remains with the player to do with as they please. (In this case, Glamour Prisms become obsolete.)
2) Gear images are unlocked should the player choose to destroy the piece to add it to their Look Book. (In this case, the inventory icon for the gear should bear a flag if the image has not yet been unlocked. Additionally, Glamour Prisms become obsolete.)
3) Gear images are unlocked upon spending a glamour prism. The original piece of gear remains with the player to do with as they please. (In this case, the inventory icon for the gear should bear a flag if the image has not yet been unlocked.)
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