Navigation clutter - the real QOL interface design

[Rongway]

I just can't figure out why they decided to put everything behind 20 actions when they could be executed in 2.


Like everything is behind ten clicks of drop menu this, popup window that, back and forth, with the unnecessary npc dialogue in between.
Sorry to have PC user standards, but when I look for and want to move items, I expect everything to be found in as few windows as possible, in one combined overview.

But in seriousness, your interface suggestions are extra. A few people might want that much thrown at them all at once, but it's not good interface design and the majority of people don't need all of that at once.

As for "why?" the dropdowns match the way items are stored in the database tables, probably. Yoshi-P has often cited data access as one of the major reasons for some of the interface designs we don't like. And with the increased player traffic lately, don't expect them to increase the allowed simultaneous per-player data access volume to increase any time soon.