Quote Originally Posted by Brightamethyst View Post
This comes up all the time (also tackle boxes for fishing bait) and the dev team's answer is always the same. Basically they don't want to limit inventory to just a single type of item. If they ever have the resources to expand player inventory they'd rather it could be used to store any items, not just certain ones.
This. Also, I'd like to add that they're taking many steps to address the issue. For example, they've already done away with high quality materials, so you don't wind up having to carry two sets of each item that you're gathering. They're also going to double the amount of glamour slots per character, so you don't have carry around your class gear anymore in the event that you should ever want to apply its glamour later. It would be wonderful if the system could work like WoW where you simply unlock the glamour/transmog as soon as you collect the item, but I understand that the ability to dye the items drastically increases the amount of storage it takes for SE to track the glamour.