Inventory Interface, Management, and Additional View Options

[Lactis]

We really need better Retainer management:
- Let us see our Retainer's inventory even when not at a retainer bell. We could also have a Call Retainer ability. This would alleviate traffic in the very spare spots where there are bells right now.

- Let us craft from our Retainer's inventories! if combined with the "Call Retainer" ability, retainers would become more like what they are supposed to be: assistants. Call them by your side to help with crafting.

I like it... very good idea IMo.

[Adera]

I was about to start a thread about inventory management. Currently the vast amount of crafting materials makes inventory management a tedious job. I fully support all the suggestions in this thread and I think the most beneficial ones would be:

1) Allow usage of crafting materials in retainers inventory

OR

2) Make a separate inventory for sole purpose of crafting materials.

[Delita]

The UI in this game is probably the most amazing and diverse UI in any game. I wish 1017 would go away so that I could play with the UI

[KrystalMeth]

This would be cool if we could ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAME.

Making UI changes is pointless (no offense) when a large majority of us can't even log in to their servers to enjoy the UI. Can we get an update on THAT instead? Will the 5000 users per server restriction ever be lifted to something more playable and considerate? When is your upgrade to the hardware happening? Is our weekend going to be a waste or can we hope to get to enjoy it?

Wrong thread! Channel your frustration in the appropriate thread.

[Deathcharge]

I was wondering f there was a ways to change the "In game menu" bar for when you are not logged in game. For example since most of us can't log in now we could be creating macros and changing in game prefferences while we wait for the servers to be back up.

[Faile]

It may not belong in this thread but I'm not sure where else to mention this. How about you guys add an inactivity timer. If someone is inactive for 10-15 minutes, simply log them out. I know people that log in, and even if they leave the house just keep their avatars in game standing doing nothing so they simply won't have to deal with re-connecting. IMO, very unfair for people who are actively trying to play and cannot.

[ZhangoSqu]

It may not belong in this thread but I'm not sure where else to mention this. How about you guys add an inactivity timer. If someone is inactive for 10-15 minutes, simply log them out. I know people that log in, and even if they leave the house just keep their avatars in game standing doing nothing so they simply won't have to deal with re-connecting. IMO, very unfair for people who are actively trying to play and cannot.

Yeah, not really the right thread for that--even if it is necessary. Check out this thread: Institute Temporary AFK Kick Timer, it is by far more pertinent to your suggestion!

[Jinko]

This looks great, really liking the addition of text commands and addon on support

[Trepesque]

I'm certain it's been suggested elsewhere, but having some kind of indicator within the Armory Chest of the items that are currently associated with a Set would be wonderful. I don't think it would be necessary to know what items are being used in a particular Set, just have a colored outline perhaps around the items that are being used in any Set. It would be really helpful when sorting through your gear, trying to figure out what can be sold or turned into materia. I have definitely had several instances where I've sold, converted, or traded an item that I was using in a Set that I didn't have equipped at the time.

[Daenerys]

I'm not sure if this falls under #2, but I would love some sort of quicksort button, that sorts items by their use (in my inventory as well as my retainer's). Ie: sorts all cooking items in a list, then all tailoring items, then blacksmithing items, etc.

For items that overlap I guess the game would just have to decide which group to put them in?