Inventory Interface, Management, and Additional View Options

[Jinko]

A case for the list view, during the beta phases of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn we saw a dramatic difference in how our inventory was presented to us from past Final Fantasy games (both online and offline). In A Realm Reborn, our inventory is modeled by bags. Like others, I have found that while OK, the bag system is not as convenient for quickly understanding what I have in my inventory, not as much as a list would be.

1) Although not against the idea of a list view, I definately feel that when a sort feature is implemented there will be less confusion to what each item is, hopefully similar items (such as lumber or wood) will be stacked together so a quick fly over of the mosue cursor will tell you what is what.)

The big problem with the current inventory bag system and this is especially true for retainers is that similar items (such as Lumber or wood) are strewn about all over the place and they all have the same icon.

I can fully understand the want for a list view though if that is what you are used to. (I think they did say it was being worked on or looked into, but that was quite some time ago)

2) I believe auto stacking and sorting should be the same feature, when sorting the items should be auto stacked and arranged by type/level etc.

5) Agreed, I like the idea of being able to name tabs on a retainer, I would go even one step further and allow us to sub name our retainers (or show the tab names in the retainers list before selecting them) so we can assign what we use them for.

Example <retainer 1 name> (WVR/LTW/BTN/CRP), <retainer 2 name> (MIN/ALC/BSM/GSM/ARM), this way it would be easy to know which items are stored on which retainer.