Inventory management is a huge turnoff

Gojak

Like I don't want to log in anymore cause I know it's gonna take like a half hour shuffling things between characters, etc. The inventory management is bad in this game imo.

nine9six

PC or Console?

Vulsahdaal

I can understand this in a way, every game session I play a sub-game I call 'shuffle the inventory' between characters, the bank and mules. It usually takes about an hour. It can be a pita, but hasnt made me not want to log in yet.
btw Im on PC here but not sure why it makes a difference?

Gidorick

I really wish ZOS would implement bags and encumbrance

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/162693/more-bags-and-encumbrance-concepts

Evergnar

Agree. Especially w/ the long load screams.....I mean load screens. It's just one more (of many) things lately that cause me to log out (or not in at all) and do something else rather then play ESO. It just feels like the juice aint worth the squeeze more and more. Saddens me because there are so many other good aspects to ESO.

Digiman

Gidorick wrote: »

I really wish ZOS would implement bags and encumbrance

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/162693/more-bags-and-encumbrance-concepts

HELL NO! I am not throwing hundreds of dollars on purchasing crowns so I can get better bag space. No wander this was never implemented especially since the post was from april. [snip]

[edited for bashing]

Vulsahdaal

Gidorick wrote: »

I really wish ZOS would implement bags and encumbrance

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/162693/more-bags-and-encumbrance-concepts

Wasnt there a mention not long ago, that something like 'crafting bags' that would hold crafting items specific to the bag would be introduced? Maybe as a subscription perk? I thought I saw this, but could have just been wishful thinking..

AlnilamE

Vulsahdaal wrote: »

I can understand this in a way, every game session I play a sub-game I call 'shuffle the inventory' between characters, the bank and mules. It usually takes about an hour. It can be a pita, but hasnt made me not want to log in yet.
btw Im on PC here but not sure why it makes a difference?

You want to get an addon like "Bank Manager Revived" that will let you create profiles for your characters and auto deposit/withdraw certain items.

Makes life a lot easier.

Malmai

nine9six wrote: »

PC or Console?

BOTH

TheShadowScout

It is annoying. If only I had a few more bank slots... then I could bypass all the inventory juggling and just drop the stuff in question into the bank, but sadly, 240 isn't enough to do that and keep all my crafting supplies in storage...

Why they kept the bank at the same size while adding more stuff to bank with IC and Orsinium...
Come on, it could not be that hard. Increase bank, one way or another... let us buy another ten slots with gold, and then have a 50 slot bank expansion in the crown store or something if they really want to make money from it, 300 bank space would be enough to bypass the juggling.

Or allow tiny "circle of friends" guilds to unlock their bank with a crown payment.

Or allow us buying more character slots for extra mules in the crown store. There is space for twelve characters on my login screen...

Or best - all of the above!

Zahne

Buy all the bank/bag space you can, get an addon called Personal Assistant and sell off stuff you dont need. I never had inventory issues anymore and my bank shuffle takes seconds

Gidorick

Digiman wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I really wish ZOS would implement bags and encumbrance

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/162693/more-bags-and-encumbrance-concepts

HELL NO! I am not throwing hundreds of dollars on purchasing crowns so I can get better bag space. No wander this was never implemented especially since the post was from april. It's disgustingly [snip]

You mean it would be gloriously profitable!

Vulsahdaal wrote: »

Gidorick wrote: »

I really wish ZOS would implement bags and encumbrance

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/162693/more-bags-and-encumbrance-concepts

Wasnt there a mention not long ago, that something like 'crafting bags' that would hold crafting items specific to the bag would be introduced? Maybe as a subscription perk? I thought I saw this, but could have just been wishful thinking..

Yea. There was. No mention of it for a few months though.

[edited to remove quote]

Gidorick

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Or allow us buying more character slots for extra mules in the crown store. There is space for twelve characters on my login screen...

I absolutely abhor the concept and use of the "mule". Mules are nothing more than an exploit to alleviate the symptoms of sub par inventory design. I refuse to take part in the lothesome act.

Reeko

I have 200 bag space and more than that in bank space. How is this not enough? I have all the hirelings and have all crafts maxxed with full passives and do the writs everyday before pvp. I am NEVER short on bag space. I feel like you guys do this to yourselves.

s7732425ub17_ESO

On PC there is pretty much zero management issues because of addons. There's addons to automatically stack items into your bank whenever you open it. There are addons that save gear sets and can unequip and re-equip with the click of a button. There are addons to sort your inventory into different types of items (if you aren't using Advanced Filters, go install it immediately).

On consoles, well, sucks to suck.

reften

ya know? I agree, and I only have 1 character. I can't imagine getting stuff from character to character. But I do spend way too much time on all this. It's all the crap you get that you'll never use.

I wish you could mark stuff as junk one time, and anytime you loot it, it automatically goes into your junk folder, or you just never pick it up.

Vyle_Byte

Reeko wrote: »

I have 200 bag space and more than that in bank space. How is this not enough? I have all the hirelings and have all crafts maxxed with full passives and do the writs everyday before pvp. I am NEVER short on bag space. I feel like you guys do this to yourselves.

Crafting. Period.

Sure, if you don't craft your own food/drinks, if you don't make your own runes, don't make your own potions, don't make your own armor.... you will totally have enough space.

However, if you craft all these things, then it is an issue. I have to do inventory management at least a couple times a week. Been here since beta and inventory space has always been an issue and always been something that could be improved on.

Troneon

Gojak wrote: »

Like I don't want to log in anymore cause I know it's gonna take like a half hour shuffling things between characters, etc. The inventory management is bad in this game imo.

One of the reasons I stopped playing for months and didn't come back until they increased it and it is still not enough. I am sick of ******* around with my bags everyday wasting time.

I refused to play a game that pretty much forces you to sell for less or destroy items just to be able to keep playing content every 10 mins....and I refuse to make mule characters just so I can keep playing it's again ******* silly.

It's stupid and no excuse for it in 2015.

reften

Vyle_Byte wrote: »

Reeko wrote: »

I have 200 bag space and more than that in bank space. How is this not enough? I have all the hirelings and have all crafts maxxed with full passives and do the writs everyday before pvp. I am NEVER short on bag space. I feel like you guys do this to yourselves.

Crafting. Period.

Sure, if you don't craft your own food/drinks, if you don't make your own runes, don't make your own potions, don't make your own armor.... you will totally have enough space.

However, if you craft all these things, then it is an issue. I have to do inventory management at least a couple times a week. Been here since beta and inventory space has always been an issue and always been something that could be improved on.

yeah agree here, but at the same time we are a bit guilty in that we hoard stuff we don't need (how many stacks of saltice do you have? training trait stones? etc)

Vulsahdaal

AlnilamE wrote: »

Vulsahdaal wrote: »

I can understand this in a way, every game session I play a sub-game I call 'shuffle the inventory' between characters, the bank and mules. It usually takes about an hour. It can be a pita, but hasnt made me not want to log in yet.
btw Im on PC here but not sure why it makes a difference?

You want to get an addon like "Bank Manager Revived" that will let you create profiles for your characters and auto deposit/withdraw certain items.

Makes life a lot easier.

Auto deposit/withdraw? You got my attention, Ill check it out. Thanks!

Callous2208

Isn't this the issue in every mmo ever created though? I think it just seems worse here because it's a scrolls game and I feel the need to PICK UP EVERYTHING!!! Lol. A separate bag for crafting mats would be cool though.

cote-bmsb16_ESO

I hardly notice the inventory management.. Its just been the routine for so long. I can see what the hell I have, what I can sell or decon. With practice comes speed I suppose, I dont spend too much time rustling around in my bags.

Stranglehands

My most horrible night on ESO was when I was making crafted set gear for two tanks. It really didn't help that one alt is my woodworker, another is my armour blacksmith, and another is my weapon blacksmith, and my bank was full

Asherons_Call

Callous2208 wrote: »

Isn't this the issue in every mmo ever created though? I think it just seems worse here because it's a scrolls game and I feel the need to PICK UP EVERYTHING!!! Lol. A separate bag for crafting mats would be cool though.

Haha yep this is an ever present issue since the dawn of MMOs . Many players like myself have a hard time letting go of those shinies on account of "someday" finding a use for it. If you ever watch the show hoarders that is the same reason that they give for their hoarding.

Some players only keep what they will use in the immediate future... More power to them but I'll never be able to do that when I can just roll another storage shed aka mule!

nimander99

I always found inventory management to be a bit of a turn on if done right

nine9six

Malmai wrote: »

nine9six wrote: »

PC or Console?

BOTH

Don't act like it can't be made better with Addons. Not perfect, but better.

Volkodav

Odd. I dont have a huge problem with bag space. I do craft and have the things I need.Once in a while my bank gets too full,and i remove some of the gear I saved for my alts as they level up from start. My inventory bags are up to 123 now,so I can handle more,but it certainly doesnt take me half an hour to go through them.I wont pay for bank s pace because it is too expensive.I have always thought that.

NewBlacksmurf

Well they could offset some of the irritation by moving things like costumes, motif, pages, recipes, out of inventory and into some other category but then we'd just be complaining about mats or something

Ourorboros

I just started using the Gamepad UI on PC. All I can say is, Thank goodness they include a keybind to switch back to PC UI. Management on the console UI is horrendous. You have to scroll through your entire inventory to find things. Console users would drool if they could see Advanced Filters. I do all my Inventory side of the game on the PC UI. I might quit too if only the console version was available.

TheShadowScout

Gidorick wrote: »

I absolutely abhor the concept and use of the "mule". Mules are nothing more than an exploit to alleviate the symptoms of sub par inventory design. I refuse to take part in the lothesome act.

I kinda agree with that. If I had more character slots, I'd play them as characters, not keep them as mules...

I'd much rather have more bank space anyhow.

Grileenor

Reeko wrote: »

I have 200 bag space and more than that in bank space. How is this not enough? I have all the hirelings and have all crafts maxxed with full passives and do the writs everyday before pvp. I am NEVER short on bag space. I feel like you guys do this to yourselves.

Calculate: 10 raws and 10 refined (if you only own one stack) mats from cloth, leather, wood and ore equals 80 slots. There are 17 styles (more?) with 3 submats + 9 juwels ~ 30 slots. 50-60 slots for herbs, 9 waters, 4 baits ~ another 70 slots. Now count all the runes, ignore potion or food reserves, receipe pieces you are collecting and don't even try to dump some loot or equipment for twinks into your already overloaded bankspace.

If you are never short of bag space, than you play a single charakter with only highest level crafting mats. If you play twinks, actively craft for more than one skillrank you can't ever be satisfied with this [censored] inventory system.