Does ZOS need to implement more storage/inventory space?

Sheezabeast

Does ZOS need to implement more storage/inventory space?

phermitgb

Other, elaborate:

No, ZOS doesn't NEED to add more storage/inventory space. Would it be nice if they did? Of course. Would it be helpful to players if they did? Yes, of course it would. Are there a variety of ways to monetize it, some of which would be absolute ***, others which would be perfectly agreeable? Of course.

But my own impression has been, and I AM a hoarder of sorts, that ZOS doesn't NEED, as in, it's not some absolutely vital requirement, to add more storage/inventory space. If they DID add it, I would use it, as I'm always maxing out my bank space - but with more storage, I would just keep on maxing out my bank space, and then spending an even greater amount of time deconning stuff in a fire-sale style frenzy. It wouldn't change my overall pattern, just the schedule with which I did my storage and clearing routine.

Truth be told, having SOME limitation to storage is valuable to me (and presumably to other players as well) - it forces me to make SOME decisions about what to keep and why, and what to get rid of. Indulging my inner digital hoarder is nice up to a point, but after that point, it's not doing me a lot of good.

You asked - I voted and responded.

Iccotak

No, other things need their attention.

The set item sticker book as well as the ESO+ craft bag & bank space largely rectified this issue for me

yurimodin

y'all need to seriously stop hoarding. Besides, sticker book was the biggest game changer since CP.

Sheezabeast

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

yurimodin wrote: »

y'all need to seriously stop hoarding. Besides, sticker book was the biggest game changer since CP.

I have a different opinion. I have barely been effected by Sticker Book. I have 18 characters that I need armor for. Yes, it's nice to have yet another thing to work on for completion, but it does not alleviate my bank space, I transmute or grind for pieces I need, I don't just recraft them whenever I want. If it helps other people, great, but for me, Sticker Book has not had much of an impact.

Rahar

Yes, but it should be for gold only, not paywalled behind the Crown store.

They indirectly got a lot of seldom-used-but-hard-to-acquire gear out of my bank due to the recent gear transmute change, but that space was quickly taken up by the hundreds of crafting surveys I had sitting on an alt. I'd love a few more iterations of bank space, but much more than that? I don't need it, personally. But hey, as long as it's for gold, I guess the sky's the limit.

Stevie6

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yes more bank space is required with all of the expansions. Bank space should be around 1200 and at least 1200 for each character slot. It should be paid for by gold. However, we need buying options. IE, purchase bank space in blocks of 10, etc. Once per day is pretty limited. Who really cares? It doesn't affect anybody but the individual player. Unlimited bank space would be even better

Starlight_Whisper

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

I will... always vote yes...

Shazanti

Other, elaborate:

I'm a hoarder, I'll admit it. Yes, I can (and do) regularly purge to keep things under control, but there are still some aspects/ways I would like storage space to be enhanced (if not outright increased). A crafting-bag like addition (so it doesn't clog up inventory/bank) for Master Writs, and/or Surveys, and/or Treasure Maps, and/or food/drink/potions/consumables of the sort, (I could keep adding to this list!) would make me a very happy player. Not that I'm unhappy, per se, but I could definitely be made happier!

Doubt it'll happen, and well, I'm fine with that. I manage well enough, even with the hoarding tendencies. But one can dream.

Czeri

No, I have all the space I need and have no issues managing my stored items and/or inventory.

I have hoarder tendencies, but the sticker book made it pointless to keep any weapon/armour/jewellery pieces that I don't actively use on an alt. I keep any pieces I golded, but I have plenty of room for those in the storage boxes. The craft bag takes care of all the materials.

MasterSpatula

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Us having to deal with inventory management is actually needed, but something has to be done about the staggering amount of furniture added with Antiquities. Maybe some additional bank spaces that are furniture-only. Or maybe a way for us to drop furnishings in a house still stacked so several only count as one as long as they're dropped as one.

AuraStorm43

I recently canceled my ESO+ and while i’m managing to fit everything, there’s no doubt i could use more room

I’ve got all my monster heads/shoulders, arena weapons, and most of my food sorted in those storage crates from the master writ vendor

Things like siege really should stack, i can’t even really hang onto them now. But you know exactly why they won’t expand space, they’re creating a problem to sell you the solution

Sarannah

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

YES!!! We need atleast 500 inventory slots, and 1000 bankslots.

More house storage, and other ways to store regular content would be welcome as well. For example: a motif book, a survey book, a treasure map folder, a masterwrit book, etc.

The game has expanded a lot over the years, so the inventoryspace and bankspace should grow with it. I don't even mind how they do it, let non-combat pets all give +5 inventory slots each. This will increase pet sales, and will give players a reason to farm the in-game pets. Let mounts each give +10 bankslots, will also increase sales and will make in-game mounts worth farming for. But I'd want this on top of the 500 inven/1000 bank, which should be the baseline.

PS: I have ESO+, and it is not enough!
**If ZOS is worried about some players dropping ESO+, just give ESO+ other benefits. The free-play events have already devalued ESO+'s craftbag anyways.**

TheImperfect

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

More storage in the bank would be good.

AuraStorm43

Sarannah wrote: »

YES!!! We need atleast 500 inventory slots, and 1000 bankslots.

More house storage, and other ways to store regular content would be welcome as well. For example: a motif book, a survey book, a treasure map folder, a masterwrit book, etc.

The game has expanded a lot over the years, so the inventoryspace and bankspace should grow with it. I don't even mind how they do it, let non-combat pets all give +5 inventory slots each. This will increase pet sales, and will give players a reason to farm the in-game pets. Let mounts each give +10 bankslots, will also increase sales and will make in-game mounts worth farming for. But I'd want this on top of the 500 inven/1000 bank, which should be the baseline.

PS: I have ESO+, and it is not enough!
**If ZOS is worried about some players dropping ESO+, just give ESO+ other benefits. The free-play events have already devalued ESO+'s craftbag anyways.**

Thing is ZOS knows people would buy the upgrades on the crown store, its free money they’re leaving on the table

oldbobdude

No, I have all the space I need and have no issues managing my stored items and/or inventory.

I've never played a game where inventory didn't have to be managed. This much weight, this many items. Each game has their metric but none that I know of just allow you to hoard everything.

Goregrinder

Other, elaborate:

I don't believe I'm an authority on what ZOS does or does not need, but what I can say is that I would definitely love to have more storage space available to me, either by in game purchases from merchants, or crown store items, etc.

the1andonlyskwex

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As much as I would like more inventory/storage space, restricting inventory/storage space is pretty much the standard way for f2p and (especially) b2p games to get people who don't care about cosmetics to spend money (in this case, on ESO+).

The second half of the trick (which ZOS mastered before almost anybody else) is to constantly add collectibles (crafting materials, tokens, "fragments", companion gear, etc.) to fill up everybody's existing inventory/storage.

Sarannah

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

AuraStorm43 wrote: »

Sarannah wrote: »

YES!!! We need atleast 500 inventory slots, and 1000 bankslots.

More house storage, and other ways to store regular content would be welcome as well. For example: a motif book, a survey book, a treasure map folder, a masterwrit book, etc.

The game has expanded a lot over the years, so the inventoryspace and bankspace should grow with it. I don't even mind how they do it, let non-combat pets all give +5 inventory slots each. This will increase pet sales, and will give players a reason to farm the in-game pets. Let mounts each give +10 bankslots, will also increase sales and will make in-game mounts worth farming for. But I'd want this on top of the 500 inven/1000 bank, which should be the baseline.

PS: I have ESO+, and it is not enough!
**If ZOS is worried about some players dropping ESO+, just give ESO+ other benefits. The free-play events have already devalued ESO+'s craftbag anyways.**

Thing is ZOS knows people would buy the upgrades on the crown store, its free money they’re leaving on the table

Not really, as in my example it would technically be replaced with non-combat pets and mounts. Of which there are more than the other inven/bank/house-storage upgrades, and ever-expanding. And they could keep the current upgrades in the store as well.

My idea would also mean, that in the future storage is expanding at the same time as content is added.

EDIT: No space available also means less crownstore sales, as quite a few crownstore items take up inventory/bank slots. Including the contents from crowncrates.

AuraStorm43

Sarannah wrote: »

AuraStorm43 wrote: »

Sarannah wrote: »

YES!!! We need atleast 500 inventory slots, and 1000 bankslots.

More house storage, and other ways to store regular content would be welcome as well. For example: a motif book, a survey book, a treasure map folder, a masterwrit book, etc.

The game has expanded a lot over the years, so the inventoryspace and bankspace should grow with it. I don't even mind how they do it, let non-combat pets all give +5 inventory slots each. This will increase pet sales, and will give players a reason to farm the in-game pets. Let mounts each give +10 bankslots, will also increase sales and will make in-game mounts worth farming for. But I'd want this on top of the 500 inven/1000 bank, which should be the baseline.

PS: I have ESO+, and it is not enough!
**If ZOS is worried about some players dropping ESO+, just give ESO+ other benefits. The free-play events have already devalued ESO+'s craftbag anyways.**

Thing is ZOS knows people would buy the upgrades on the crown store, its free money they’re leaving on the table

Not really, as in my example it would technically be replaced with non-combat pets and mounts. Of which there are more than the other inven/bank/house-storage upgrades, and ever-expanding. And they could keep the current upgrades in the store as well.

My idea would also mean, that in the future storage is expanding at the same time as content is added.

Which really should be the case, granted the sticker book alleviates some of that

DinoZavr

Companions gear is upcoming (of course, for those who will decide to try the biggest Blackwood feature).

Companions are too weak to carry theirs belongings (10 slots x 3 weights x 9 traits).
Equipping companions with some sort of a HUGE bag (maybe solely dedicated to companions' gear) would help to make these slackers to carry their burdens, but not to make players the squires for companions.

In my opinion the question of storage for the companions gear is to be resolved before U30 goes live.
Otherwise, yes, players would need some very significant bag space upgrade.

Tandor

No, I have all the space I need and have no issues managing my stored items and/or inventory.

One major reason ZOS limit storage is doubtless because of its impact on performance - we know this to be the case with housing slots at least and the chances are that it applies to bank and inventory slots too. Far better for players to deal with the unnecessary level of demand at their end rather than expecting ZOS to increase the supply at their end so they can then complain some more about performance!

coop500

Yes, but it should be for gold only, not paywalled behind the Crown store.

Only cause of the new companion gear system that's coming out.

AuraStorm43

Tandor wrote: »

One major reason ZOS limit storage is doubtless because of its impact on performance - we know this to be the case with housing slots at least and the chances are that it applies to bank and inventory slots too. Far better for players to deal with the unnecessary level of demand at their end rather than expecting ZOS to increase the supply at their end so they can then complain some more about performance!

Constantly hiding behind “performance” as an excuse is pretty lame, they can expand the storage space

Joy_Division

Yes.

Jeremy

Other, elaborate:

Sheezabeast wrote: »

Does ZOS need to implement more storage/inventory space?

Yes. Every expansion should come included with bank increases if nothing else.

Iccotak

No, other things need their attention.

Jeremy wrote: »

Sheezabeast wrote: »

Does ZOS need to implement more storage/inventory space?

Yes. Every expansion should come included with bank increases if nothing else.

Why?

ESO has given you every tool needed to handle hoarding

Kiralyn2000

No, I have all the space I need and have no issues managing my stored items and/or inventory.

DinoZavr wrote: »

Companions are too weak to carry theirs belongings (10 slots x 3 weights x 9 traits).
Equipping companions with some sort of a HUGE bag (maybe solely dedicated to companions' gear) would help to make these slackers to carry their burdens, but not to make players the squires for companions.

Why would companions need 27 items for every slot? (at the furthest stretch, I could see 3 - a tank set, a heal set, a dps set. But even that seems extreme.)

GarnetFire17

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

1. There should be a craft bag with a small limit included in the base game and you should be able to buy upgrades via the crown store. ESO+ would continue to included the UNLIMITED craftbag. This would be good for retaining new players.

2. everything should be able to stack in bank and inventory.

other than that we can leave everything the same because it get's to the point where too much stress is on the server.

Sheezabeast

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

GarnetFire17 wrote: »

1. There should be a craft bag with a small limit included in the base game and you should be able to buy upgrades via the crown store. ESO+ would continue to included the UNLIMITED craftbag. This would be good for retaining new players.

2. everything should be able to stack in bank and inventory.

other than that we can leave everything the same because it get's to the point where too much stress is on the server.

I think this is a very fair compromise. Well thought-out reply, thank you

Sheezabeast

Yes, by the Nine! I'm bursting! Give me more inventory, bank, and storage containers!

Jeremy wrote: »

Sheezabeast wrote: »

Does ZOS need to implement more storage/inventory space?

Yes. Every expansion should come included with bank increases if nothing else.

I would be really happy if they upped character slots to 20, having 18 is really an annoying number xD

I wish they would just add new storage container types to the writ vender, maybe ones that hang on the wall or some type of hidden floorboard hatch that when interacted with opens up a storage place. Heck, I would even love to be able to display armor or weapons on mannequins or trophy stands. We had that in Skyrim...