Game needs more Inventory space please

Tandor

There are never enough slots for those players for whom there are never enough items.

There's a parallel in real life - build some more cupboards in your home and see how quickly you fill them.

EF321

jaws343 wrote: »

The stickerbook has eliminated the need to hold onto sets. My bank is under 200 items most of the time and it's mostly full of siege, potions and food stuffs. Very few set pieces and only gold jewelry for some of the more consistent sets.

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses. And all saved writs get stored in storage chests until xp events.

No it did not. It eliminated need to re-farm content that you farmed for other gear, and later decided to give other sets a try.
It's not like I will decon my golden jewelry and weapons because in a month or so I can use a ton of crystals (that have limited storage too) and upgrade mats to have them again.


I want variety in playstyles and I want to have access to it as soon as possible, without going to banker/home/transmutation station, just open inventory and put it on. There are many extremely niche sets that I would like to use sometimes, but I just don't have space for that - it is all taken by sets that are useful more often.

FlopsyPrince

How is the Grand Psijic Villa free? I got a small apartment, not a grand villa. I think you may be a bit confused.

Avariprivateer

There should be a pocket realm in Oblivion solely dedicated to banking, make a new lesser daedra as the establishment's employed and a board of collaborating demiprinces, archmages or ravens as the proprietors. Perhaps give one of their vault buildings a Gringotts vibe as an Easter egg.

SilverBride

kargen27 wrote: »

Blinx wrote: »

wow, I am shocked some of you defend this limited inventory space we have,I want more inventory period!, props to yo if you don't need it, many of us do.

And those of us that do want more inventory always will. If ZoS gave us an additional 100 slots we would be happy for maybe two weeks. Then those 100 slots would be full and we would be saying they should have given us 200.

This is the problem in a nutshell. Some players hold on to things because they think they may need them in the future, but most of the time they don't. I've known several players like this, but a couple have started letting things go. The more you do the easier it gets.

FlopsyPrince

SilverBride wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

Blinx wrote: »

wow, I am shocked some of you defend this limited inventory space we have,I want more inventory period!, props to yo if you don't need it, many of us do.

And those of us that do want more inventory always will. If ZoS gave us an additional 100 slots we would be happy for maybe two weeks. Then those 100 slots would be full and we would be saying they should have given us 200.

This is the problem in a nutshell. Some players hold on to things because they think they may need them in the future, but most of the time they don't. I've known several players like this, but a couple have started letting things go. The more you do the easier it gets.

That is why some approaches would be better. Like the sticker book. Though many of us were not piling up things that went into the sticker book, so it hasn't helped us at all.

- Stacking things that are separate for no reason.
- Put surveys in the craft bag (Keeps the value of ESO+ and helps those who get them crafting)
- Put master writs in the craft bag
- How about a dedicate "to research or decon" bag? Make it impossible to take things out or VERY time limited
- etc.

Though expecting the same storage to last for years is quite unrealistic.

SilverBride

@FlopsyPrince Those are some great ideas.

Smitch_59

I'm a hoarder, I admit it. I could always use more storage. I bought the pack rat pet the last time it was on sale, just for the 5 extra slots per character.

ShawnLaRock

I already got a refund for Greymoor when it was finally apparent on Release Day that there were no more character slots announced - and subsequently didn’t purchase Blackwood under the same pretence - as a way to hold more items (I subsequently won 8 copies of Greymoor and 2 so far of Blackwood - sooooo, why? when I would have actually paid IRL monies?)

They played the “server load” card for limiting inventories already - yet implemented Companion Gear.

It’s all smoke and mirrors as they try to pack in as much recycled content with the existing, decrepit infrastructure - as the decline in performance systems continues - without a valid reason for Engine upgrade.

<sad-face> Why? Take my money.

S.

kargen27

"They played the “server load” card for limiting inventories already - yet implemented Companion Gear."

and that gear takes a slot each that already exists so not impacting load.

Ley

I'm always a fan of more space, or better yet, removing certain items from the inventory and finding a better way to manage them, like master writs, treasure maps, and resource surveys. They could pretty easily be managed outside of the inventory, using a system like leads or the sticker book, freeing up a ton of space.

I don't really have a space problem but that's just because I either deconstruct or sell anything that I won't be immediately using. I figure if I need it later, I can just buy or craft it, if I don't feel like farming for it. Master Writs and surveys are the main things cloging my inventory right now. Every once in a while it'll get too full and I'll spend a couple days completing them all.

Jaraal

jaws343 wrote: »

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses.

Imagine if all those extra furnishings could be stored virtually as item numbers in a furniture bag similar to the craft bag, rather than having to take up space on the server fully rendered and placed! Imagine the convenience to the players and inprovements to the server database! [snip]

[edited for bashing]

M_Volsung

Sarannah wrote: »

That would only work with bankspace, not with inventory space. We drastically need much more inventory space, atleast 500 slots. There are too many things taking up inventory space, which forces us to keep going to town to sell.

I am one of those players who kills everything, not runs through everything. And this fills up the inventory quick, much too quick!!

PS: We need a setting to auto-destroy treasure maps we pick up and have in inventory. These are just annoying!
PPS: Most of my characters have 100-150 items minimally in their inventory at all times.

I have exactly 12 items in my character's inventory after I vendor/decon/trash/stash everything else, why anyone would need to carry around so much crap is beyond me...

Saieden

Honestly I think if you have inventory problems after maxing out with eso+, just stop trying to do everything all the time with every character, do maintenance more regularly, and sell/decon your crap. Doing writs on 18 toons everyday? Maybe skip on pledges, or vice versa. If you run out of space hoarding white items for mats, decon more regularly, and if time is a problem, sell them now and buy the mats later. Yes, it's more expensive in terms of gold, but ultimately the most valuable currency in this game is time.

Spending hours trying to extract the most value out of everything, or scrolling through pages of items you haven't and probably never will actually use, just costs you more gold in the end because that time could be spent actually earning gold. If you spend 30 minutes in inventory and deconning on white items, that's easily 8-10 surveys you could've collected (assuming the same zone), refined, and put up in the store. Sell those gold mats, and you've got enough cash to stock up on base mats if you need to.

KeySmasher

Blinx wrote: »

like 10 more for bank ,and 10 more for backpack would be very helpful.
Even with ESO+ it's a nightmare managing things, and we keep getting these ESO+ monthly statues,(how about giving us something else ), and companions inventory isn't separate...

Visit pack merchants to upgrade your pack inventory.
Visit stable masters regularly to add just a little more each day as well.
Sell lots of stolen loot to pay for bank upgrades.
There are also four chests you can buy (for crowns) to put in your house. If used in multiple houses, like the banker, you get access to the same inventory in each location for that chest.
If you can't get to a shrine quickly to jump to your nearest dealer, jump to your house for free from anywhere. Then dump your excess wares with a dealer of your choosing.

Faulgor

I agree that adding crafting writs and suverys to the crafting bag would be a good start.
Possibly motifs, too.

starkerealm

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

How is the Grand Psijic Villa free? I got a small apartment, not a grand villa. I think you may be a bit confused.

It was free from the Summerfall event in 2018. A lot of players got the Grand Psijic Villa for free back then.

Last year had the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event which also paid out with a house.

They've been doing these pretty consistently every year since 2018, though 2019's Dragon Rise event did not include a house as its grand prize.

DinoZavr

Q4 would morph the event pet into a house, as Zenimax promised.

Dagre2

Austacker wrote: »

Blinx wrote: »

like 10 more for bank ,and 10 more for backpack would be very helpful.
Even with ESO+ it's a nightmare managing things, and we keep getting these ESO+ monthly statues,(how about giving us something else ), and companions inventory isn't separate...

[snip]

i figured people were aware of this and defending it. i mean, they did the exact same thing with fallout 76.

[edited to remove quote]

jaws343

EF321 wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

The stickerbook has eliminated the need to hold onto sets. My bank is under 200 items most of the time and it's mostly full of siege, potions and food stuffs. Very few set pieces and only gold jewelry for some of the more consistent sets.

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses. And all saved writs get stored in storage chests until xp events.

No it did not. It eliminated need to re-farm content that you farmed for other gear, and later decided to give other sets a try.
It's not like I will decon my golden jewelry and weapons because in a month or so I can use a ton of crystals (that have limited storage too) and upgrade mats to have them again.


I want variety in playstyles and I want to have access to it as soon as possible, without going to banker/home/transmutation station, just open inventory and put it on. There are many extremely niche sets that I would like to use sometimes, but I just don't have space for that - it is all taken by sets that are useful more often.

As I said, I keep gold jewelry, and some gold items for sets that are consistently good. Everything else is deconstructed. And at the cost of 125 transmutes, I can rebuild a set to test out. And then deconstruct it and gain all my transmutes back. There is no need to have that set taking up inventory space so that I can use it some undetermined day in the future.

FlopsyPrince

starkerealm wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

How is the Grand Psijic Villa free? I got a small apartment, not a grand villa. I think you may be a bit confused.

It was free from the Summerfall event in 2018. A lot of players got the Grand Psijic Villa for free back then.

Last year had the Lost Treasures of Skyrim event which also paid out with a house.

They've been doing these pretty consistently every year since 2018, though 2019's Dragon Rise event did not include a house as its grand prize.

I started playing in the fall after that, so I didn't get it. Thus calling it "free" is dubious for many of us.

M_Volsung wrote: »

Sarannah wrote: »

That would only work with bankspace, not with inventory space. We drastically need much more inventory space, atleast 500 slots. There are too many things taking up inventory space, which forces us to keep going to town to sell.

I am one of those players who kills everything, not runs through everything. And this fills up the inventory quick, much too quick!!

PS: We need a setting to auto-destroy treasure maps we pick up and have in inventory. These are just annoying!
PPS: Most of my characters have 100-150 items minimally in their inventory at all times.

I have exactly 12 items in my character's inventory after I vendor/decon/trash/stash everything else, why anyone would need to carry around so much crap is beyond me...

Don't do crafting then! Surveys and Master Writs take up far more space than that. Add in items you need 7 of (or so) to make a real item.

Just looking at my PC bank now:

- Several Surveys
- Alliance Banner-Bearer's Emblem
- Big-Eared Ginger Kitten's Bair Mouse
- Some Treasure Maps
- Breton Terrier Mammoth Bone
- Several Treasure Maps
- Some blue companion gear
- Several Crafting Motifs I can't learn yet
- Counterfeit Pardon Edicts
- Exemplary Rings/Necks to research
- Key Fragments
- Psijic Glowglobe Updated Instructionals.
- Recipes for allts

I also have a bunch of stuff to decon and/or research, important now that I am starting from scratch on the PC and don't have a master crafter yet.

Way too much to store.

This is with the furniture already stashed in the boxes I already paid Crowns for in my small apartment. I can only get 2 in there now, which means I would have to jump around quite a bit between the small apartments to store the things above, with a lot of extra hassle.

The argument to "play the game less" to save space is not a good idea.

ZOS should fix the problem it has created.

Note that a bunch of my bank slots are regularly consumed by enchants waiting to be deconned that do not stack at all. Why they don't stack is beyond me. I also have a bunch of Crown food and drink that won't stack together, even though it was all earned through bonus rewards (I would not buy that) though I will probably discard the drinks soon.

IrishJack72

I honestly would be happy if all they did was made seige equipment stackable. I've gotten so much cold fire stuff from the gazillion event reward boxes I've earned over the past few days that I have a mule just for seige equipment haha.

FlopsyPrince

IrishJack72 wrote: »

I honestly would be happy if all they did was made seige equipment stackable. I've gotten so much cold fire stuff from the gazillion event reward boxes I've earned over the past few days that I have a mule just for seige equipment haha.

That is another good point I often forget. I often discard all that "free PvP stuff" since I don't PvP much since it takes up so much space!

kargen27

Jaraal wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses.

Imagine if all those extra furnishings could be stored virtually as item numbers in a furniture bag similar to the craft bag, rather than having to take up space on the server fully rendered and placed! Imagine the convenience to the players and inprovements to the server database! [snip]

They actually replied quite a while back when a furniture bag was asked for. There are many many more types of furniture that there are crafting materials so a furniture bag isn't feasible. There is an awful lot of furniture out there so I tend to believe them. If they could put in a furnishing bag it would probably mean a lot more subscriptions so probably something they would like to provide.

Jaraal

kargen27 wrote: »

Jaraal wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses.

Imagine if all those extra furnishings could be stored virtually as item numbers in a furniture bag similar to the craft bag, rather than having to take up space on the server fully rendered and placed! Imagine the convenience to the players and inprovements to the server database! [snip]

They actually replied quite a while back when a furniture bag was asked for. There are many many more types of furniture that there are crafting materials so a furniture bag isn't feasible. There is an awful lot of furniture out there so I tend to believe them. If they could put in a furnishing bag it would probably mean a lot more subscriptions so probably something they would like to provide.

There could be a million different furnishings, and having an item number stored in a local database (furniture bag) would still be less of a data footprint than 1 million spare furnishings set up in storage houses. Plus, the item code is already taking up space in your bank, strage coffer, or inventory slot. So there's nothing to lose and everything to gain if you move that data to a separate folder (bag).

kargen27

Jaraal wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

Jaraal wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

All excess furnishings get stored in empty houses.

Imagine if all those extra furnishings could be stored virtually as item numbers in a furniture bag similar to the craft bag, rather than having to take up space on the server fully rendered and placed! Imagine the convenience to the players and inprovements to the server database! [snip]

They actually replied quite a while back when a furniture bag was asked for. There are many many more types of furniture that there are crafting materials so a furniture bag isn't feasible. There is an awful lot of furniture out there so I tend to believe them. If they could put in a furnishing bag it would probably mean a lot more subscriptions so probably something they would like to provide.

There could be a million different furnishings, and having an item number stored in a local database (furniture bag) would still be less of a data footprint than 1 million spare furnishings set up in storage houses. Plus, the item code is already taking up space in your bank, strage coffer, or inventory slot. So there's nothing to lose and everything to gain if you move that data to a separate folder (bag).

Not according to the powers that be and given the popularity of this idea if they could do it I'm guessing they would have. Also you are kind of assuming if we had the bag our houses and inventory would be empty. That probably isn't the case. So the bag would be additional space not different space.

SilverBride

kargen27 wrote: »

...you are kind of assuming if we had the bag our houses and inventory would be empty. That probably isn't the case.

That would be the case for me because the only thing I keep in my bank are furnishings, and I do not store furniture in my houses.

The main reason I would like a furnishing bag is so pieces I remove from my house would automatically go back in the bag like crafting mats do now, rather than staying in my pack.

M_Volsung

Faulgor wrote: »

I agree that adding crafting writs and suverys to the crafting bag would be a good start.
Possibly motifs, too.

Stackable treasure maps would be nice too.

xv1_me

What do you mean bro, zos gave us a whopping 5 slots per crown item bought.

Only two items rn but I’m sure they will make more for more money.

xv1_me

Blinx wrote: »

wow, I am shocked some of you defend this limited inventory space we have,I want more inventory period!, props to yo if you don't need it, many of us do.

And some ppl will take a bullet for zos. Defend them till their last breath!