Seriously? You still need to have armor in your inventory?

[I.R.R.I.S.H.]

No other game does that. It's poor design to require that your equipped armor take up an inventory slot, especially in a game based around resource gathering.

Another stupid thing is that you can't scroll through the hotbar.

I completed everything there was to do in the game two years ago and then took a break from it to let the devs work on quality of life features but it looks like they didn't do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Aurumworks]

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

[John]

It is one of the downsides in the game and i do hope they include a loadout manager, i literally have over half my inventory used for basic supplies. 3 weapons, shield, 4 armor pieces, 3 food items, accessory, 4 slots for a pocket portal, hammer, arrows, 1-4 potion slots.

We really need a loadout manager, 4 armor pieces, accessories (yes multiple so you can select which one to use), belt needs its own spot, heck let us use all accessories who cares, 2 weapon loadouts which you can switch through with Q. 4 slots for potions, maybe have different belts, more potion slots but less extra carry weight, or fewer potion slots but more potion slots. You can still put stuff in your hotbar if needed, but we really need an update on this.

Originally posted by Aurumworks:

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

No we don't, how many times are you either full with high weight items with spots left for days, or so many useful items to collect with low weight and no room left, there is never an in between. A loadout manager will fix the latter, let us have slots, why does that need to be "changed". A loadout manager is a must, it makes no sense that wearing clothing makes you have less stuff to put things in.

[I.R.R.I.S.H.]

Originally posted by Aurumworks:

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

No they wouldn't. They could just do what every single other game does and have extra slots that are not part of the inventory and are only used for equipment. The current "balance" is heavily unbalanced because so much of your inventory is taken up by equipment.

[Mharr]

Yes but that would effectively be an expansion of the inventory. I'm not sure why this bothers anyone, having separate equipment slots is a common choice but it's hardly vital and definitely not "every other game".

There are vehicles and mounts for hauling cargo.

[knighttemplar1960]

I've played other games where armor takes an inventory slot. I actually prefer it that way because you can put something other than just armor in the slot if you are in a safe spot (like a home base). If they moved armor to its own specific slots and cut your back pack down by 4 slots you wouldn't be any happier.

Admit it. You are probably at least a little bit of a harder and you just want more inventory spaces.

[illum]

Also....if you are carrying around portal materials just go home drop your stuff off then return...no worries.

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by Aurumworks:

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

No, that change would be detrimental. Right now you can e.g. put your equipped items into a chest to fill up your inventory with stuff and bring it to some other place in 1 trip instead of 2 and then continue from that chest. I've done that several times in dungeons to bring stuff home, where you can get so many different low weight items and the current system just means you have extra inventory slots for that situation. I just put my weapons, armour or food into that chest and fill up my inventory. It also very helpful when you are rearranging the chests in your homebase or similar.
It is a bonus for us how it is right now, but people always feel like they are missing out on something if you give them choices, which is why many games avoid offering such a heinous thing.

[I.R.R.I.S.H.]

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Admit it. You are probably at least a little bit of a harder and you just want more inventory spaces.

I have no idea what you're trying to type. Making equipped items not take up inventory slots doesn't make the game any more or less difficult. It makes it so that you don't have to make multiple trips back and forth to take all your loot to places.

Originally posted by glass zebra:

Originally posted by Aurumworks:

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

No, that change would be detrimental. Right now you can e.g. put your equipped items into a chest to fill up your inventory with stuff and bring it to some other place in 1 trip instead of 2 and then continue from that chest. I've done that several times in dungeons to bring stuff home, where you can get so many different low weight items and the current system just means you have extra inventory slots for that situation. I just put my weapons, armour or food into that chest and fill up my inventory. It also very helpful when you are rearranging the chests in your homebase or similar.
It is a bonus for us how it is right now, but people always feel like they are missing out on something if you give them choices, which is why many games avoid offering such a heinous thing.

You're just plain wrong. It's not a good thing to have to put all your equipped items in a chest just to have enough inventory slots to be able to transport items back and forth between locations. Almost no other game has equipped items take up inventory slots, and when they do it's always so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.

[Tharkkun]

Originally posted by I.R.R.I.S.H.:

Originally posted by Aurumworks:

So if they move the armor away from the inventory, they would need to remove four or five inventory slots to re-establish the current balance. The change would only be cosmetic.

No they wouldn't. They could just do what every single other game does and have extra slots that are not part of the inventory and are only used for equipment. The current "balance" is heavily unbalanced because so much of your inventory is taken up by equipment.

Hence the word "balance". The developers don't want you to have slots for everything. You have to make the hard choices on what to carry. It's that simple. Survival game.

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by I.R.R.I.S.H.:

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Admit it. You are probably at least a little bit of a harder and you just want more inventory spaces.

I have no idea what you're trying to type. Making equipped items not take up inventory slots doesn't make the game any more or less difficult. It makes it so that you don't have to make multiple trips back and forth to take all your loot to places.

Sorry had a stroke 10 years ago and have poor motor control. I use a proof reader but it doesn't catch a typo if the typo is an actual word. Hoarder. You have to bring every bit of loot back to base and you never throw anything away.

You are just wanting more inventory spaces but even if you get them it won't help since the devs aren't going to increase the weight you can carry since its all ready more than thematically realistic. They have all ready added thematic ways to move more loot. You can take a cart over land, sail a ship to the nearest coast, or bring materials to construct a portal at your destination.

[SoloQ]

Would four extra slots really break the games balance that much considering you're already limited to a carry weight? It's not like there are bags where those four inventory slots could snowball into a drastic increase in carrying capacity. It's really just a QoL change with minimal impact to the game as a whole. One that I figured was a tech limitation that would've been changed by now. And if it's a "balance" issue it can always be added as an option like monster sieges and building costs.

[loppantorkel]

Funny how personal preferences often leads some people to claim "poor design" or "lazy devs".
I can't say I mind it either way. It works fine now, it likely would work fine the other way too. I think the inventory slots you have now is fairly balanced, so adding a character doll for armour and weapon slots should cut the other inventory by 5 slots or so to keep the balance in check.

[glass zebra]

Originally posted by I.R.R.I.S.H.:

Originally posted by glass zebra:

No, that change would be detrimental. Right now you can e.g. put your equipped items into a chest to fill up your inventory with stuff and bring it to some other place in 1 trip instead of 2 and then continue from that chest. I've done that several times in dungeons to bring stuff home, where you can get so many different low weight items and the current system just means you have extra inventory slots for that situation. I just put my weapons, armour or food into that chest and fill up my inventory. It also very helpful when you are rearranging the chests in your homebase or similar.
It is a bonus for us how it is right now, but people always feel like they are missing out on something if you give them choices, which is why many games avoid offering such a heinous thing.

You're just plain wrong. It's not a good thing to have to put all your equipped items in a chest just to have enough inventory slots to be able to transport items back and forth between locations. Almost no other game has equipped items take up inventory slots, and when they do it's always so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.

You don't have to. You are able to. 12 inventory slots are fully sufficient for adventuring and only require emptying your inventory sometimes (if staying in the same biome) instead of basically never (which would be pretty bad in a survival game that wants some immersion). If you want more: the game can give you more for the risk of not being able to fight well. Them giving you dedicated slots for equipment instead of free-to-choose inventory slots would just strip away this option from you.

If this post is instead about "I want more inventory slots" instead of "I want less choice" than that is another issue. I never looked it up, but I would think there are mods for this. I definitely remember people saying something similar in Don't Starve (which had equipment slots, but only 3 and people wanted more) and there was at least one popular mod that just gave you extra equipment slots, while also making it possible to have multiple items equipped at the same time that usually all go into the same slot, so you could e.g. use Megingjord and the wishbone at the same time. Of course there was also a mod for plainly more inventory slots.

[Mharr]

Boats, portals, carts and mounts. The game is filled with options for moving vast amounts of inventory in a single trip.

And yes, there are absolutely mods that expand inventory size, it's not hard-coded. Careful with those though, items in the extra slots can easily be deleted during updates.

[vinyblaster]

If the game was aiming for "realism" then indeed, while armors should count towards weight limit it shouldn't block an inventory slot. The helmet is on my head, it's not like I can take it off and put 50 woods on my head.

I do find the slot based inventory to be especially dumb. There is nothing that makes me roll my eyes more in valhein than when I can't pick up a stone, but as soon as I drop a single feather I now have space for 50 stones.

At the end of the day it's just a game mechanic. Deal with it. Use pocket portals. I'm a hoarder too. I have 3 bases with literally 100 chest in each of them and I have no problem adventuring and collecting stuff.