[Website] Let's talk about combining character inventories

[Xol!]

Items are already transferable between characters (aside from the STF & new character exclusions).  I know several people who send loomed armor between characters when they switch to an alt.  Why not just combine all character inventories (items and gold)?  I know I personally would love to have my prized lordly lamellar vest saved as the default on all of my characters.

The only problem I can see with this is if certain characters have tons of items and you don't want to see them on every other character.  Perhaps only loomed items could be shared, or some kind of checklist could be added to show/hide an item on a given character.

While the transfer system was an amazing addition, it kind of seems like an overly complicated way of achieving the same result, namely, having all items and gold accessible to (almost) all characters on an account.

Thoughts?

edit: For those who only read the OP, it seems that either combining gold & looms, looms only, or adding an item organization system would be the best, because of space and useability constraints.

[Weewum]

This would not work, because there is a limit on how many Items you would have before some of them stop showing up, I have experienced  this problem and had it fixed by selling stuff.(Thanks Meow).


Back on topic(And tl;dr)It won't work.

[isatis]

maybe at least only loom

because it's a bit annoying to check for possible trade for your loom having to search each time... (good deal sell fast )

[Grumpy_Nic]

Dont do it. Rather delete all alts, allow only one character +1 STF to try out builds maybe.

[PhigNewtenz]

I for one think it's a great idea. Xol makes a good point: it's been happening in a rough form since the transfer system was set up. This would simply make it more convenient for all players.

@Weewum: Simply saying 'it won't work' is a little defeatist. The item display problems could be fixed with some sort of checklist controlling which items are visible on which characters while in game (exactly as OP suggested; think of a long vertical list of all your items with columns of check boxes for each character, very similar in appearance to the current transfer menu), and the shared wallet is likely a completely viable software change.

[oprah_winfrey]

I generally use +0 gear on my alts, just so I can change things up a bit from my main, but I would still like this option. I would rather keep it to just looms though, and keep the option to transfer +0 items.

[Nehvar]

This would not work, because there is a limit on how many Items you would have before some of them stop showing up, I have experienced  this problem and had it fixed by selling stuff.(Thanks Meow).


Back on topic(And tl;dr)It won't work.

Another way to do it, assuming they can't lift the limit on inventory size, is to create a separate, common inventory linked to your account rather than any specific character.  With all of your non-STF characters being able to utilize gear from this inventory in addition to their own inventories.

[OssumPawesome]

no.  Alternate characters of players who have been here forever already have access to plenty of gear without making it easier. 

[Xol!]

no.  Alternate characters of players who have been here forever already have access to plenty of gear without making it easier.

This wouldn't really change the level of accessibility at all, it just saves the trouble of going to the transfer page to move gear and gold around, especially if the only things that are pooled are gold and heirloomed gear.  It's a matter of convenience.

edit: I should probably stress that functionally, sharing looms or gold or both between characters would be no different than the current transfer system.  Sharing an inventory would just eliminate some of the hassle.