Get trinkets out of inventory-- and on a chain
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 4th 2007 at 3:15PM
I can conquer dragons, I can crush Centaur, and I can even take candle (I've been waiting for days to get a chance to post that hilarious thread), but if one monster in the World of Warcraft has cost me more than anything, it's a full inventory. On my hunter, I've got a bag full of food, and on my shaman, I have to carry around four totems all the time. Crafting items take up another bag or two (my disenchanting rogue has a bag full of enchanting mats and a bag full of poisons). Quest items, potions, food, reputation tokens, noncombat pets and mounts, and that hearthstone-- there's just not enough room for everything!So here's one idea, shared with me by Braila of Thunderhorn (our guild's tree-mendous healing druid) during last weekend's Karazhan run: How about a trinket chain?
It makes a lot of sense. Blizzard implemented a keychain to get keys out of our inventories, and considering that we're all hauling around tons of trinkets lately (I had seven on me, and one of our warriors had eight with him), this seems like the first place Blizzard should go to thin out the inventory. It's not like trinkets are huge items-- why should they take up 1/16 of Netherweave Bags when you can fit 200 arrows in the same place? Spare trinkets should have their own tab to sit in, something that grows the more you get, just like the keychain.
Of course the obvious solution would be to just not carry so many trinkets around. But there's so many of them for every situation-- healing, solo grinding, raid healing, DPS, PvP-- that it's no wonder everyone at 70 has such a collection. Blizz should give us a chain to put them on.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, Expansions, Raiding
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Matthew Jun 4th 2007 3:21PM
Why would you need a whole bag of food...ever? I get along well enough with a stack of five or six pieces of meat. If your pet dies a lot, then yeah, maybe you'd need more, but a whole bag? Do you just never get anywhere near a general vendor?
Sylvina Jun 4th 2007 3:23PM
I ain't wearing no stinkin' charm bracelet.
Seper Jun 4th 2007 3:25PM
Upgrade to bigger bags?
Nah bag space isn't a problem. When are you ever enchanting things an in instance or griding anyways? If that happened to me and I was leader? I would boot you from group.
What I do is collect em and throw all tokens in the bank. Keep all my reagents (druid)so 4 stacks of each reagent. Then min. 100 waters and min. 60 food. Another bag is potions. Then one bag is trinkets, hearth, other. 2 bags for quest items, trash loot whatever else is needed.
Carry what you actually will use. If your not grinding for marks or armaments bank em until they are needed. If your not meeting someone to enchant their crap then bank your enchanting bag.
Simple as that.
ben1778 Jun 4th 2007 3:34PM
You didn't mention the warlocks that must sacrifice an entire bag slot for a soul shard bag since those things form into such odd shapes we can't stack them.
Matthew Jun 4th 2007 3:42PM
#4, I use a shard bag just because I hate having them fill up random slots in my bags. If I wasn't so lazy, though, I could download something like baggins and simply separate the shards into their own little window, without having to actually use a shard bag for it. I would much rather use a regulard 16-slot bag than a 16-slot (or even a 20-slot) shard bag, but I use the shard bag because it keeps the shards away from the other stuff I have to weed through.
That said, baggins or something similar would solve the problem; I'm just too lazy to use it.
stew Jun 4th 2007 3:45PM
I have this problem on my engineering rogue. I have 2 transporter keys, a parachute cloak in case I transport 200 yards in the air, shrink rays, world enlarger, jumper cables, all sorts of things. its not enough to need to carry an engineering bag around all the time, but its enough to take up a 16 slot bag. Also, what do I do with all my non-engineering trinkets even if I use an engineering bag? I don't know about a separate trinket slot, but a dedicated profession slot or ammo slot would be nice.
annoula Jun 4th 2007 3:48PM
I just wish they'd make trinkets swappable in combat.
Eckozealot Jun 4th 2007 3:49PM
As a pally i would love this! I have 3 sets of trinkets, a spell power set, a healing set, and a crit set, with at least 6 more that I wish I could switch out with for different situations (372 Jewelcrafter). Add to that my 2nd set of gear (full change) different weapons, 2 seperate sheilds, and all my reagents and water and such, im filling 2 18 slots, quest items and trash take up another, so at any given time I only have 2 bags open for mining or grinding or trash. I would love to see something like this implemented.
Corrodias Jun 4th 2007 3:52PM
Along with various memorabilia from quests and rep items, my druid has to maintain 3 full sets of gear (tank, melee dps, and healing) and keeps his old moonkin set "just in case". I have herbalism and mining so i can send materials off to a bank alt. My bank and bags are nearly full all the time. If i had any crafting profession on him, i'd go insane.
cynthias Jun 4th 2007 3:56PM
Actually, I think druids should get a 24 slot "wardrobe" bag. Now that I've gone to wild side, I carry a full set of healing gear (down to trinkets) and a rapidly expanding set of tanking gear. The healing gear alone takes up a full 18 slot bag.
Sign me up for the "switching trinkets in combat" too.
scott veirs Jun 4th 2007 4:04PM
Know what I would like to see? If there would be a way to break my bags up the way I want. I have BaudBag which is all slots in one window.
I would like to make custom windows for my items. Dedicated x slots for poisons, x slots for trikets and "always used" items. That way I would only have 1 bag to work in when I am done with instances and grinding and what ever. If I empty a slot in my poisons bag nothing will go in it. I want it to tell me my inventory is full so I know my "bs bag" needs cleared out.
OR the function to push the everyday items together at the bottom when a slot empties.
Bag management is for the birds!
Corrodias Jun 4th 2007 4:27PM
Well, the addon TBag (as well as some other addons) will arrange your items on the screen in such a way as to make it easy to see where your space is being used, but it won't keep you from picking up items if you're trying to "reserve" a slot. :(
Juliah Jun 4th 2007 4:31PM
Mike, I like your trinket idea. It would really be nice for them to have a separate, allocated spot.
Patmos Jun 4th 2007 9:02PM
Yah I Main Tank i could really use the space for the 1 or 2 sets of resist gear in my bags of the other 3 sets in my bank i am pro any inventory management plan.
Cetha Jun 4th 2007 5:34PM
learn2bank :)
(sorry i couldn't resist...i totally agree about the trinket chain, garment bags as much as I also would love to trade trinkets in battle, i'm glad we can't cuz we are all op enough as it is :)~ )
too many parantheses ftl
Kyle Jun 4th 2007 5:55PM
This is actually an interesting idea. My main being a warrior has about 7-8 different trinkets, plus some other random ones in my bank from Engineering. I doubt Blizz would implement the idea, but it would be nice to free up some bag space since I am ALWAYS carrying around 1 bag with tanking gear, 1 bag with pots and bandaids and 1 bag with quest items and basic storage (mount, hearthstone, etc). That leaves me with my main bag and one other (which currently holds my trinkets and BG badges).
So yea, nice idea, but we probably won't see it come into the game anytime soon.
idburns Jun 4th 2007 6:44PM
My 70 hunter only carries 4 stacks of water and 4 stacks of food that both my pet and I can eat. Even with raiding and solo-grinding I only have to replenish every week or so. Carrying a full bag of food around is a ridiculous waste of space.
Jay Jun 4th 2007 6:54PM
Trinket Chain sounds nice, but the biggie would be to have a 2nd armor slot tab (Much like a few other MMOs employ)... Hell, if only trade items or riding enhancements, etc are allowed in the 2nd 'outfit' slot, fine... Anything that frees up bag space... Not to mention the engineering/herbalist warlocks/warlocks that lose actual bag space for soul bags and quivers...
Coldshiver Jun 4th 2007 8:01PM
I wholeheartedly agree about some sort of trinket chain/bag similar in function to how the current key chain functions. And not to hijack your topic/thread, but something similar for vanity pets (some sort of Zoo bag) would also be a worthwhile inventory thinner. I always hate getting rid of trinkets and vanity pets when it comes time to thin the inventory out. Excellent point of view.
annoula Jun 5th 2007 9:38AM
It always makes me laugh when warlocks/engineers/etc bitch about losing an inv slot for a specific type bag. Half your class complained to get this specific type bag. If you don't like it don't use it. It's not like you can play without it.
I say this, because I'm a hunter. And I quite literally can't function without an ammo bag. One slot gone, non-optional. Yet oddly enough, it's the warlocks who complain.