How do you manage your inventory in the game?

MagicWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

One of the biggest issues I have with the game is the limited storage (as many have also expressed this as well). I'm a treasure hunter and collector at heart - it's what I enjoy in the game the most. I use up much of my extra character slots as mules.

Anyways, my questions are:

1. What stuff do you keep in Storage, what stuff do you carry on Main Characters and what stuff do you dump on Mules?

2. If you had only one Character and your Storage - what stuff would you choose to keep? (i.e. what's most important to you)

For me...

Storage: Mini-Pets and Special Items (like nice green drops)
Characters: Gwen souvenirs, nice weapon drops, and stuff used by character
Mules: Wintersday items, other event items and just other stuff I collect

If I had only one Character and Storage, I would probably keep just my Mini-Pets, just the Tapestry Shred (dumping the other Gwen souvenirs - like Gwen's Broken Flute) and a select few nice weapon drops. I'd sacrifice everything else (bye-bye holiday event items!).

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

I'll make it quick.

I have 3 mules at the moment. Basically character I never ever use. The normal storage just doesn't cut it.

Mule 1: Weapons, runes and collectors items
Mule 2: Dyes, Mini Pets, Holiday Collectables
Mule 3: Common Materials and more Runes, and the Gwen items

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

2 accounts

I have 2 accounts both with all 3 chapters..I only use 2 slots one 1 account and 1 slot on 2nd account (farming char) rest are mules.

Mines all pretty mixed up TBH.

Mules on my main account carry the stuff I intend on selling and ecto/dyes + a couple hundred k in gold.

Mules on my second account hold all my mats (have numerous stacks of everything) and gold items I intend on keeping + storage full of gold.

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

Mule 1 (items im selling on guru)
Mule 2 (items awaiting to be sold on guru)
Mule 3 (otherr crappy items worth 1kish)

The Herbalizer

The Herbalizer

<3 Ecto

Join Date: Jul 2005

main account chars have items they use in every slot. i dont care for drops or gold as the gold is so little and drops suck so nps for me.

mules have all the old weapons i dont use. they have weapons that have sentimental value. tons of upgrades which i dont need. mini pets. and gold.

in response to #2 i would have quit gw long ago as one char would be boring and suck

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

I've got two Storage Characters (both Rangers with ridiculous purple costumes and hair-covered).... and I have them set out like this:

Amazing Storage Bob => Event Items, Runes, Inscriptions (etc)
Amazing Storage Mel => Dye, Weapon mods, Weapons

Xunlai Storage => Collector items, Materials, my +4 Shadow Mastery mask
On my character => Oft-used weapons, Superior Identification, Superior Salvage.


If I keep collecting crap at the rate I am doing though I might have to make a third "Amazing Storage" ranger... Maybe in Tyria since I have one in Cantha and Elona each already (though it'll take a bit longer to get past Pre-Searing).

Astro Pubes

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Gwen Is [EVIL]

3 accounts here

my main one holds gold and whatever materials up to a stack of 250 everything else over flows into account 2, the 3rd is for when my second account over flows into that, which has happened before.

account 1 has gold and weapons i sell/trade/use

account 2 has Wintersday items/Special Event Items/Holiday Stuff/Collectors Things/ and materials

account 3 has materials and upgrades atm.

also on account 2 i have my future Legendary Defender of Ascalon.

edit:: i said Legendary SURVIVOR of Ascalon, meant DEFENDER!!! thanks to those that caught that.

KiyaKoreena

KiyaKoreena

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Kirins of Holy Light

N/

Seperate account mules: full piles of materials, all the Tombs greens and a few other greenies we like, holiday items, collector items that arent full enough to cash in yet or are saving for next holiday, inscriptions for future use, perfect mods for future use, all the different reward tokens/credits/totems, dyes, spare sup vigors, weapons we like but arent using right now, gold, sets of armor bored with but dont want to get rid of

Mules on main account: mini pets, mods weapons and inscriptions Im going to sell, highly salvageable inscriptions, collector items Im still gathering, alternate armors when I need the space for long quest outings, some gold, keys

Characters currently in play: keys, alternate armors and weapons for quick change, collector items for the areas Im heading into often, salvage and ID kits, alcohol if on my main char

Storage: piles of materials until they are full, otherwise put anything else in there until it can go to its appropriate mule, armor if I need the space for questing


I really cant make that choice of what I would keep. I like it all, its taken so long to aquire it! If I had to choose only two mini pets though they would be my Kuunie and my Fungal Wallow .

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

i have 3 mules...one is a holder of Customized weapons for other toons..
One is named Event Holder...for event items
One is a holder for Unid/Gold items for sale.

Stuff in my actual storage is things I have found/bought while playing...everytime it gets full I redistribute to the proper mules.

Stig Figger

Stig Figger

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Canada

2 accounts:
On mine...
3 mules, 1 for each continent's collector trade-ins, only ones that can be traded for max weapons (Tyrian one has more room for armor sets etc.).
1 mule for weapon upgrades.
Currently, my 'active' warrior is carrying weapons, greens and holiday items.
My other 3 active characters try to carry only: ID kit, Expert Salvage kit, keys, pets, quick-swap weapons, and sup runes/weapons for changing hero builds (especially necros).

On wife's...
1 mule for dyes, runes and insignias (until we decide on how best to equip our dozens of heroes).
1 mule for inscriptions (mostly Measure for Measures, saving for bejeweled drops)

We usually keep the mules in Kamadan because it's easy to find the Xunlai Agents. I keep storage generally empty so that at the end of the day, I dump items from active characters, then log-in with mules to empty the storage box. But also have one mule parked in Urgoz's Warren and will park another in The Deep for guild-hall-ferrying (need to get all active characters into those towns this weekend for cross-account ferrying).

And we like giving our mules humourous names like: Sue Kace, Sam Sun Ite, Jim Lokker .

If I only had one character, I wouldn't store anything that I've got on the mules; I'd use or sell everything asap to keep room for drops to maximize earned wealth for buying armors, and keys and cap sigs (~150 elites so far) for my title-earner.

The Last Anthem

The Last Anthem

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

my guildhall.

Mo/

1mule..all holiday items+beer+mods+inscriptions+some random weapons I might sell one day or use..
storage.. cc's, id&salvage kits
main chars (they have less space than my mule ><)..

and the rest of my chars have about backpack full of assorted weapons and armor :/

CagedinSanity

CagedinSanity

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Away from you.

W/

I don't have any mules, so I am forced to merchant many golds, although I do save max weapon mods.
All I have is storage. I put weapons on one corner, mods in another corner, and everything else in the midde. (Oh yeah, things like commedations, credits, coins i keep in a corner too.)
and I have all campaigns so I get the nifty crafting materials stuffs.

Geckoo

Geckoo

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Spain

The Keeper Of The Seven Keys [KSK]

Me/

2 accounts
first account: 11 pve characters (not mules), one of each class + repeated mesmer.
- each character: armors & weapons
- storage: keys, quest rewards (imperial commendations and that sutff), beer xD
second account: pvp characters and old pve characters i don't use... so... mules
- mesmer mule: mesmer greens, farming armors from the other account.
- monk mule: monk greens, farming armors from the other account.
- ranger: special event items, also hats that are customizated to... one of the other account characters.
- storage: every time a reach 250 from some material in the other account i pass it to this account, if i have already 250 from that material, i sell it.

summing up: how do i manage my inventory? i manage it very bad xD

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

I usually keep weapons and armors that is based on the character's attribute. Like my tank has mostly warrior weapons, ele has staffs, ranger has bows.. and etc. The main storage has runes and other stuffs that I can share to all my other characters. I beginning to think it's time for me to sell some stuffs since I'll be running out of room soon when the Cantha New Years event starts next week.

Alleji

Alleji

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

I have 1 account with 10 slots, 2 of which are dedicated mules and my monk is a semi-mule, since I never PvE with her and hardly PvP anymore. Also, some of my active characters have their second bag used as storage.

Mule 1: Sigils
Mule 2: Upgrades and a few weapons
Monk: Sigils and a few stacks of extra materials. + her equipment and I have 5 inventory slots left
Mesmer: one bag used for holiday items
Ranger: one bag used for dyes

I actually keep very little and I'm not a pack rat except when it comes to sigils. I only keep perfect mods (Give away +29s in alliance chat or merch - waste of time selling) don't keep any minipets, don't keep armor sets I don't use... which freed up a lot of space when anet nerfed armor-swapping in PvP, and I don't keep random junk like gwen items :P

Evilsod

Evilsod

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2006

England

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

2 accounts...

1st Account - 7 PvE characters. 1 PvP slot. Rit is currently upgrades/golds storage. Assassin is holding a load of bows. Trying to clear it up... not working.

2nd Account - 3 PvE characters. 5 Mules.

Mule 1: Old Tombs greens no-one wants, Dyes and random golds.
Mule 2: Upgrades
Mule 3: Upgrades and golds
Mule 4: Golds and Greens
Mule 5: Materials and FoW/UW stackables.

In a word... badly. In my sell thread i have no idea where half the items are.

Blackest Rose

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

3 accounts with 20 characters....
5 mules with various stuff ranging from special items (wintersday, potions, gingerbread) to materials from each chapter.

The other 15 characters are laden down with gold items which I can't be bothered to sell using current spamming methods.

I have to frequently swap mules and "tidy up" between accounts - luckily I also have 3 pc's so it's not too much hassle.

Originally bought 2 accounts to create characters of each class.
My 2 main accounts have all 3 chapters - my storage account is nightfall only - got it cheap.

Yes my middle name is "geek"

Batou of Nine

Batou of Nine

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

California, USA

Angel Sharks [AS] (RiP [KaiZ] T__T")

Mo/E

1) Only 1 account. And no mule space, means i gotta get creative.

9 Character slots.
Assasin - Holds Assasin/Warrior/Paragon mods + Materials not able to store in Mat Storage.
Ritualist - Holds ALL spellcasting mods & inscriptions.
Ranger - Holds all Ranger mods + unused green items.
Necro - Holds all Dyes.
Paragon - Holds all non-spellcaster inscriptions.

Storage - Holds Minipets, Holiday items, non-full material stacks (when full goes to assasin)

The rest of my chars are too full of own gear to be storage:: Warrior, Monk, Dervish, Elementalist.
Thats about it!

2) If i only had 1 character slot i would'nt bother with PvE. ^_^"

cheers!

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

I don't have any mules and here's the methodology I follow.

1. Every character I have has one bag dedicated to weapons/offhands. This bag never moves - I carry those items with that character always.

2. Every character has 15 slots in their backpack dedicated to armor.

3. Every character has 5 extra slots in their backpack dedicated to holiday items and other things I just can't part with.

My storage is empty.

When I want to play with a specific character, I simply (1) figure out what armor I'm going to wear and (2) dump the contents of the backpack into my storage. That leaves me an empty backpack, empty beltpouch and empty bag for holding drops.

If I ever get to the point where (1) I have more than 12 weapons/offhands that a specific character can use or (2) I have more than 4 sets of armor for a specific character, I simply have to make some tough choices and get rid of the weapons/armor that I use the least. This mantra keeps me disciplined and prevents me from hoarding items I simply don't use or that are easily craftable if I ever need them.

Because each character is only allocated 5 slots for "plaything" items, I make sure I don't keep anything that I can't use immediately. Excess materials, runes, inscriptions, insignia, upgrades, dyes - they either get used or they go directly to the merchant/WTS chat. To me, that extra storage slot/flexibility FAR OUTWEIGHS taking a minor loss on an item (by having to repurchase it later). I'd simply rather be able to play the game than spend all my time worrying about how to arrange my storage.

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

Account: 9 character slots 4 mules.

Mule 1: Perfect non/inscribable swords of every kind in existence with the exception of the recently added runic blade. A few sword upgrades

Mule 2: Perfect non/inscribable axes or every kind in existence with the exception of the recently added stygian reaver. A few axe upgrades.

Mule 3: Perfect non/inscribable hammers of every kind in existence.

Mule 4: Perfect non/inscribable shield of every kind in existence.

The Rest: Weapons and armor according to profession of character. So There is actually space on them to pick up gold, crafting materials and merchant fodder should the need arise.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

3 Mules

#1) Weapons\Wands\Offhands\Greens (she's packed full)

#2) Upgrades (focus cores, inscriptions, weapon mods, staff wrappings, etc)

#3) Carinae's Armor Squire (All holiday headgear, plus she holds Carinae's 7 extra armor sets, Carinae holds 2 more set herself.)

My monk holds a full bag of Gwen items, and Carinae hold a bag of holiday trinkets, absinthe, flutes and other PvE necessities.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

Rahja has a character named Rahjas Mule Man for a reason!

Mule= 100k gold, some unused 15k armors from different characters, charr carvings, dyes, a few rare golds, a few sup vigors, Linen, tanned hides, spirit wood (one of my failed NF market kingpinning operations, jewels didnt fail.. )

So yeh, Mules are FTW. Got mule?

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

My mule characters are my assassin, dervish and my monk.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

I have a minimalist's mentality when it comes to having stuff in GW. I have 1 account, 1 mule. I use it to hold weapon upgrades that I plan to sell when I get a pile of them. and I only hang on to perfect or near perfect mods. Everything else is merchant food. (unless it's an improvement on what my heros are using)

I use storage for stackable items that are useful for all my characters (Kournan coins, etc.) and to transfer items between characters.

I have one full set of armor for each character, with a couple of different pieces of headgear with different attribute runes on them.

I don't even hang on to dyes that I don't plan on using. Since I don't re-dye my characters' final armor, I only use it on new characters.

Code=007

Code=007

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

Tomorrow Never [dies]

A/

armor 3 sets for every character, we really need some sort of armor storage if expanded storage can't be granted

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

1 account 4 mules
storage has 'collectable' items like margonite masks, heket tongues.....

my characters all carry their own armor and weapons along with a salvage and id....they also have a few holiday hats that I cant seem to want to part with yet.
mule 1 (oldest) has bows (shes a ranger), holiday stuff (ghost in box etc), festival weaspons (candy cane ones), and shells---bleached, frozen, umbral, igneous..., and extra candy canes..

mule 2 has crafting supplies and extra gold weapons, festival cakes (red bean, creme brule), and factions collectables (bone charms, plauge idols etc).

mule 3 has mini pets, holiday shields (pepermint, gingerbread etc). other factions collectables (guardian moss, vermin hides), and some 'remedies' , jade wind orbs and jade brotherhood capes.

mule 4 has more extra gold items, elona collectables (ancient artifacts, inscribed secrets, korman coins) and some from factions too---luxon totems and kuzick equipment requistions, useless items--red iris flowers, zetukas horn, etc and inscriptions and staff heads.

and my paragon semi-mule has beginner elona collectables (shree wings, silver bollion coins, talons) and tons of scrolls that wont stack together .

I hope to play my 4th mule sometime and maybe my paragon when I am feeling like it again......and someday I might play my ranger since she has some really nice bows stored up and runes to go for some new armor too.

as you can see I find it hard to just get rid of stuff (other than crapppy white weapons) .....I just restarted my char carving and hides collection for next wintersday ( and a few gargoyle skulls as well )

leeky baby

leeky baby

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Surrey University

Starting to play again... need a guild

W/E

Monk + Warrior both have 2 sets of armour + weapons also both have 5/6 hats.

Monk = selling mule/power trader
Asssain= Hoilday hats/items/things i dont wanna part with.
Ranger = Mods,dyes,materials,mini pets,bows

Rest = Pvp slots

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

9 Characters, 4 mules

Storage has stacks of Copper, Silver and Gold Crimson Skull coins, mask & bow to run CritBarrage on my sin and Superior and Expert Salvage

Mule 1 (Naked Elementalist) holds common materials, completely full

Mule 2 Holds mostly gold items that i've tried and failed to sell, or can't be bothered to

Mule 3 Holds random stuff and Wintersday Weapons and left over CC shards

Mule 4 Holds more random stuff and Halloween and Wintersday items

Winterclaw

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

My original main and become a mule of sorts. He's carrying weapons and items for himself as well as some extra runes, weapon mods, and B-day presents.

acidic artist

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

E/Me

storage =1000k, 250 of every material, and xtra salvage/id kits
mule = perfect weapons to sell, upgrades, keys

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

Mo/

Two accounts:

One account is all 3 campaigns and has my current characters/most-used items etc.

Second account is my farming account with a 55 Monk, N/Mo and W/Mo and that has stacks of materials and fairly useless items that I'm too lazy to sell

Jeremy Untouchable

Jeremy Untouchable

Wow Stole my freetime

Join Date: Mar 2006

Arkansas

None

W/E

2 accounts 1st one has 4 full time mules (Assassin(pvp) dervish,paragon,canthan ele) I use playable mules..any toon could rise as a regular playing toon at anytime. second one is all mules except my wife plays a couple slots..I keep good tabs on all my stuff, as i sort it all at work once a week......lol

Warmaster Patton

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Insanity

Vis Decus Vertus [vDv]

R/

Some of you guys are crazy.

3 accounts full?!? jeez, i don't even fill up my 1. Ever heard of selling things?

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

I've been forced into a routine that I very much resent: in order to buy something, I have to sell something else

that and I hit the gold limit about a year ago which means I gotta sell something before I buy something

which inherently is grinding my PvE experience down to a halt

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Well for me, I do this.

On each character...

The pouch contains armors but mostly my headpieces
First 10 slot bag contains armor pieces
second 10 slot bag contains my weapons, and if I have too many I put them in the first bag

I have no mule characters, but I make my assassin and paragon my mules. My paragon is a nothing to me recently, and my assassin is for PvP so I put my goodies there. Every week or so I need to dump out some stuff to make more space

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

How do I manage my inventory? Well that's the problem: I don't.

On a serious note, 4 of my characters became mules of random stuff. Eek.

Divinus Stella

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

I have 2 mules, but both are mainly filled with my eles items/armour, i sell anything perfect that i dont want, black/white dye to the dye trader, everything else to the merchant.

Storing things would be handy if i had room, but im not gonna waste a place in storage on a worthless item that might sit there for a month before it gets used.
I'm a pretty wasteful person, but i like to think in the time i save packing things away and sorting stuff out i get more time farming which = more ecto in the end.

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

i had 2 mules but i made like Nicholas Cage in Lord of War and got rid off all the stuff on one of my mules to some poor people and deleted my mule to make room for a new character.

Markaedw

Markaedw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

2nd account, 9 characters

1. Runes
2. materials
3. high end weapons
4. low end and upgrades
5. holiday items and armor, prtesents and gwen items
6. collector items drops
7. shuttle for pre searing (dyes and stuff)
8. spare armor and insignias
9. more weapon ugpgrades

BTW since they are mules, they are all female and the only ones wearing armor is the NF female ele and the pre sear shuttle

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

All my characters are mules for their own character class. The last 2 bags tend to hold class-related weapons/runes. The backpack is usually kept clear, except for alternate weapons and salv/id kits. The belt bag is for keys and quest items.

I tend to keep all "credits" (trade contacts etc) in storage, but otherwise just use Xunlai for temporary space while a character is farming or to transfer stuff to another.