How do you manage your inventory in the game?

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!).

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

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.

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

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

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).

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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 :/

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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"

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!

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.

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.