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Profession resources sorting order?

sigaxel77sigaxel77 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
Can anyone explain to me how the hell the profession resources sorting works? Because I am stumped. I see no logic in the sorting. It is not by quantity, not by value, not by type (i. e. common, uncommon, rare, epic), and certainly not by profession.

Just take a look at this screenshot of my inventory, just after hitting the Sort button.

Personally, I'd love to have my resources sorted by:
1. (Profession) (obviously certain resources will be used across multiple professions, so fall down to next)
2. Rarity
3. Quantity

Better yet, add a filter by profession button, and then make the Sort button just sort by quantity/rarity instead if randomizing everything.
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Alphabetical order.
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  • sigaxel77sigaxel77 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    beckylunatic wrote: »
    Alphabetical order.
    Hah, when you say it! Thanks. :)

    But still, it makes no sense to me this way.
  • dardovedardove Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    It would be much better if we could have different options for sorting out inventories then just alphabetical. I would also like to see the ability to sort the currency inventory.
  • bioshrikebioshrike Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,729 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    We should be able to sort by name, rarity, associated profession, stack size, and by "which professions that character actually has".
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I agree that it's not logical according to actual use. Sadly, because most resources are used across multiple professions, auto-sorting inventory by profession doesn't seem feasible (or not simply).
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  • sigaxel77sigaxel77 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    beckylunatic wrote: »
    I agree that it's not logical according to actual use. Sadly, because most resources are used across multiple professions, auto-sorting inventory by profession doesn't seem feasible (or not simply).
    I have to disagree. Grouping and sorting are common and easily implemented methods in programming. Grouping items by profession (1-to-many relationship), then sorting, is really quite trivial. But I digress.
    Got my question answered, now I'll just hope the devs will notice this and take under consideration.
  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    i rarely go into my profession materials/mats tab. about the only time i do is when i'm moving un-used mats from one character to another. and each mat's tooltip says what profession its for. for example, my CW doesn't need leatherworking mats, but i have tons of them from skill nodes and creature drops. when i first did this, i moused over each one while i was at the mail courier and sent what i wasn't using. after a while you know what mats go to what professions you've leveled up. same thing goes if you're trying to sell them on the AH.
  • sigaxel77sigaxel77 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I might be the only one who does this then. I run 9 tasks at all times on 5 characters, different professions on each and sometimes different professions on the same character. I mail lots of materials back and forth, and I like to keep tabs on what I might be running out of soon (plan ahead, what's that?!). I know which materials (by name) belong to which profession(s), but that doesn't make the interface any more intuitive. I can't just take a brief look at the resources and in the blink of an eye determine that I'm running low on green and silvery vitriol, solvent, barausk wood, simple/tough/exotic pelts and iron plates. But I guess that's just my problem with recognizing the icons and spotting them right away in an alphabetically sorted list. I mean, after 7 months of playing, obviously I must be a little dim for not immediately recognizing each icon right away.

    I now realize though my expectations for even a basic profession filter list (multi-select) are unrealistic. I mean, how long did the devs struggle to fix the inventory sorting bug? It sure as hell was a while. :)
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I review my professions materials all the time, but since I did recognize how they're ordered, I didn't have quite the same issue.

    I agree that the iron/steel resources especially are difficult to tell apart at a glance.

    And I don't really like using the auto-sort now because everything I pick up that each character doesn't use is below the stuff they actually do... provided I don't create any gaps by using things up.
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  • bioshrikebioshrike Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,729 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    While we're on the subject - please allow profession resources and assets to be placed into the guild bank. Thank you.
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  • sigaxel77sigaxel77 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    bioshrike wrote: »
    While we're on the subject - please allow profession resources and assets to be placed into the guild bank. Thank you.
    Aye, I'll second that!
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