I always found it a bit ridiculous how you could fit an infinite amount of objects in a container.

Hopefully, in Skyrim, we'll see:

• Contains which get full.
  
• Containers which certain objects won't fit in [they're too big].

This would also solve the problem that the amount of containers in houses in Oblivion is totally superfluous.

What're peoples' thoughts on this?

I like that idea but being a packrat I would only like that if there was still a way to store everything I want to keep. Maybe be able to purchase additional containers, or a house that has some sort of storage area like a basemant, attic, storage shed. Maybe even come up with new types of containers like weapons racks and bring back the armor dummies or whatever they're called.

I'm an organized packrat so I don't like to clutter up my home with piles of stuff, I try to store them in containers that make sense, like food/alchemy items in cupboards or barrels, potions in other cupboards or barrels but would be cool to have shelves that work as containers and show potions or items you put in them.

Morrowind did this, but to be quite honest, I don't mind containers that can store an infinite amount of objects. It might not be realistic but it's much more tolerable.

No, thank you. I prefer having mailboxes that you can fit a crutch in (Fallout 3 ) than having to play Tetris with your inventory like in NWN.

Agreed, while it is kinda weird to be able to fit an infinite amount of items into a create it does make convent storage. I remember in MW I'd just store all my stuff in a create in the bedroom of one of the shop owners.

I like S.T.A.L.K.E.R's inventory screen. It looks like your going to have to play tetris with it, then you realize that when you fill all the slots, a scroll bar appears and it turns out the only limit is your carrying weight limit.

Yup its weird but I hate having to juggle inventory items as it is, I dont want my storage to have to be messed with too!

I've wanted something along the lines of Fable 3's weapon inventory since Morrowind. A shelf/rack to display weapons without all the tedious mucking about in hyper...eh...I mean the tedious positioning of Morrowind/Oblivion.

It did- though as I recall, the limit on how much a container would hold was still quite high, as in "not likely to be too inconvenient." I seem to recall farming Dark Brotherhood armor under Mournhold and having 40-50 helms in one of the smallish crates. They'd eventually get full, but not before I began to think they couldn't.

On the one hand, I wouldn't mind seeing storage and size limits- no, that 4 foot claymore will not fit into that 2 foot by 2 foot box- but then again, wouldn't that really point up the character's http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperspaceArsenal all the more? "Sorry, this chest is too small to hold even half of what you're carrying in your back pocket." Ouch?

There should be a bottomless storage portal that you can summon. :biggrin:

The fact that containers respawn was more of a concern to me. It made storing things anywhere much more difficult.

As I recall, Containers had a limit based on the weight value for items. So, you could put a ridiculous amount of light items in, (ridiculous for volume reasons), but try shoving a full set of Daedric in there and you'll find yourself with little room left.

Maybe a balance where you could upgrade your storage space or something.

Oh no.
If one thing in morrowind bothered me like hell. It was this.
I am a collector and well... You can imagine what happened.

You are quite correct- reading this reminded me of my storage area outside the Fighters Guild (the stack of crates beside the stairs) and trying to organize Ebony and Dwemer armor into "one set per crate."

I also recall why it didn't cause me a great deal of trouble- the Factor's Estate in Raven Rock. I used to lay out armor in the round room with all the shelves, boots toward the center and helms nearest the wall.

I find bumping up against container size/weight limits really annoying. I like having multiple containers to store different types of items, but I greatly prefer being able to stash all my herbs in the same chest.

I liked Morrowind's storage system, except for the area limit (at one point if you had too much stuff in a same area (room, house etc...) game started glitching and stuff would reset/disappear....) not very cool. I guess they could mix it up, give certain type of containers ridiculously huge space limits, and others more realistic values? Or make cellars/vaults spaces/rooms in which you can just dump an infinite amount of whatever you want without ever having to worry about them disappearing...

Ahh yes, I didn't think about the fact that you can actually hold a lot more than you can fit in your backpocket anyway.

Still, it's something I for one would like to see. It may sound silly, but I don't want everything in the game to be convient. For example: fast travel. Overly convient.

I don't like how containers can store infinite weight. Morrowind had weight caps, which was good. I hope Skyrim does something different to where you can actually see your stuff in game in the container by taking the lid off.

putting a warhammer in a jewel box is priceless lol

I'd like that too, but just imagine how inconvenient it would be, Imagined just chucking whatever into a box, and coming back at a later date, looking for some Rice amongst Daedric Armour.

The realism side of me wants weight limits, however the convenience side of me wants unlimited space. So I'm sorta indifferent, whatever one they put in game wouldn't worry me too much. :shrug:

What is a con-ta-in-er? I keep my items in the arch mage's lobby at the arcane univieristy. Is that a container? With my smile gone now, I can say leave it how it is. If you want only so many items per container then you have to make it where you put them in yourself. Think display case.

I don't really care either way. If they're going to work on containers, I wish they would work on smart display containers that only store appropriate items and not only visually display them, but let you at least grab items without going through an interface screen (adding would be nice too). And dynamic alchemy containers too. And shops that put items sold by the player out onto the shelves.