I agree, but it is very disappointing that they turned down the suggestion for giving us more slots by adding paperdoll for dedicated gear slots. We don't actually need that much slots, so freeing inventory slots from equipped gears should be a good start.

Imo Conan Exiles have clever implementation regarding carrying / equipping gears. equipped gears such as armor, legging, helm etc will half the carry weight because it is equipped, it is being worn on the body, while if carried in inventory will be full weight.

They have labeled the suggestion for paperdoll as NOT PLANNED.
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But in Roadmap I see VENDOR INVENTORY EXPANSION which I guess is something to do with inventory slots, but too bad it is not priority, it's in the list of "if odin wills it" as if it's not gonna be looked at least until they finish with update 4. While inventory slots is actually a big issue. I really hate it when a game includes micromanaging itemdatabase very heavily to the point most of our time is spent doing exactly that. It's padding our playtime too damn much, managing database should be made simpler especially when done on a computer but no it's part of the game.