It’s a valid point and I find it kind of interesting that it never occurred to me, I’ve so accepted the whole mechanic.

Thanks for the writeup! I find that I’m increasingly not interested in spending inordinate amounts of time playing new games, but I’m still interested in the game design. People that take the time to play and report well make me happy.

I’m a bit bothered by the “sell all Misc.” thing, though. Why not just get rid of vendor trash in the first place and give players coin instead to start with? Yes, the “sell all Misc.” is a nice shortcut, certainly, but it does make me wonder why we’re still playing the silly “loot everything” and “sort your inventory” minigame, complete with vendor trash to urge purchases of more inventory space. It’s not a terrible mechanic, but I’m tired of it, and it’s really pretty boring design to start with, I think.