Magic not staying sortedFollow

I just recently switched to PC, and now every time I log in, my magic has gone back to the default sorting.

Is there some way to make it stop that?

I am selecting "Shut Down" from the menu, like I did on the PS2.

Just a note, if you switch systems your items will switch back to a default sort every time. It's because while the items themselves are stored on the server, your preferences for sorting and such on each POL installation are local settings. It's a bug of sorts, if you will.

Once you re-sort them they'll stay the same unless you switch systems again.

JA's tend to not hold sorting very well either, just in general (as soon as you change jobs most JA's go back to wherever the hell they want, this is annoying since some jobs, like DNC, rely heavily on a massive selection of JAs).

I think they really need to do some "tweaking" to this function of the game so things can "stay" sorted properly.

I never did the xbox-to-pc back and forth thing when playing, but you might want to try 'forcefully' backing up your settings at the character select screen before you get on your xbox (I forget what it is, something like shift+cntrl+b at character select). I don't know if it takes into account magic sorting, but if it does you could just reload the settings file before your next PC session.

Worse is when a newer main job JA gets shifted around when you change subjobs, even if you changed back to the same subjob from a different one! It'll revert to sort of a 'default' sort at first, falling somewhere in the middle, but Nether Void on DRK likes to jump around all over when you switch between /SAM, /MNK, and /DNC. Sekkanoki from /SAM will jump around too if you change main job and back again but stay /SAM.

Edited, Apr 15th 2012 11:59am by Raelix

What bugs me is that the default sorting puts your 2hr at the top of your JA list (sometimes it's the only entry if you're low enough level). When you start the game from POL, it defaults the UI menu positions to JA and the first item. So I go hit the joypad button 4 times to do a WS and it pops my 2hr.

This gets really fun when you're on Ninja.

I think you missed my main point: the menu that lets you choose JA/WS/Ranged/etc. defaults to JA. Then when you change it to WS, it stays at WS. And when you pick a WS, it stays at that WS. No amount of "training" your fingers will help when the unusual situation (you haven't used WS yet) happens, because your fingers don't know what the current position of the menu is.

Though I do sometimes button-button (pause and take a quick glance to see that the shape of the menu is right) button-button. It can also help me avoid doing Combo when I want Stringing Pummel by glancing after the third button.