Player Housing...

[Agoven]

I know I posted this in general discussion...I meant it to go here cause I wanted it to maybe get looked at by Yoshida and the devs.

There's a lot of open space in Eorzea...great for SE to designate plots of land to build dynamic player housing. So here's my idea for you Yoshida...I'm sure it got lost in space somewhere when I sent it to you in feedback many moons ago.

Here were some ideas I had:

*Player housing is to involve the monthly lease of a plot of land in Eorzea.
*Every player on the server may see this property!!!
*That lease costs is affected by the influence of the Grand Company in the region and which GC you belong too.
*It may be a home built for yourself or multiple people.
*You may allow or disallow visitors or others to deposit or take stuff from your home.
*You must pay your monthly lease or you'll lose your home. (Don't make the Moogle Evicter come and toss you out, because when he does, so will your goods you've stored in your home be tossed)
*Crafting parts for home and furniture by crafters etc.
*Every home has a market stall for one of your retainers to stand and sell your goods (I envision this as a booth with a window that opens to your retainer)
*You may build amazing workshops for your different crafts...you may rent out your craft workshops to other players passing by etc.
*There is a special room in your home where you may place trophies of war.
*A spot for the field craft of farming!!!
*Players may choose to partner up with neighboring plots to form more massive homes. Their influences upon the land and commerce affects the GC influences.
*The house can have pets. You will need to feed your pet to keep it alive and healthy etc. In return your pet may wander in with some amazing find for you from time to time.
*Once a home is created it joins the Moogle mail network...a network of Moogles that deliver mail to you from other players and NPCs. Befriend and help out an NPC along your journey in Eorzea they may send you an amazing leve to set you out on a fantastic adventure!!!

[Haledos]

One thing I really can't see is uninstanced housing - it just wouldn't work in this type of MMO. The landscape is too specifically designed - and can you imagine the load on your PC entering an area full of houses? It'd be a slideshow.

[Ruisu]

I'd be more interested in seeing those player companies that we've heard about holding some form of hosing. I would assume that those would be instanced anyways, but I would like Square to have their own twist. Instead of instancing a room, they instance an entire airship/ship for the player's linkshell to use for everything. A linkshell bank, custom rooms for each member, a little minigame area, similar to besieged in FFXI. Stuff like that.

I'm sure player housing is going to be implemented at one point in time or another.

[Mrfox0707]

I truly love this Idea. I would love to have something like this. But sadly..there are just way too many players for this too work. But you do have some great ideas.

[Agoven]

I thought they would do this with Grand Companies where it's like a big guild house. With members of the GC having rooms within this large GC structure. They can be instanced rooms people can visit.

[Vespar]

YES PLEASE HOUSING! Instanced or not! I would love to see it!

[Bearforce]

i could only agree if housing have events like barricading your home from preventing invaders to pillage your house or making cutscene's where invaders points a bronze dagger at your throat. it could add diveristy to gameplay/roleplay.without those housing becomes irrelevant in the game becuase its not needed

[Reliquia]

One thing I really can't see is uninstanced housing - it just wouldn't work in this type of MMO. The landscape is too specifically designed - and can you imagine the load on your PC entering an area full of houses? It'd be a slideshow.

Pretty much this. Housing would be great, it's something that has been greatly missed since day one. In my opinion it doesn't need to be fancy, just available. The same goes for a mail system and also in my opinion an Auction House.

[Neema]

Whilst not needed adding instanced player housing (preferably with the ability to invite friends over for evening supper) could add a whole new level of depth and immersion into the game, for example:

Crafting
Realistic usages for Carpentry and weaving, making chairs, tables and rugs, etc.
adds depth and immersion to the crafting system.

Gameplay
new frontiers for immersion and role play. = Fun
Money sink (costly aesthetics tables,chests etc)
Could be used as a large storage area (like a bank)
fun overall for designing and customizing (time sink, this game needs one, preferably one that isnt a borefest)

It will probably never be implemented, but from playing runescape (terrible game i know) the housing system within runescape however was a very entertaining time sink, sub worthy, and could definitely keep subs coming if this was implemented.

Considering making new thread on all the usages and viable implementation of a housing system.

[Laughlyn]

i could only agree if housing have events like barricading your home from preventing invaders to pillage your house or making cutscene's where invaders points a bronze dagger at your throat. it could add diveristy to gameplay/roleplay.without those housing becomes irrelevant in the game becuase its not needed

You really Do hate everything related to FFXI or any other FF game dont you?

You even busted out my suggestion for Signing crafted gear?
If i didnt know better id say you hate this game and its major player-base.
Maybe you should find a game that suits your non-relevant un-needs instead.

FFXIV should have housing, and garden like Yohis-P already mentioned.

This game is based upon FFXI more than anything, not WoW, Aion or any other new mmo.
I dont even think you ever played FFXI, so you dont even know whats useful or not.

Housing is and would be a Major addon for crafters, to craft furnitures etc
and therefore increase the economy and options in the game, dont you have any imagination at all?

And finally, this game can never be FFXI-2, it dosent even have the same Lore, storyline.
So..please dont even go there for a comparrison, this game would still be in shambles if all the FFXI-related suggestion didnt come from the majority of the playe-base that played FFXI.