Dev Request | Also a possible solution to solve the rush for a doma house

[Rokochan]

Please allow House owners to use whatever basic or unique to the region exterior house wall they choose regardless of the housing area they are located at.
Like for example someone whose house is located in the lavender beds could use the doma house wall even though they are located in the lavender beds, or someone who is in the goblet use the riveria style from the mist.
This will help ease up the need to move since there will be those who want a doma house for the japanese theme housing / district while there will be those who dont want to move their house because they like the company of their neighbors or have fc members who has personal houses in the same ward nearby. With the implementation of a house moving featuring coming in. There will be no way in knowing if you moved your houses you'll end up in the same ward or close by.

[Celef]

Won't work, it will be new and people like new things
The only way is to (finally ?) go on a 1 house per account policy OR revamp the system.....

[Spiroglyph]

Also related:
Remove restrictions on character custumization (ie all races have access to all hairstyles and so on)
Remove restrictions on gear that you can glamour onto every class/job
Remove race-specific starter gear
Remove gender locked gear
Just give
Give everything
Nothing can be locked, ever

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Also related:
Remove restrictions on character custumization (ie all races have access to all hairstyles and so on)
Remove restrictions on gear that you can glamour onto every class/job
Remove race-specific starter gear
Remove gender locked gear
Just give
Give everything
Nothing can be locked, ever

Not sure how they are similar? We are at a stage in the wards that people have different style houses anyway with chocobo, moogle etc. So how would this make any difference. The actual environment in the area is what makes them unique.

[Spiroglyph]

Not sure how they are similar? We are at a stage in the wards that people have different style houses anyway with chocobo, moogle etc. So how would this make any difference. The actual environment in the area is what makes them unique.

They're similar in that the thought of anything being exclusive to a race/gender/housing area simply does not compute to the majority of people - everyone must have access to everything.

I personally, if given the choice, would like to keep my quaint little home in LB with its neighboring houses and their typical outside looks - just makes everything much more engaging...

I'm eyeing the new housing area myself, and the thought of having a housing area within an asian-themed look and feel to it, splattered with ARR house skins just... isn't fitting

[Dustytome]

They're similar in that the thought of anything being exclusive to a race/gender/housing area simply does not compute to the majority of people - everyone must have access to everything.

I personally, if given the choice, would like to keep my quaint little home in LB with its neighboring houses and their typical outside looks - just makes everything much more engaging...

I'm eyeing the new housing area myself, and the thought of having a housing area within an asian-themed look and feel to it, splattered with ARR house skins just... isn't fitting

Except you've still got the chocobo, moogle, paissa, etc global housing skins that are going to crop up in the new area too. I don't think unlocking region requirements will cause much if any relief for the stampede to get a house in the new zone, but I'd like to see it done just for more variety available to everyone.

[Spiroglyph]

Except you've still got the chocobo, moogle, paissa, etc global housing skins that are going to crop up in the new area too. I don't think unlocking region requirements will cause much if any relief for the stampede to get a house in the new zone, but I'd like to see it done just for more variety available to everyone.

The house skins are expensive enough (in most cases) that we don't see too many of them, so most houses in a ward will still have characteristic looks to them - the alternative skins are, however, a nice change a way to stop houses from looking overly uniform, a nice (and fun) change in the scenery I'd still prefer to have those skins (and whatever new skins are implemented), than to have wards randomly peppered with different styles for every house... too random, imho!
For more options I'd rather wait until new patches for new skins to be released, rather than just being able to use the options from other housing areas.

[Acilith]

Please open two or more new wards in the old zones, that would definitely stop a lot of the rush to doman housing.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

They're similar in that the thought of anything being exclusive to a race/gender/housing area simply does not compute to the majority of people - everyone must have access to everything.

I personally, if given the choice, would like to keep my quaint little home in LB with its neighboring houses and their typical outside looks - just makes everything much more engaging...

I'm eyeing the new housing area myself, and the thought of having a housing area within an asian-themed look and feel to it, splattered with ARR house skins just... isn't fitting

No not at all you are comparing something that is no way similar. If SE gave gender locked/exclusive items to another race etc. Then yes it has lost its exclusiveness. With the housing areas the whole environment is based on the theme this remains exclusive, it is only the houses that have changed which is currently already going on.

If you want to go into exclusive gender/race items then yes I see no point in them and just a waste of resources. This is a fantasy game and should be able to dress how you want.

Although I wouldn't go as far to say classes/jobs should be able to wear others classes gear, but I see nothing wrong if it was allowed for them to use other classes gear as glamour.

[Spiroglyph]

No not at all you are comparing something that is no way similar. (...)

I'm not trying to compare a piece of gear to a house skin - what I was comparing was the overall knee-jerk reaction that most people have toward anything that isn't accessible to them because they opted for something else, which allows them their own exclusive choices.

House in LB? Want that mist skin though.
Rolled au ra? All these exclusive hairdos aren't enough though, I need this specific one anly available to midlanders...

What I like about these few "locked out" features is that they make the game experience just that much more enjoyable and immersive - I do love wandering around LB with all their wooden houses, and through Mist's beach houses. I do like the paissa/chocobo/whatever skins, because they're rare enough that they don't go beyond being an amusing change in scenery.

And no, for me the environment for me isn't achieved only through the residential areas themselves - the houses DO add a lot to it, and differenciates them from each other.