Fix the housing complaints?
I don't know where else to put this and well, this thread made the most sense to me. This idea may have already been suggested but here goes.
I have been a long-time player, and I hear the same complaints over and over again in regard to the housing. Life throws a loop at them, and they can't return for a while and boom, all their hard work is gone. I would be a little (no make that a lot) discouraged and would even consider walking away from the game permanently. A while back, you gave the players their own islands. Got farming, husbandry, and even buildings on that island. Most people don't go back after they completed everything that could be done, and it makes that space ultimately a waste.
What if you gave the players their own house on each of those islands and make the zoned housing areas for FC's only? We already can visit each other's house and islands so combining them should not be I get that it may be a stupid idea but, it will be a subscription retention point to all players. Can you imagine how many people would return and be ecstatic to know that their hard work in design and placement is still as they left it? Yeah, it would be nice to have one of those aetherites available to port to their own houses though, it would not be necessary. You could up the limits for external and internal item slots/floors (which I also see a constant complaint for) for their personal houses while opening up more housing for the floating FC's out there.
I am sure this is a crazy idea, and it has probably already been suggested (as I have no desire to read through hundreds if not thousands of replies to this thread) multiple times by now. Kinda curious as to why this was not thought of by the developers when they introduced the personal islands in the first place.
Small House - Change Interior Entrance
Whether it be via toggle or a permanent change, I think it would be far more beneficial to enter into a Small house at what is currently the basement floor.
Having gone from an apartment to buying myself a small house, at first I was honestly shocked that the initial space of the "main floor" was smaller than an apartment's. The reasoning behind this eludes me. In my mind it makes more sense to revise the "basement floor" as the main floor with the stairs leading up to an upper floor.
I'm not saying the whole layout of a small house needs to be completely reworked. Simply moving the door down so that it enters into the larger floor. As shown here with the Imitation Closed Door:
https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...1bb8e897d8.png
(And in the case of FCs with the door leading to personal rooms, that could be on one of the two wall sections in front of the stairs, as shown above. I also thought 'underneath' the stairs would work, too, but the new Minimalist interior makes it so that wall isn't there...)
https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...e7c5e6d7fe.png
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Hair styling on mannequins
It would be great if we could change the hairstyle of mannequins, including those from in-game unlocks and purchased hairstyle catalogs. Of course, dyeing too.
Even in the real world, mannequins often have their wigs changed to match the concept of an outfit.
The default hairstyles sometimes don’t go well with the fashion I set up.
If we could change the hairstyle, it would also allow players to recreate their own character’s look or place their favorite NPCs in their home.
+The reason my level is low is because I've only played on the Korean server. I started playing on the global server last week because I wanted to write on the forum.