So.. the Animal Corssing-esc. Island Sanctuaries... thoughts and wishes

EDIT: Ok I'm dumb and didn't realize I misspelt "Crossing", LOL

I'm kinda hyped for Island Sanctuaries even though we know next to nothing about them... so let's dream about them and talk about what we're excited for (based on what little info we have)!

Personally, I'm excited to see all my minions out and hanging out together ^w^
But also, I can't wait to build like.. a chill spot that me and my friends can hang out at

ppl may not like it but some form of instanced housing, pet battles (like the MMO that shall not be named) and a new gathering lifeskill e.g. farming/breeding/tanning etc.
I doubt we will get any of that.

I know next to nothing about the games the IS are supposed to be taking inspiration from, so I can't really speak to that. I just want a place I can plop a building down on then go apeshit landscaping to make that perfect relaxation space. Adding a little veggie garden and room to let minions scramble about is icing on the cake.

No joke, I'm really really really hoping we can make the island into a giant personal house yard. I don't need the house, I just want a building to make it look "real" and have a big ass yard to landscape.

honestly, I suspect it'll be just a place where you click on nodes a few times a day with only the bare minimum of customization :/

...of course, I will be delighted if it ends up actually good :P

I just want to be able to grow my own thavnairian onions, INDEPENDENTLY, so I don't have to pay near half a million gil at the market board. Yeah, my chobo's currently locked at lvl 17 but no way in hell I'm shelling out more money just for 3 levels.

I want it to be instanced housing. That is it. No need to add new systems or any other stuff. Just let me have a house.
Not sure why that is so hard to do.

As much as I would love to dream, I think it will be a few click spots per day to gather some resource that slowly opens up pre-positioned farm item exteriors.

While I would love more, I doubt there will be any customisation, no ability to grow normal crops, and inside of a week it will be dead content.

(I'd love to be proven wrong on this)

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Originally Posted by Tierala

honestly, I suspect it'll be just a place where you click on nodes a few times a day with only the bare minimum of customization :/

...of course, I will be delighted if it ends up actually good :P

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That's pretty close to how it is in XI, so I'm keeping that as my base expectation as well. That version gives you a few nodes to collect from daily (botany/mining/fishing), you also have 3 gardening beds for your use, and then you can rear monsters (I'm assuming this part would be tweaked to be related to minions instead).

I would like to think that with XIV being faaaaar more modern, they could really knock this out of the park, but...they've also gone backwards with the implementation of other systems (looking at you, glamour!), so who knows. :X

If I have one wish though, I do hope they have some (decent) instanced housing attached to it all. I'd love to be able to have my own cozy spot, away from the wards.

It's gonna be a few menus you click through every 18hrs or so probably

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Originally Posted by Lubu_Mykono

(like the MMO that shall not be named)

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What game could he possibly be referring to? Hmmm....








Oh do you mean WORLD OF WARCRAFT?

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Originally Posted by SenorPatty

I just want to be able to grow my own thavnairian onions, INDEPENDENTLY, so I don't have to pay near half a million gil at the market board. Yeah, my chobo's currently locked at lvl 17 but no way in hell I'm shelling out more money just for 3 levels.

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Yeah but then I bet the people that actually have houses will complain that it ruined their market by allowing everyone the ability to garden.