Suggestion - 5th Housing Ward - Ishgard

A long time ago toward the end of Heavensward we were told that one day Ishgard housing would open to Adventurers. When is this going to happen SE?

Not only would this add a whole ward worth of housing, it would also provide a niche genre of housing that we are lacking. Classic midevial RPG styled housing! I could also see it making Ishgard more lively, and less dead as it is in its current state.

I would even go as far to say that a 6th housing ward at the end of 4.0 would also be helpful. Perhaps it could be in Ala Mhigo, or maybe in Doma after we rebuild. I don’t care. I’ll take anything at this point. The recent changes have been a tremendous help, but why not keep this trend going?

This. New housing wards were teased WITH Ishgard at the forefront and that never came to be. Now that Ishgard is done with the Dragonsong War, isn't it time to let Adventurers move in and help rebuild, too? It would have made a lot of sense had it been done but for some reason, we got Shirogane! Not that I'm complaining, but Ishgard, come on...!

Where was it said by the dev team that Ishgard was indeed a housing area that was being worked on?

I was hoping for the Ishgard housing when the Heavensward expansion came out but the FFXIV team disappointed, maybe now that they made what they wanted with Shirogane (which I don't like at all) is time for them to work on the snowy Ishgardian ward!...

I could have moved my little house to Shirogane last night but fate had it I couldn't buy the property on my first attempt so I went running back to my favorite place, the Lavender Beds and got myself a nice mansion, I'll be waiting until a better housing area is created!...

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Originally Posted by RaijinSupreme

Where was it said by the dev team that Ishgard was indeed a housing area that was being worked on?

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I believe prior to apartments being released, Yoshi said Ishgard was going to be the next housing district. But this was years ago, and later at one of the fanfests (I think NA...) they said that after apartments they realized they couldn't make both Ishgard and Shirogane so they went with Shirogane for 4.0.

Last I remember hearing, its back to being teased "maybe next district" again.

I thought they said they wasnt gonna do it and that's why we have Shirogane?

I have a better idea..... remove all housing wards, make 1 communal ward with instanced housing plots.

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

I thought they said they wasnt gonna do it and that's why we have Shirogane?

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More of a case that they realised they were too late to make sense releasing it as part of 3.x so they just worked on Shirogane for 4.0, knowing that they were having the Eastern theme. It was implied that all main cities would have housing, effectively releasing a new housing area per expansion, but they got caught up with other things that weren't initially planned to be in 3.x (like Diadem 2.0 & Hildibrand).

I just moved from Shiro to Brimming Heart in the Goblet today, but I'd abandon it all and spend millions more to relocate to a house in Ishgard.

from an in-game persective i don't see how ishgard would be a viable housing option-- considering coerthas is practically uninhabitable and under the jurisdiction of a nation that but recently opened its doors to the outside world. how does one expect ishgard to funnel funds into a housing disract when they're still trying to rebuild their city...

...but personally... i would love this. i have such a strong ishgard bias :x maybe one day ;_;

They should just keep adding new housing districts to cities that don’t have them. That way they can all grow populations, and the housing crisis will forever be averted. I want to see Ala Mhigo, and Ishgard for sure.

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Originally Posted by killstein

from an in-game persective i don't see how ishgard would be a viable housing option-- considering coerthas is practically uninhabitable and under the jurisdiction of a nation that but recently opened its doors to the outside world. how does one expect ishgard to funnel funds into a housing disract when they're still trying to rebuild their city...

...but personally... i would love this. i have such a strong ishgard bias :x maybe one day ;_;

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Well story wise they can't be too bad with funds, since they are a part of the united force shown now within the game. As far as the not-so-friendly invitations, the other wards are strictly for adventurers; which is who have been coming to Ishgard in the first place, so we're already 'known' to them.

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Originally Posted by killstein

from an in-game persective i don't see how ishgard would be a viable housing option-- considering coerthas is practically uninhabitable and under the jurisdiction of a nation that but recently opened its doors to the outside world. how does one expect ishgard to funnel funds into a housing disract when they're still trying to rebuild their city...

...but personally... i would love this. i have such a strong ishgard bias :x maybe one day ;_;

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Well Ishgard itself is built on some sort of mountain jutting out of the sea of clouds so we can put the ward on another mountain nearby, funded by adventurers desperate to pay Ishgard gil for some place cold to live. Maybe throw in a farm area with plants from Sea of Clouds or something. I know the botany quest line involved breeding plants that could flourish in Coerthas i think, but I can't remember the specifics.

From memory, one of the major reasons they withheld Ishgard housing was due to the snow. They found it too difficult to figure out how to do the yards with the constant winter.

Oh man I would LOVE Ala Mhigan housing.

I was disappointed they never brought in Ishgard. I don't think I would move there. I love Lavender Beds, but still. I would love it in game.

requirement to get a plot in Ishgard housing ward: finish HW story

Ishgard should have been before Shirogane. A lot of people wanted it and asked for it. While Shirogane is nice, they totally missed a great opportunity with Ishgard housing wards.

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Originally Posted by killstein

from an in-game persective i don't see how ishgard would be a viable housing option-- considering coerthas is practically uninhabitable and under the jurisdiction of a nation that but recently opened its doors to the outside world. how does one expect ishgard to funnel funds into a housing disract when they're still trying to rebuild their city...

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Based on the current state of Ishgard by the end of Heavensward I would agree a housing district would not be ideal. However, no law says we can't re-visit Ishgard in a later expansion. Ishgard was helped, but is not ignored even now. So yes, perhaps someday Ishgard will get a housing district added.

As for Coerthas being uninhabitable, the Ishgardians seem to be getting by fine. Besides, Ishgard would provide the first housing district with a northern setting full of snow and stuff.

I'm pretty certain the original HW MSQ heavily implied that Idyllshire was going to be the next housing ward, or just next to it in that vast open forest area that can be seen down below and behind it from the cliffs. Then... nothing..

I really wanted Ishgard housing. Like, I don't currently have a house, but if I did, I'd relocate to Ishgard instantly. The Ishgardian architecture is really cool, no pun intended.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

A long time ago toward the end of Heavensward we were told that one day Ishgard housing would open to Adventurers. When is this going to happen SE?

Not only would this add a whole ward worth of housing, it would also provide a niche genre of housing that we are lacking. Classic midevial RPG styled housing! I could also see it making Ishgard more lively, and less dead as it is in its current state.

I would even go as far to say that a 6th housing ward at the end of 4.0 would also be helpful. Perhaps it could be in Ala Mhigo, or maybe in Doma after we rebuild. I don’t care. I’ll take anything at this point. The recent changes have been a tremendous help, but why not keep this trend going?

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I agree. For the first time in quite awhile - albeit with purchasing restrictions - it feels like housing supply doesn't vanish the split-second it goes up. With the addition of two additional districts for 50% more housing in total - Ishgard and a TBD end-of-4.0 location - we'd probably be in fairly healthy shape for a change.

PS - additional housing should come at the end of 4.0, NOT at the start of 5.0. That way longer-term, more stable players have first dibs.

Ye gib us more plots to own owo

I see Ishgard come up from time to time and I wonder what the real appeal is for these houses? Is it the grey and white color palette or the ruble and broken wooden planks? :) I swear looking at Ishgard is like looking at a black and white television.

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Originally Posted by Minako_Nightsong

I see Ishgard come up from time to time and I wonder what the real appeal is for these houses? Is it the grey and white color palette or the ruble and broken wooden planks? :) I swear looking at Ishgard is like looking at a black and white television.

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It's a city of stone in a snowy region, what else would you expect? :p But that is also its charm, and some people value it more than others.

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Originally Posted by Minako_Nightsong

I see Ishgard come up from time to time and I wonder what the real appeal is for these houses? Is it the grey and white color palette or the ruble and broken wooden planks? :) I swear looking at Ishgard is like looking at a black and white television.

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I like it because it's probably the closest we're ever gonna get to Gothic architecture, most likely.

I'd rather see them expand apartments before any more wards happen. And that's kinda what I expect them to go with. As I understand it, they fully intend to improve on apartments (at least as far as size goes), and surely they're aware of apartment gardening as a desire. At that point, we will have very nearly achieved the instanced housing everyone calls for (although I still expect dissatisfied players that still want an outdoor space to decorate). Still, achieving that, and continuing to offer FCs first chance at new houses, will make some significant strides towards housing access for most.

More on topic, though, Ishgard isn't the new hotness anymore, so I fully expect they've completely moved on from that idea and will put any future new housing zone resources into 5.0 zones. Sure, Ishgard would be great (and maybe should've happened to begin with), but if it comes at the cost of newer areas not getting it? Never gonna happen.

Judging from where the story is going, my guess is we will eventually be going to the Garlean Empire and it's surrounding lands in a new expansion.
Since it's not feasible lore-wise to let us have housing wards in Garlemand, maybe SE will finally let us live in Ishgard then.

We're going to get a Garlean expansion sooner or later, and it does seem to me like it would be illogical for any housing to occur somewhere in Garlemald. The Garleans don't really like us, I don't think they'd be all to keen to provide us with housing. Perfect time to put up Ishgard housing.

As for your first point, I'd settle for an apartment if they put in a gardening system that wasn't those stupid flower pots. If it lacks a way to crossbreed, I'm not gonna bother dumping gil on an apartment, no matter what they do.

Edit: I was beaten to the punch on my post it would seem

I would love this. A city of snow with hot pools of water here and there and Aurora Borealis above... Would be fun if we could choose icy walls or snow topped roofs for our houses. We could even have snowball fights with neighbors!

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Originally Posted by Reinha

I would love this. A city of snow with hot pools of water here and there and Aurora Borealis above... Would be fun if we could choose icy walls or snow topped roofs for our houses. We could even have snowball fights with neighbors!

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It could be a whole thing :D

Which household can build a snowman the fastest

Sleigh racing!

Basically winter wondeland shenanigans where we collect community points and trade them for housing goods.

11/10 for being able to live in medieval france- I mean Ishgard.

If they do this, can we have the option to move without losing 40 M? I/e let us have 80% or something back for the old house to put on the new one.

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Originally Posted by Rokke

I believe prior to apartments being released, Yoshi said Ishgard was going to be the next housing district. But this was years ago, and later at one of the fanfests (I think NA...) they said that after apartments they realized they couldn't make both Ishgard and Shirogane so they went with Shirogane for 4.0.

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Was this the same fanfest that Yoshi promised the male bunny suit? Think there must be a pattern here....

Unlike the male bunny suit though, I kinda like the thought of Ishgardian housing just to see how it'd be done. Also hoping it comes out with another housing area like island or even underwater housing.