What exterior wall do you recommend?

for MEDIUM HOUSE in lavender beds.

can indicate mix fence/roof/wall too :o

PAISSA. you want PAISSA.

Anything but Paissa.

Stone wall + composite roof + glade hedgewall

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Originally Posted by Taebok

Stone wall + composite roof + glade hedgewall

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This is the exact combo that I used on my FC's house, lol. Dug around and found a slightly old screenshot of it. Some stuff has changed but those three things are still the same.
https://i.imgur.com/6GGKdr3.png

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Anything but Paissa.

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My neighbor has a paissa house. I want to burn it to the ground.

My neighbor has a chocobo house. I want to burn it to the ground but im thankful its not a paissa.

If you want a premade, I actually like the otter house. It can still be a bit kitschy with all of the otters, but it's not overwhelming like the other "themed" houses, and if you ignore the otters or look at it from a distance, you only see the walls and the thatch, none of which says "otter". You can dye it, too, so it's not just the original green. The otters also don't take up half your yard like the carbuncle pillars.

Odder Otter is my favorite and I have it on my personal small in LB - I think it fits in well with the forest, too.

Odder Otter House Wall is great for any location but looks best in the Lavender beds, I have an Otter wall set to my lavender beds mansion (Plot 6) and I can jump from the entry gate straight on to the roof trim and walk across on to the balcony!

Shirogane Castle Wall because it's so underused /s

All of the Lavender Beds exteriors are nice. When I was there, I used the Wood wall with Composite roof. I'm personally not a fan of the Wood roof, but my friend did a fun thing with it last winter where he dyed it white so it looked like his house was covered in snow.

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Originally Posted by Beckett

Shirogane Castle Wall because it's so underused /s

All of the Lavender Beds exteriors are nice. When I was there, I used the Wood wall with Composite roof. I'm personally not a fan of the Wood roof, but my friend did a fun thing with it last winter where he dyed it white so it looked like his house was covered in snow.

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Yeah, Lavender Beds exteriors are pretty good. I wish we were able to use whatever style we wanted regardless of which housing area we're in (Lavender Beds houses in Mist for example). But for now, Shirogane Castle is the one I prefer. It seems to fit decently in every area but Goblet, but that's just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

Yeah, Lavender Beds exteriors are pretty good. I wish we were able to use whatever style we wanted regardless of which housing area we're in (Lavender Beds houses in Mist for example). But for now, Shirogane Castle is the one I prefer. It seems to fit decently in every area but Goblet, but that's just my opinion.

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Don't get me wrong, Shirogane Castle looks great, and I totally get why it's so popular. I just wish they'd come out with some new hotness so that we can vary up the wards a little again.

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Originally Posted by Beckett

Don't get me wrong, Shirogane Castle looks great, and I totally get why it's so popular. I just wish they'd come out with some new hotness so that we can vary up the wards a little again.

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While I do love the odder otter house (because it's not Overwhelmingly Otter), I agree with this. The small arms, eatery, etc. skins are a good start, but how about some houses that aren't "Final Fantasy Creature" themed? They could start by applying the main thing everyone asks for - unlock all the housing styles for all the zones - and then we could go with an Ishgardian- or Ala Mhigan-themed housing shell next? Or even something generic that isn't wholly Ul'dah/Limsa/Gridania themed?

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Originally Posted by Beckett

Don't get me wrong, Shirogane Castle looks great, and I totally get why it's so popular. I just wish they'd come out with some new hotness so that we can vary up the wards a little again.

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I'd like to see something more like a medieval castle. Portcullis, turrets/towers, big stone walls.

Or maybe Magitek/Allagan/Garlean themed walls.

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Originally Posted by Ryaz

I'd like to see something more like a medieval castle. Portcullis, turrets/towers, big stone walls.

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Sign me up! I would love to live in a fortress.

I realllly want to make my house in a gothic castle theme! I would love to live an a vampire mansion themed place; dark and elegant ^_^

Odder houses seem to require too many ship parts and I am not paying 7-12 mil for a simple house skin.

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Originally Posted by Besame

Odder houses seem to require too many ship parts and I am not paying 7-12 mil for a simple house skin.

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Ship parts? No ship parts or even materials that come from voyages are needed to build Odder Otter walls. Everything needed to make the Odder Otter walls comes from gathering or normal mob kills except for the Raziqsap to make the Platinum Ingots and that is purchased with GC seals. There isn't even that much that comes from timed nodes.

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

While I do love the odder otter house (because it's not Overwhelmingly Otter), I agree with this. The small arms, eatery, etc. skins are a good start, but how about some houses that aren't "Final Fantasy Creature" themed? They could start by applying the main thing everyone asks for - unlock all the housing styles for all the zones - and then we could go with an Ishgardian- or Ala Mhigan-themed housing shell next? Or even something generic that isn't wholly Ul'dah/Limsa/Gridania themed?

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SE could artificially increase the amount of exterior skin options by unlocking the glade, riviera, oasis and shirogane housing skins to be usable in all districts. And they really should. The argument for consistency in the exterior environment is completely invalid now that there are so many crazy skins that don't fit in any of the districts' aesthetic.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Ship parts? No ship parts or even materials that come from voyages are needed to build Odder Otter walls. Everything needed to make the Odder Otter walls comes from gathering or normal mob kills except for the Raziqsap to make the Platinum Ingots and that is purchased with GC seals. There isn't even that much that comes from timed nodes.

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The prototype parts ARE from ship/sub voyages. Just have to find a FC that has it and is willing to help :)

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Ship parts? No ship parts or even materials that come from voyages are needed to build Odder Otter walls. Everything needed to make the Odder Otter walls comes from gathering or normal mob kills except for the Raziqsap to make the Platinum Ingots and that is purchased with GC seals. There isn't even that much that comes from timed nodes.

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It takes items that come back on airships to unlock the recipe. It's not a huge expenditure, imo, but we've also got 100s of the items sitting around because we've unlocked everything already.

Odder Otter if you want a creature skin. Otherwise the armory skin or any beds skin as they are all A+++

No piassa cause its awful ugly, same with choco and no carby or shirogane castles depending on your location because they are just too high. Had a nice view of the water from my house in Mist til someone blocked it with the 100 yalm high med carby house. Now all I see is the peak of their roof, which is also turned sideways so its like a big blue wall.

No clue what SE is thinking with housing. First they make these awful neighborhoods instead of instanced housing and impose furnishing restrictions that only exist because SE needs to be arbitrary rules on everything, then they add these nightmare skins that either destroy what view we had or are used to troll the neighborhood (ie Piassa). Wish they would give us more actual house options instead of towering kawaii sideshows.

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

It takes items that come back on airships to unlock the recipe. It's not a huge expenditure, imo, but we've also got 100s of the items sitting around because we've unlocked everything already.

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Right. The walls themselves don't need the materials. They just need to be made in a FC workshop that has the prototype unlocked.

I don't want people to be discouraged about getting the things they would like to have because they think something is required that they won't be able to get. Sometimes it's just a matter of asking around to see if someone can help. I contacted Besame as soon as I logged on after her post yesterday, she gathered the materials needed for the walls and we made them in my FC's workshop tonight. Her house is now looking as sharp on the outside as it does on the inside. ;)

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Right. The walls themselves don't need the materials. They just need to be made in a FC workshop that has the prototype unlocked.

I don't want people to be discouraged about getting the things they would like to have because they think something is required that they won't be able to get. Sometimes it's just a matter of asking around to see if someone can help. I contacted Besame as soon as I logged on after her post yesterday, she gathered the materials needed for the walls and we made them in my FC's workshop tonight. Her house is now looking as sharp on the outside as it does on the inside. ;)

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Teamwork ftw :D

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

Odder Otter if you want a creature skin. Otherwise the armory skin or any beds skin as they are all A+++

No piassa cause its awful ugly, same with choco and no carby or shirogane castles depending on your location because they are just too high. Had a nice view of the water from my house in Mist til someone blocked it with the 100 yalm high med carby house. Now all I see is the peak of their roof, which is also turned sideways so its like a big blue wall.

No clue what SE is thinking with housing. First they make these awful neighborhoods instead of instanced housing and impose furnishing restrictions that only exist because SE needs to be arbitrary rules on everything, then they add these nightmare skins that either destroy what view we had or are used to troll the neighborhood (ie Piassa). Wish they would give us more actual house options instead of towering kawaii sideshows.

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I'm glad I was able to snag another plot after returning that didn't have anyone really around to block my view, otherwise this would no doubt be annoying. I can enjoy my castle in peace without bothering others as well.

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

Teamwork ftw :D

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Yep. I literally gathered and crafted 90% of what I needed for my large castle walls myself and had some cool fc mates donate the rest. Then they sat around with me for the 15 minutes it took to put all the parts in and advance through all the projects. I helped another FC mate with his otter house. I may start working on mats for Otter Mansion Walls myself. The other two mansions in my ward have the same mansion skin, so I might try something different.

Just wish you could put stuff in there in bulk. Having to go through and click 15 times per item per stage gets tedious.

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Originally Posted by Ryaz

Yep. I literally gathered and crafted 90% of what I needed for my large castle walls myself and had some cool fc mates donate the rest. Then they sat around with me for the 15 minutes it took to put all the parts in and advance through all the projects. I helped another FC mate with his otter house. I may start working on mats for Otter Mansion Walls myself. The other two mansions in my ward have the same mansion skin, so I might try something different.

Just wish you could put stuff in there in bulk. Having to go through and click 15 times per item per stage gets tedious.

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That's the worst part, we're working on the newest submarine pieces right now and I'm so. Tired. Of clicking. I need to make another otter skin to sell but it's sooooo tedious.

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

That's the worst part, we're working on the newest submarine pieces right now and I'm so. Tired. Of clicking. I need to make another otter skin to sell but it's sooooo tedious.

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The other omni-crafter in the FC and I have put in mats at the same time for a few projects. Still annoying but faster and less annoying for the person who would otherwise be doing it all. It can spit error messages if you're both trying to add the same material at the same time so one of us will do the ingots while the other does the rivets, etc.

I understand why SE set it up that way (so multiple players have the chance to contribute over time) but I doubt many if any FCs take advantage of that.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

The other omni-crafter in the FC and I have put in mats at the same time for a few projects. Still annoying but faster and less annoying for the person who would otherwise be doing it all. It can spit error messages if you're both trying to add the same material at the same time so one of us will do the ingots while the other does the rivets, etc.

I understand why SE set it up that way (so multiple players have the chance to contribute over time) but I doubt many if any FCs take advantage of that.

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Imagine if you could use an interface like the Enclave donation basket. Pile all the mats you're using into it, it tallies them off, and then leaves it open for the few you still need in case you're letting someone come behind you and add something else later.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Right. The walls themselves don't need the materials. They just need to be made in a FC workshop that has the prototype unlocked.

I don't want people to be discouraged about getting the things they would like to have because they think something is required that they won't be able to get. Sometimes it's just a matter of asking around to see if someone can help. I contacted Besame as soon as I logged on after her post yesterday, she gathered the materials needed for the walls and we made them in my FC's workshop tonight. Her house is now looking as sharp on the outside as it does on the inside. ;)

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Yes and tyvm m'dear for taking the time to build it in your fc, I love it!