I believe the room should not be scrapped when you leave a FC but rather reconnect to your GC, make the room have some aether tether cost or something (100K to tether your room to your FC and GC) - to get the room initially can be gil or seals w.e.
I agree that the personal room would likely be an excellent option for solo players if they just make it friendlier, like you suggest - add some planters. Add a moogle too while we are at it, even if he only did a few things the amount of nostalgia would just kill me lol. Also small changes to the system they already have is a more reasonable expectation for the next year.
I still fantasize about being able to have a Rift/Wild Star sort of system in a FF game, since FF art is so awesome and I know they could do much better if they only had the power from the system (but obviously that is a big investment in time and therefore money, although server wise it wouldn't be too bad). I know a system like that would take much more time but I haven't given up hope lol.
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I'm afraid of the game once Ninja comes out, it is going to be such a cluster fun time.. Frontlines: Suddenly out of the shadows 3 ninjas jump on your head. DF: Everyone is a precious newbie and no one has a BLM or SMN with that sweet off cure and raise. (Afraid in the "this is going to be funny, yet awful" kind of way :P)
Really hope they change their current stance on hard mode dungeons, they're not really hard and they don't really drop anything worthwhile (besides vanity options) - I suppose you can use them to SB, lol.
Finally, my WoW is talking - Fenrir looks so mountable.. XD
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