Personal Housing > FC Housing

[Myon88]

Slightly unrelated, but I noticed the other day when I was snooping around peoples houses that personal houses don't seem to have the door that leads to private rooms? Is that really the case? I never realized that until I randomly came across it.

It just seems odd. Hypothetically speaking, if I had no FC and wanted a personal house, wouldn't I be better off making a dummy FC for a 'personal' FC house? That's one extra room of space you can use for whatever - spare room for RP purposes, store extra furniture in there, and what have you.

[LegoTechnic]

Slightly unrelated, but I noticed the other day when I was snooping around peoples houses that personal houses don't seem to have the door that leads to private rooms? Is that really the case? I never realized that until I randomly came across it.

It just seems odd. Hypothetically speaking, if I had no FC and wanted a personal house, wouldn't I be better off making a dummy FC for a 'personal' FC house? That's one extra room of space you can use for whatever - spare room for RP purposes, store extra furniture in there, and what have you.

Private Rooms are a feature of joining an FC. The cost of them is actually being in an FC, meaning if you make your own personal free company you can't then join another to take advantage of their airships or whatever. So while yes, you can make your own FC and get your private room extension, you will have to pay that cost all the same.

[Beckett]

Would it be possible to one day be able to convert my personal house to a FC house without tearing down and rebuying the lot? It would help a lot of new FCs out.

Unfortunately, I seriously doubt they would ever implement such a feature.

Slightly unrelated, but I noticed the other day when I was snooping around peoples houses that personal houses don't seem to have the door that leads to private rooms? Is that really the case? I never realized that until I randomly came across it.

Right, personal houses do not have private quarters or workshops.

It just seems odd. Hypothetically speaking, if I had no FC and wanted a personal house, wouldn't I be better off making a dummy FC for a 'personal' FC house? That's one extra room of space you can use for whatever - spare room for RP purposes, store extra furniture in there, and what have you.

I know a guy who has an alt-character with a dummy FC.
The main benefit is that you get access to the Workshop, and can craft FC-exlcusive things and make and send out airships. And you could also make a private quarters room.

The biggest downside is that your character would never be able to join a real FC without first destroying your house, since you can't join a new FC without leaving the one you're currently in, and you can't disband your dummy FC without destroying the house. I think you could invite someone to the FC and then make them the leader, and they could keep the house, but either way, you'd lose your house if you wanted to join another FC.

Also, while the workshop can get you exclusive items, you'll need high level crafting to get those things. I think you might also need 3 other people in order to make anything in the FC, though maybe those can just be random people from outside of the FC? Either way, kind of a pain.

If you have high level crafting and don't have to plans to ever join another FC, go for it. I can't recommend getting a dummy FC just for a tiny bit of extra floor space though.