Planter boxes for indoor gardening

[Niwashi]

The apartments will probably have a balcony and that will be the "outside" area where you can put "outdoor" furniture and other stuff like the garden patches

Oh, that would be nice.

They will want to keep some options available to people that have houses that apartment dwellers will not have like for example the FC Workshop.

Well, that's already not available in people's personal houses, only in FC houses. I'm thinking more in terms of making the apartments equivalent to the personal houses. Players using the apartments for their personal housing would then free up space in the wards for FC houses (which is what the wards were originally designed for).

[FoxyAreku]

Crossbreeding is a perk of house gardens and should probably stay that way to maintain the value of those items, imo.

[Felis]

Players using the apartments for their personal housing would then free up space in the wards for FC houses (which is what the wards were originally designed for).

The wards were designed for FC houses and personal houses. The FC houses just came first ingame.
During the live letters about housing during 1.x and ARR beta they never mentioned to keep FC houses and private houses in separated zones

[alimdia]

The wards were designed for FC houses and personal houses. The FC houses just came first ingame.
During the live letters about housing during 1.x and ARR beta they never mentioned to keep FC houses and private houses in separated zones

I disagree, wards weren't designed for personal houses, the housing shortage should be enough proof of this.

[Felis]

I disagree, wards weren't designed for personal houses, the housing shortage should be enough proof of this.

They were designed for both, during a time they expected aound 500k players (before ARR launch)

[MomomiMomi]

They were designed for both, during a time they expected aound 500k players (before ARR launch)

I don't buy it. Everything they said suggested personal housing would be different from FC housing. They backed out on that.

[Jynx]

The wards were designed for FC houses and personal houses. The FC houses just came first ingame.
During the live letters about housing during 1.x and ARR beta they never mentioned to keep FC houses and private houses in separated zones

I love it when people pull facts from thin air.

I'll have to find the quote but Yoshida Stated when asked about personal housing versus FC housing he originally stated it would be a totally different system and much more affordable for the average player. Somewhere down the line they hit a snag with the system and somebody decided it would be easier to just flip the ownership switch from Company leader to anyone who has the cash.

The wards were never meant to sustain the whole playerbase. To think otherwise is to ignore the obvious.

Ahh here we go.

Personal Housing

While I cannot give a specific date on when personal housing will be implemented, I can say that prices will be completely separate from free company housing, and, naturally, far more affordable.

In Summary

• The final price of land on all Worlds is subject to adjustments, and may fall lower
• Over the course of three months, prices on legacy Worlds will fall to match those of World Group 3
• Personal housing will be far more affordable than free company housing

While it never states it would be a separate system the things they promised would be impossible in the current system such as making personal housing more affordable than company housing.