4.0 Housing

[worldofneil]

Have SE said anything about the cost of transferring to the new residential area?

They haven't said anything at all about it yet so right now we can only speculate.

Personally I think it's simply going to automate the relinquish of old plot and purchase of the new plot (so you'll have to destroy the the estate hall first as per usual relinquish requirements). My reason for thinking this is because house permits (the actual house!) aren't changeable between different areas nor are they changeable between different sizes. It'd be considerably easier for SE to not have to worry about that part and only automate the part that is the most risk (i.e. where you relinquish and then end up with no house at all because someone buys the one you want). It'd also solve the possible issues of moving from one size house to another/having to worry about item count etc. Hope I'm wrong though, but anything more than that would start getting complicated so I can appreciate why they might want to take the easiest option.

[Penthea]

Personally I think it's simply going to automate the relinquish of old plot and purchase of the new plot (so you'll have to destroy the the estate hall first as per usual relinquish requirements). My reason for thinking this is because house permits (the actual house!) aren't changeable between different areas nor are they changeable between different sizes.

I think SE would be heavily criticised if you had to go to the current plot, demolish the house, relinquish, and then travel to the plot you want in the other area. It would be so easy to find yourself with no house! Your theory seems likely.

[Elamys]

Not seen it in the original post. Maybe it's somewhere in this ocean of comments...

Have SE said anything about the cost of transferring to the new residential area? Curious as to whether it will be the cost of the new plot itself, or if another fee will be put on top of it. I also wonder if you could transfer to a different sized plot.

We don't have a lot of information about the moving feature yet. My guesses are this:

1.) it's for FCs only (sounds like it was put in so FCs don't lose their airships when they move)
2.) the cost will be the demolition of your old plot, plus the cost of the new one
3.) it will work by interacting with the placard of the destination house, with an option like "move house here" and when you confirm, it will automatically demolish the old house and move it there, as long as it is "ready" to move. Not sure if furnishings would make it along with that or if they'd have to all be packed up.
4.) i think you'll be able to move to a different sized plot? not sure on that one. but other than switching neighborhoods, why would you move other than to have a different sized plot?

[heynowjose]

Wait. so is it confirmed that the moving is only for FC? Because that's stupid. Why limit it?

[Elany]

It is not confirmed yet, but when they did announce housing at the EU Fanfest, Yoshi said "...your FC will be able to move to the new area" leaving it ambiguous as to whether or not it applies to private housing too. My guess is that it will include personal housing as well, not doing so would be unfair and quite dumb.

[Knahli]

I had a beachfront plot in Mist but I wanted a house in Lavender Beds so badly. I made a PF asking if anyone was willing to trade plots and I found someone! I released my plot first and they bought it right then and there, then we tp'd to their plot in Lavender Beds and they released theirs. There was no reselling or anything of the sort, we simply traded and the only gil that was spent was the gil we had to pay to purchase the land.

But long story short, if you do manage to snag a plot in Shirogane I'm more than positive that you will find someone who will trade with you as it is the new housing district and a majority of players will want to live there.

If the moving feature is applied to personal housing too, you can move to Lavender Beds if you don't happen to find someone to trade.

Ahh, I see! I'm glad everything worked out fine for you in the end ^^

I don't think this is in bad taste at all, honestly. It's still two housing plots that are going to be used, as opposed to just sitting empty (which is an enormous problem on Balmung).

I saw a lot of that too ;;;; It frustrated me to imagine all of the people who wanted any home at all and to see all of these houses that went for months on end bought, but completely unfurnished.

In any case, thank you both for your replies ^^

[Dustytome]

Updated with some grabs from the live letter that finally got uploaded and updated the moving section. Would love to have snagged better quality shots, but they keep posting things up in low resolution.

[Dustytome]

mansion inside:

After the initial excitement of seeing the new interiors, I'm a little worried about their use of non-neutral colors on the accents. A giant green checkered wall and green trimmed pillars will likely stand out (not in a good way) against a lot of the wallpapers unless they have built in color changing we find out about later? Will have to see what we end up with by launch, but I hope they have some example mansions/houses with say a deeper red wallpaper so we can see how it looks with a wallpaper not built around that particular color scheme.

[Penthea]

After the initial excitement of seeing the new interiors, I'm a little worried about their use of non-neutral colors on the accents.

I confess I've had a similar reaction. I was super excited about Shirogane but the colours of the static elements of the interior may be very difficult to match well with loads of wallpaper and furnishings. The interiors of current areas have very neutral palettes, and it looks like Shirogane really does not. Unless SE are going to let players edit the currently static interior elements, I think this is a bad move.

[Acilith]

I thought it was ugly when I first saw it too. I don't want colors pushed on me for decor, but I've got a better chance of getting a Shirogane house than a Lavender Beds house.