Will we get a notice in advance on upcoming housing ward going live?

[sarehptar]

I find the very concept of personal housing rather useless with the current housing system. Everyone wants their own house so it can sit there unused while large groups can't even have one. Then we have people owning massive mansions on their lonesome, which is even more useless.

I bought a mansion "on my lonesome" and use it every day. In fact, because it's near a market board, I rarely even need to leave my house's area unless I need to turn in a quest... I let three other people use the house too, so that they don't have to buy their own. And even though my FC also has a mansion, a lot of times people gather at my house instead. There are plenty of people who utilize their personal housing very well.

Speaking of personal vs. FC housing: the NPC in Shirogane confirms that both FCs and private owners will be able to purchase houses in the area, in such a way that leads me believe there will be no delay between when FCs and individuals can purchase.

[Maero]

@ Darus, it is not pointless and everyone should have the chance of having personal hosing if so they choose.
Myself i have been wanting personal house since it was introduced and still could not get one.

Instanced housing should have been the way to go with Stormblood, but looks like they are using the same system which will lead to same issues again...

[Mysticales]

The trick is... would they really give us advanced warning, knowing it will crash servers...

I mean thought we upgraded servers to be able to handle all the new data. =/

[Ametrine]

I'm of the camp that Shirogane isn't yet open to allow transferred FC's keep housing privileges

[Dustytome]

Will people be able to own a second apartment in Shirogane once it opens up?

No. A single character may own: One house, one apartment and one private room in an fc house.

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

I really hope it's not july 4th... no1 wants to wake up at 2AM on Independance Day for USA

[Mysticales]

I agree with you on that... I have a big event I am going to be at for my job in that morning till night... So yea.. they didnt even say what this 4.01 patch is about. Just that game is down long for it.

[Mysticales]

So with everyone on reddit so "sure" this is just Omega stuff.

Is everyone here willing to bet 100% that this 4.01 is just Omega patch stuff or are there some here who still think could be housing too? Just surprised no Lodestone memos at all on this...

[Yshnal]

Why tell it in advance? To crash the servers, when they can just write it down on the patch notes (like all changes) and prevent further issues with server congestion because everyone and their mother would try to log-in at once? I just wouldn't say anything ahead of time, nor I see any reason to do it. We already know that the housing area is there, and that it will open "soon". It makes sense to say the "when" once it's done.

It's not as if this is something new. They never mention specific item changes prior to the servers being down so that no one can take advantage of the economy, so I expect the same for the opening of Shirogane's flood gates.

[Kaedan]

Like they always have, they will give at least a week's notice before opening Shirogane. I'm quite surprised that some people think it will be opening tonight.