Will Housing ever be addressed in any meaningful manner by the XIV team?

[Naunet]

Why would anyone need this though?

Because they enjoy decorating homes unique to each character... I'm not sure why that's difficult to understand.

For the exact same reason people in WildStar roll a bazillion alts to create a bazillion different builds on housing plots, why people in Rift own multiple dimensions, etc.

[Victoria_Silverdawn]

Because they enjoy decorating homes unique to each character... I'm not sure why that's difficult to understand.

For the exact same reason people in WildStar roll a bazillion alts to create a bazillion different builds on housing plots, why people in Rift own multiple dimensions, etc.

That's not always true... many houses on my server are empty plots with just a house on it... and they keep the ugly starter fence u get when u buy the plot... and they stay like that... for months, and years, until a new owner gets it...

And comparing this to any other MMO housing is like comparing an apple to a coconut... other games have unlimited instance houses... we have a limited neighbourhood system...

[Naunet]

And comparing this to any other MMO housing is like comparing an apple to a coconut... other games have unlimited instance houses... we have a limited neighbourhood system...

Thus the desire for SE to switch to instanced housing... (more like comparing a perfect, juicy, just-sweet-enough apple to a rotten coconut...)

Those eyesore empty homes? You wouldn't be bothered by them at all in instanced housing.

[Victoria_Silverdawn]

Thus the desire for SE to switch to instanced housing... (more like comparing a perfect, juicy, just-sweet-enough apple to a rotten coconut...)

Those eyesore empty homes? You wouldn't be bothered by them at all in instanced housing.

You were the one saying people can own 8 of them because they like to decorate... that's not always true...

Which would be lovely... if SE was going to do it... they won't... they just made a new housing zone...
they wanted a neighbourhood style housing... which is lovely on paper... not in reality... if they wanted to redo it it would have to be in one of the new expansions... but our servers barely hold us... instance housing isn't on the top of their priority list...

[Naunet]

You were the one saying people can own 8 of them because they like to decorate... that's not always true...

I was responding to someone who posted that people who own multiple houses are all hoarders and house flippers. That was nonsense. There are perfectly legitimate reasons to want a house on each (or at least more than one) character.

Instance housing SHOULD be near the top of their priority list. These forum threads aren't here to reiterate over and over what SE has already done or not done - but to encourage them to do better.