Instanced housing? Why not BETTER APARTMENTS?

[GirthQuake]

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I fully support this idea, however, I think everyone should have an apartment by default and you should be able to pay for upgraded size and utility.

In regards to FC Houses, let's give every FC a 'base' that's instanced like the Sky Pirates in the Void Ark quest line. Once you hit level 8 as an FC, you do a few quests and then your GC awards you, the associated FC with a 'base' for peace keeping in the area or whatever. Make a few unique bases in a few different areas and let the players chose. You'll get a base you can customize, everyone will get access, it'll be instanced, and no FC will be left without the utility that comes with property ownership.

This will leave the wards open to private housing. Allow only one private house per account and give all characters on the account admin access.

Everyone wins and everyone gets the utility of housing.

[Keydah]

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I would support this if FC bases followed the same thing as your apartment idea. Every FC gets a small base with everything they need, but they can still buy housing in the wards. I'd personally prefer mansions be FC-only, with small and medium homes for personal or FC. Free Companies add too much life to the wards with all their members coming and going to not be a part of them imo.

[GirthQuake]

I would support this if FC bases followed the same thing as your apartment idea. Every FC gets a small base with everything they need, but they can still buy housing in the wards. I'd personally prefer mansions be FC-only, with small and medium homes for personal or FC. Free Companies add too much life to the wards with all their members coming and going to not be a part of them imo.

I absolutely agree with you about that FC's give life to wards, but I feel that this would be the best solution. The primary reason for people to own private houses seems to be the utility of it for the solo player (Why there are solo players in an MMO, I'll never understand), but FC's actually have even more utility. Because of this, if we need to have instanced FC bases (that yes, I'm absolutely for them being upgraded. Start with something small and then grow it up from there, maybe even add a separate building for member housing or whatever), in order to give all FC's the utility that they deserve, then so be it.