Individual players owning Large Houses for personal use. Yay or nay?

[Calteru]

Nay.

One of the cornerstones of the community housing concept in an MMO is its reliance on homeowners to create content. My experience thus far has been limited to Mateus, but that experience has shown that wards lacking a large FC's presence tend to be very empty and lifeless.

As such, I would not only recommend that large plots be reserved for FCs, but reserved further for large, active FCs as they have a higher chance of actually producing content if given a stage.

(I am not interested in replying to any emotionally-based responses. Thank you in advance for your cooperation on this matter. I would also implore of any responders, particularly those favoring an opposing viewpoint, to demonstrate any potential solutions they might have. An idea might sound good in a post, but the devil is often in the details.)

[Penthea]

As such, I would not only recommend that large plots be reserved for FCs, but reserved further for large, active FCs as they have a higher chance of actually producing content if given a stage.

But how do you measure this? At what point is a fc considered both large and very active? And what happens if the fc becomes smaller or simply dead?

(I am not interested in replying to any emotionally-based responses. Thank you in advance for your cooperation on this matter. I would also implore of any responders, particularly those favoring an opposing viewpoint, to demonstrate any potential solutions they might have. An idea might sound good in a post, but the devil is often in the details.)

You must be great at parties.

[Calteru]

Please re-phrase your reply more respectfully if you would like a conversation. Thank you in advance.

[Penthea]

Please re-phrase your reply more respectfully if you would like a conversation. Thank you in advance.

...yes how dare I ask you to explain your suggestion. How rude of me, your majesty.

[Alien_Gamer]

but the devil is often in the details.)

Your post doesn't follow your own guidelines. There's no good way to define an active FC that many people could agree on and if people can't define it well then it would be impossible to write a program to do it for you. You'd need to quantify active in a way that applies to all FCs equally regardless of how they play the game...an unlikely proposal to say the least. The question of large is a bit simpler but you'd still run into arguments over what classifies large especially when you consider different size populations on each server. I doubt what constitutes a large FC on Jenova would constitute a large FC on Balmung.


From what I've seen on Jenova and other servers, a large FC or even multiple large FCs with a house in the same ward don't equate to a lively ward. Really, I haven't seen any significant difference between wards with large FCs and those without. Most players only visit a house to garden, tend their chocobos or use the vendors which doesn't help foster a lively experience. You need people arranging and hosting some sort of event or party in the ward to really inspire that and while that happens, I see it in the city states, not wards.

[Calteru]

...yes how dare I ask you to explain your suggestion. How rude of me, your majesty.

Goodbye. o/

[Calteru]

(truncated to allow for reply space, sorry)

That is the purpose of discussions in society. They are used to arrive at a consensus. If you're asking my opinion on this particular matter as a baseline for further discussion, my opinion would be an average of 25 users per day, each having at least an hour of playtime per session (read: not logging in, idling for an hour and just bouncing since that would defeat the purpose). Feel free to go from there.

(again truncated, very sorry)

Please note that I said there is a higher CHANCE. It's not a guarantee and relies largely on the FC in question actually doing stuff. I'm hard-pressed to think of a system that would lead this horse to water AND make it drink. Do you have any suggestions in that regard?

[Penthea]

Goodbye. o/

If you think I'm rude you won't last long in the forums. Just a friendly warning.

[Alien_Gamer]

Too late to respond to that now but a posting tip.

Write your post.
Save, get error about length.
Cut most of your post and save.
Edit your post
Paste cut text then save again.

The workaround for the 1000 character limit.

[Calteru]

If you think I'm rude you won't last long in the forums. Just a friendly warning.

Duly noted. There will be no further replies. I hope you have an enjoyable existence for the rest of your days. Take care.