Quote Originally Posted by Paladinleeds View Post
Other MMOs can do it just fine. Why not create a new housing area based off new code that would allow it?
Everquest, released in 1999 does this just fine. They improved the system with Everquest 2, by simply instancing the houses. And before anyone quips about how they'd have to design a new system, its already in the game in the form of Inns since 2.0.

They wouldn't even have to get rid of the current neighborhood system. Leave that in for those who want to show off. Many of us couldn't care to show off to neighbors and would use instancing. Those in the regular neighborhoods who don't care but want larger housing could easily sell theirs off to those who do want to.

We're not talking about gameplay advantages here, so there shouldn't be any reluctance to give players what they want. In addition we want to PAY for unique housing. In ESO there are houses on their crown store that they can buy that go for upwards of $80. There's not a single item on the Mog Station that goes for that much. There could be. And people would buy them. Right now our housing is LIMITED in size due to the non-instanced nature.

But if you all want to see the sizes that there COULD be. Take a gander at Youtube and search Tier 4 guildhalls in EQ2. Imagine the space of half a housing ward dedicated to one guild. That's what instancing gives you. Not these 'huts' they call 'mansions'.