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  1. #11
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    InkstainedGwyn's Avatar
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    Souji Hanamura
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    Astrologian Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Rymm View Post
    While an increase to at least larges and even mediums would be extremely nice, I feel more restricted by the 40 interactable items "limit." Ideally they would fix both but if I had to pick, I would rather they prioritize changing that.
    I still feel like this could be fixed by changing what counts as interactable and having a separate interactable menu, like the colour one, in which you can change anything that doesn't need to be clicked on outside of housing mode. (Paintings, flowers, fish tanks, wallpapers, etc.)
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  2. #12
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    Lunie Khit
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    Cactuar
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    Archer Lv 80
    I agree 100% with increasing the limit for large houses. I'd like an increase of 100, personally, and I'd always welcome more. There's just so much space to cover!

    Smalls and mediums I feel are at the sweet spot. Maybe add a little more to mediums, but you can definitely make some really nice houses with the current limit.
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  3. #13
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    Fayeth Norovir
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    Gilgamesh
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    Monk Lv 69
    Quote Originally Posted by ChaoticCrimson View Post
    Outdoor furnishing most definitely could use a bit of increase as well imo. Even with a small plot, 20 items isn't an adequate amount when there's so many wonderful decorations for outdoor use in the game.

    I agree with this. 20 for outside is just not enough. I hope they will consider allowing more.
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  4. #14
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    Dustytome's Avatar
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    Fox Briarthorn
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    Sargatanas
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    Culinarian Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Pastel_Orchid View Post
    I agree with this. 20 for outside is just not enough. I hope they will consider allowing more.
    They have it on their to-do list, however because we have the ward system and you have to load up all your neighbors' stuff, outdoor decor has to be extremely limited. While a small house is only 20 items max, the entire ward is 730 items being loaded up. Each additional item they grant to a yard is +30 items to the entire ward.
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  5. #15
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    King Canadane
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    Hyperion
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    Sage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by ChaoticCrimson View Post
    Outdoor furnishing most definitely could use a bit of increase as well imo. Even with a small plot, 20 items isn't an adequate amount when there's so many wonderful decorations for outdoor use in the game.
    This is needed a lot more than insides right now, I think.
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  6. #16
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    Tyria Xepheles
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    Siren
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    Carpenter Lv 90

    Definitely need double the items we have now for mediums and larges

    This is a huge pain point for many decorators and probably the most wanted change by those who decorate.

    Think of it from the perspectives of different players:
    1. The average player will never reach that 400 item limit, because they use furniture as intended and quite frankly, furniture is the most expensive in-game good.
    2. The decorator plays mainly to decorate. They want to make creative designs and think outside the box. They often play Legos or IKEA hacking to create new furniture from various other pieces of furniture and they use many many more items. For these people the item limits are very restrictive.

    I would advocate to double all of the item limits and here’s my reasoning why:

    There is always a trade-off between space and item-to-space ratio (item ratio from here on). The smaller the space, the better item ratio. However, the smaller the space the more we are restricted on what we can do creatively. Most of my design plans are foiled because of spatial restrictions even in large houses.

    Apartments and FC rooms have the best item ratio at 100 items but the worst space. The space is very small and easy to fill. There are enough item slots to create fairly elaborate designs. Unfortunately, the space is too small for a lot of design ideas, particularly with large furnishings like the Gold Saucer Slot machines.

    Cottages/small houses have a similar balance. They are approximately twice the size of an apartment and have twice the items at 200 items. We can still create fairly detailed designs although it’s a little more restrictive when we consider stair cases and that the basement is slightly bigger than an apartment. Space for larger design ideas is still a problem.

    Houses/mediums have the best balance between space and item-ratio. The item ratio is not as good as that of an apartment. A house is approximately 6x the size of and apartment but only has 3x the item slots at 300 slots. However, the space in a house is also less restrictive and we can work with larger design ideas.

    Mansions/large houses have the worst item ratio but the best space. Mansions are approximately 16x the size of an apartment but only have 4x as many slots at 400 item slots. That means large houses allow for the most creative and elaborate designs in theory but you can’t fill them up. What people end up doing with mansions are the following.

    1. They are empty. The restrictive item limits lead to bare bones designs with little details. Few designers are able to pull off large open spaces without the space looking empty.
    2. Designers do a somewhat detailed design on two floors and block off the third. I personally find that behavior extremely obnoxious but that discussion is for another day.
    3. Designers make one or two elaborate pieces and sparsely decorate the rest of the house with very very very few items.
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  7. #17
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    not_ya_wify's Avatar
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    Tyria Xepheles
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    Siren
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    Carpenter Lv 90
    Continued:

    Additionally, as more new furniture is released, designers want to incorporate more of these furnishings into designs and the item ratio comes more into aw
    Therefore, I advocate for doubling the slots to balance out space-to-item ratio.
    For a mansion, 800 slots will still be restrictive but it would give us more options to be creative.

    As for outside decorations the item-ratio is abysmal for any type. I understand that the entire ward is loaded but why don’t they make it so that we only load the items in other yards when we get in like a two block radius? There’s no need for me to load the stuff on the other side of the ward. It’s not even like we can fly our mounts and look at the housing area from above (which would actually be super nice.
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  8. #18
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    Kytrin's Avatar
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    K'rina Sato
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    Jenova
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    Samurai Lv 100
    I agree with everything said above. We definitely need a doubling of the slots. I've managed to achieve a decent balance in my medium, and even managed to make a mansion reasonably decorated for a client, but it's hard. I always have to think about blank space, and can never have the detail that I want to make the place look properly lived in.
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  9. #19
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    Nettle Creidne
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    Moogle
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    Scholar Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn View Post
    300 is still too few for mediums. I don't think we need double, but an extra 100 would make it just lived-in enough, I think. Right now I've had to refrain from a lot of "touches" like wall items, lamps, etc - and that's without doing too much "wasting" (using extra walls, shelf stairs, etc.)
    I am very curious as to how your house looks. My fc house has still something like 80 slots left and the house looks quite full, aside from the upstairs but it won't need 80 slots to finish it. 15 at most.

    Perhaps it's down to us using much larger furnishings so we get more for one slot.
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  10. #20
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    Rosalyn Marietta
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    Mateus
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    Ninja Lv 86
    Quote Originally Posted by Pastel_Orchid View Post
    I agree with this. 20 for outside is just not enough. I hope they will consider allowing more.
    If anything, just making things like the Aetheryte, mail box, chocobo stable, and similar items a part of the house would help. A small house loses so many slots to items that EVERY house has/needs to have to be worth using/functional. I still do not understand why half of those items aren't in the exterior design menu like the optional chimneys and awnings.
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    Last edited by AriesMouse; 09-15-2018 at 02:56 PM. Reason: typos, cause I'm the worst.

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