Isn't it safe to assume more wards have to be added?

[Laphael]

We will get a new EU server with Shb. You could go there or hope that enough ppl go there and plots free up.
Ragnarok is one of the fullest EU-Servers.

I don´t think instanced housing will happen.

Maybe we get a new housing ward in ishgard during 5.x

[Jojoya]

We will get a new EU server with Shb. You could go there or hope that enough ppl go there and plots free up.
Ragnarok is one of the fullest EU-Servers.

I don´t think instanced housing will happen.

Maybe we get a new housing ward in ishgard during 5.x

We already have instanced housing. It's called apartments. It does need serious improvement for it to be an attractive option compared to a ward house, though.

Fortunately, just giving players options for apartment size has the potential to shift a lot of the demand away from wards and that should be a relatively simple thing for SE to do since the interior of a house is already instanced.

From there, adding in some sort of patio with exterior view and expanded gardening access would take care of most of the remaining complaints. Something that will never demo and costs a fraction of the gil but still has the same interior space and gardening? I think most players who want housing would be fine with it.

If they can pull off the dynamic exterior view from within an instanced area that they had talked about at one of the FanFests when the balcony question came up in the Q&A, even better.

[Dustytome]

Fortunately, just giving players options for apartment size has the potential to shift a lot of the demand away from wards and that should be a relatively simple thing for SE to do since the interior of a house is already instanced.

I feel like there was a translated interview where they already said that wouldn't be possible. I can't seem to find it again though.

addendum: And then just like that I find it.

- They can't change the layout or size of house interiors, plots or housing areas due to design (people kept asking for changes to those); it'd cause bugs (my speculation: it's how furniture coordinates are saved)

Translated from this by Luna on the ffxiv reddit discord.

Not sure if that applies to apartments as well.

[Jojoya]

I feel like there was a translated interview where they already said that wouldn't be possible. I can't seem to find it again though.

addendum: And then just like that I find it.


Translated from this by Luna on the ffxiv reddit discord.

Not sure if that applies to apartments as well.

That is just for houses. They had already said last year that apartment sizes were possible and they were considering that among other housing changes.

What I'm referring to wouldn't be changing the size of an existing apartment but rather a player being able to choose a specific size when making the purchase.

[Dustytome]

That is just for houses. They had already said last year that apartment sizes were possible and they were considering that among other housing changes.

What I'm referring to wouldn't be changing the size of an existing apartment but rather a player being able to choose a specific size when making the purchase.

I figured the article coming after they had said that was perhaps their way of saying "We looked into it, it's not happening". Hopefully you're right, but I would think if they couldn't change the insides of one, they couldn't change insides of the other either considering the housing innards are instanced. It should just be a matter of calling to load a layout and confining the inside to those limits, I wouldn't think upgrading would be an issue either. It always feels like they're doing something really weird when they're coding these things.

[Gallus]

So here I am, banging my head onto the wall trying to get one. I must say, this is by far the worst thing they coud've ever done. I don't know how but SE has managed to turn housing into atma except 100 times more annoying and rage inducing. Spam a placard? Have fun losing your sanity when hours keep passing and the same good old message appears "This plot of land if not yet ready for purchase". You are there the entire morning, the entire afternoon (with a few breaks here and there), stay there until around 1am where you go sleep. Wake up at 3am. Still the same 3 shitters spamming the placard but plot is still not ready. Wake up at 5am again, the same 3 guys still going (yeah, totally legit, like, at this point they don't even half pretend they aren't botting). Wake up at 8am. Plot gone.

Wonderful system. In fact, if I struggle and start thinking about what could've been worse than this, I don't feel like anything could ever top it. It's one thing that at this point it has become pretty blatant SE isn't taking action against anyone using bots, which sucks, but is still not entirely insufferable, but a very different thing is that they handle things like housing in a way only these shitters have a chance at it.

[AnnaRosa]

So here I am, banging my head onto the wall trying to get one. I must say, this is by far the worst thing they coud've ever done. I don't know how but SE has managed to turn housing into atma except 100 times more annoying and rage inducing. Spam a placard? Have fun losing your sanity when hours keep passing and the same good old message appears "This plot of land if not yet ready for purchase". You are there the entire morning, the entire afternoon (with a few breaks here and there), stay there until around 1am where you go sleep. Wake up at 3am. Still the same 3 shitters spamming the placard but plot is still not ready. Wake up at 5am again, the same 3 guys still going (yeah, totally legit, like, at this point they don't even half pretend they aren't botting). Wake up at 8am. Plot gone.

Wonderful system. In fact, if I struggle and start thinking about what could've been worse than this, I don't feel like anything could ever top it. It's one thing that at this point it has become pretty blatant SE isn't taking action against anyone using bots, which sucks, but is still not entirely insufferable, but a very different thing is that they handle things like housing in a way only these shitters have a chance at it.

Do not give up as of now you have 4 more small plots available in Ragnarok, 13th April 2019 14:00