Quote Originally Posted by Naoki34 View Post
I have my house, but I find that the residential areas are really empty, nobody goes there. The only time I saw anyone was at the exit of Shirogane where everyone decorates his house. I would like instantiation zones for what it changes. But Naoki Yoshida likes the idea that people can visit your home, adding logs, goes in that direction.
Look at RuneScape. Has instanced housing (any paid subscription member has it, it's tied to the Construction skill), you can still have it visited by others. This isn't an either-or situation (and dependent on your DM privacy settings on RuneScape, you also limit whether anyone can visit, only friends can visit, or nobody can visit).