Can we please just have instanced housing already?

[Warghoul570]

Sorry for the reality check but you can’t always get what you want. Life doesn’t work that way, even in video games. Paying a sub doesn’t entitle a player to every single piece of content. Besides housing has been let go for far too long to be able to be fixed effectively

[EaMett]

Everytime someone brings up instanced housing I’m just reminded that the devs were pretty clear about not wanting housing for everyone.

I think it’s time they added a new housing location because we’re a little short, and have them fix that go awful timer mechanic but other than that things seem to be pretty in line with the design they wanted. (Historically about 25-50% of a server population having access, depending on server pop)

[Driavna]

Everytime someone brings up instanced housing I’m just reminded that the devs were pretty clear about not wanting housing for everyone.

I think it’s time they added a new housing location because we’re a little short, and have them fix that go awful timer mechanic but other than that things seem to be pretty in line with the design they wanted. (Historically about 25-50% of a server population having access, depending on server pop)

SE also wanted for housing to be only for FC and they changed their minds. They also didn't want to put a timer but changed their minds once again. In the beginning, the small houses lacked basements and the overall decor cap was lower, all of that changed too. My point: the game evolve.

Anyway, FFXIV already has instanced housing with the apartments/FC rooms. SE just needs to improve them by for example doing something similar to Kugane inn, interior and exterior area in one instance. You can't blame people to complain when a feature of the game is blocked "because" reasons but the devs still support it regularly and even reward yard decor in some events.

[Kio]

I think allowing each and every player to have their own house via instancing is the best solution and has all my support.

[LaylaTsarra]

The talk of multiple size apartments which they said they were considering would do a lot to alleviate the demand. The current one room apartments really aren't very enticing for many. A split level with multiple rooms would make lots happy I suspect.

[The_NPC]

Instanced housing/towns was perfect in White Knight Chronicles 1 and 2. It was literally the only good thing about the game by the end of it

For any who have played Dark Cloud or Dark Chronicles from yeaaaars ago, it was an online version of that.

Gods the hrs spent min-maxing substats while making a believable town & the early micro-transaction days for houses/decor with better/different sub-stats... don't get me wrong I cared WAY less back then about the small cost for items I liked to make my "digital" town but you can't say it wasn't there & honestly their are times I miss that game (which is why I still have my PS3 & the hard copy IRL)

you are right thou its "instanced" towns idea was interesting, FF14 could do it in a slightly different way, like signing up for a "Personal" Town instance that requires a min-"parties" signed count, my quess is 24, (be them FC or Player) to be made. All affected "parties" house's would then be moved perminity to this "mini" houseing zone thus freeing up space in reg zones (some system would be needed to transfer a house from this "new" instance back to a reg zone if they become the last house standing & don't wanna stay there or invite others... AND a way to merge houses from 1 instance into another in the case of their being NO reg zone space)

[JowyAtreides]

Gods the hrs spent min-maxing substats while making a believable town & the early micro-transaction days for houses/decor with better/different sub-stats... don't get me wrong I cared WAY less back then about the small cost for items I liked to make my "digital" town but you can't say it wasn't there & honestly their are times I miss that game (which is why I still have my PS3 & the hard copy IRL)

I don't remember too much as I generally relied on the towns of better players to get me my cotton bolls which is one reason I whole-heartedly approved of their handling of instanced content and community feel

[MPK]

But people who own half of a ward wouldn't feel special anymore.

[Nyvara]

Instance houses were great in Wildstar! had people do all sought of creative things with em, even turning them into RP themed dungeons. but they were also kinda a double edged sword. i remember almost everyone on the EU RP server (Lightspire) making their home into a bar. then posting ads in the region chat, then getting upset when no one attended...

And then there's ESO haven't tried housing in that game but the houses seem to be pretty pricey. plus the limited time houses put me off. i hear roleplay in ESO mostly takes place in peoples houses.

Loved Wildstar housing so much! My engineer had a western styled desert scrapyard(thanks to the ship parts we got one year) and my Rabbit gal had a gorgeous forest with caves and waterfalls Huge trees etc. SE would be amazed and proud of the things we could do with such a system.

All but one of the people that came with me from EQ2 have left because of the housing situation. Like Wildstar, EQ2's housing feature was instanced, large and adaptable. While five of six people may not seem like a lot to SE, It was quite a blow to me and left me pretty darn sad!

Also the limited number of mansions needs to go! Not so much because they are limited and only a lucky few get them( which is one reason) but more so because as a house decorator(builder) I want that space and higher object count!

[Big_Bap]

But people who own half of a ward wouldn't feel special anymore.

How naive.