Housing Ideas and Feature Requests

[EthanXdeath]

Is that so? I'll have to keep an eye out for these patches. Not like I have anything else to do, right now.

I've been excited about owning a house for a while! My crafting classes are averaging 50 and I have so many ideas!

I'll continue to be patient but I'm nearing the end of Heavensward, I was hoping to have a home by now.

At least you're not here on Gilgamesh where 1 person owns like 50+ houses and is trying to sell them for 500 million gil.

[Krunalat91]

At least you're not here on Gilgamesh where 1 person owns like 50+ houses and is trying to sell them for 500 million gil.

Are you serious?! Thats absurd! Surely there is something in place to stop this! Hell, even IRL they have a fair trading standards.

[Thee_Freshness]

The idea of adding more wards is nice but realistically, what are the odds of them doing that soon, let alone having them all snapped up within 12 minutes. I don't play Fortnite because 100 people scrambling around a map and hurling obscenities at eachother isn't very fun for me.

I know this is all conjecture and is "easier said than done" but it seemed more obvious than "Hey look, spare land! Hope you're okay with 4-32 hours of sitting and doing nothing."

Best of luck to you all in getting a home, it seems my choice of picking Moogle as my server may not have been the brightest idea.

I'm of very much the same opinion as you are. I've spent several months saving gil for the sole purpose of buying a house only to find out that it's harder to buy one in the game than in IRL. It's frustrating to say the least because there are a lot of poorly-documented nuances and bad design decisions that have been papered over with worse "fixes"

Honestly, we don't know the impact of adding 3 more wards to each area; my suggestion would be just to keep doing that until you start to see a little slack in the demand. That would be the easiest fix from a development standpoint and one which SquareEnix usually implements outside of patches so it could be done tomorrow. Your "Apply for Housing" seems like a no-brainer: It still prevents anyone from being able to "sell" housing with any certainty. The only wrinkles I'd add would be:

1. You have to put the full amount for the plot down as a deposit (to be refunded if you don't get it)-this is to keep people from just placing rando bids on things.
2. Restrict individuals to a single plot per account, and FCs to a single plot per city. Phase out the existing grandfathering.

This would take some development work, but it's so much better than what there is now.

Another thing that would be awesome is opening Ishgard earlier, but I'm worried about how those plots will be distributed. Will transfers get priority? Will FCs get the first shot? Ugh.

As for server choice, I leveled a toon on each NA server cluster to look for available housing and I'm afraid none of the NA servers have any availability to speak of. That, of course, would be another option: Add new server clusters. North America has by far they highest number of active accounts per server. If Square would bring them in line with Europe or Japan, the problem probably wouldn't exist.

[EthanXdeath]

I'm of very much the same opinion as you are. I've spent several months saving gil for the sole purpose of buying a house only to find out that it's harder to buy one in the game than in IRL. It's frustrating to say the least because there are a lot of poorly-documented nuances and bad design decisions that have been papered over with worse "fixes"

Honestly, we don't know the impact of adding 3 more wards to each area; my suggestion would be just to keep doing that until you start to see a little slack in the demand. That would be the easiest fix from a development standpoint and one which SquareEnix usually implements outside of patches so it could be done tomorrow. Your "Apply for Housing" seems like a no-brainer: It still prevents anyone from being able to "sell" housing with any certainty. The only wrinkles I'd add would be:

1. You have to put the full amount for the plot down as a deposit (to be refunded if you don't get it)-this is to keep people from just placing rando bids on things.
2. Restrict individuals to a single plot per account, and FCs to a single plot per city. Phase out the existing grandfathering.

This would take some development work, but it's so much better than what there is now.

Another thing that would be awesome is opening Ishgard earlier, but I'm worried about how those plots will be distributed. Will transfers get priority? Will FCs get the first shot? Ugh.

As for server choice, I leveled a toon on each NA server cluster to look for available housing and I'm afraid none of the NA servers have any availability to speak of. That, of course, would be another option: Add new server clusters. North America has by far they highest number of active accounts per server. If Square would bring them in line with Europe or Japan, the problem probably wouldn't exist.

FC's and plot relocations (personal and FC) will get first priority they always do, when a new ward is introduced and I'm sure Ishgard will be no different here.

[Thee_Freshness]

FC's and plot relocations (personal and FC) will get first priority they always do, when a new ward is introduced and I'm sure Ishgard will be no different here.

That's what I was afraid of. "You already own a house so we're going to make it easier for you to get a better one." That's not Final Fantasy; that's real life.

*sigh*

[Esmoire]

I love the new furniture preview button. I'd like a preview feature for interior fixtures, exterior fixtures, and some of the customizable furniture: aquarium trimmings and flower pots come to mind.

Want to say maybe sightseeing log landscapes should be left out of this due to spoilers... On the other hand, a certain character's painting is there description and all...

[Manamaru]

Pardon me if this has already been said or suggested, but I would love if the player was rewarded with a portrait or some kind of furniture momento of certain characters relating to the job quests, as part of the reward for doing them. Market Prohibited. And if misplaced, be able to be repurchased at any of the salvagers.

Speaking of salvagers, that reminds me of Beast Tribe permits as well. It'd also be amazing if the older beast tribes could sell vendor permits as well. To have a bunch of kobolds, goblins, the vath, and etc. greeting you in your home, private quarters, or what have you would be a real treat.

[Krunalat91]

1. You have to put the full amount for the plot down as a deposit (to be refunded if you don't get it)-this is to keep people from just placing rando bids on things.
2. Restrict individuals to a single plot per account, and FCs to a single plot per city. Phase out the existing grandfathering.

Its quite refreshing to see someone coming up with ideas and furthering the point. I look forward to Ishgard becoming available.

Assuming they make the same amount of wards/plots in Ishgard as other locations, that should open up some possibilities.

Sadly, on another Forum thread, I was berated for my choice of Moogle. I had to put something up to validate my choice XD Sadly, EU servers don't seem much better than you're saying the NA servers are.

[Morningstar1337]

Prolly has been suggested to some extent before but I'd like the option to have the retainers indoors, and possibly fill in roles like Junkmonger or Mender if having their normal function indoors isn't feasable

[Kickoff]

We need wall lamp that would light the painting below it. Would make galleries/trophy rooms way better.
They got right idea with Amaurot light, but it doesn't illuminate the paintings.