Hi guys is it true we are getting our own private island in the next expansion

[Jojoya]

i hope this works for all current gardening items, iam tired of having to buy overpriced crops off the marketboard simply because iam unlucky enough to own a house therefore am not allowed to perform crossbreading

Crossbreeding isn't as simple as plant 2 seeds and get what you want. It's time consuming (5-10 days to crossbreed depending on what you're trying to get then another 7-10 days to grow your desired seed), requires daily maintenance (miss a day and what you've planted can die) and subject to RNG (you end up with a seed other than what you wanted so have to start over).

You might think they're overpriced but you're not doing the work. You'll feel differently once you have the opportunity to do the work.

[Blackwing_Soul]

Gotta say as a minty fresh brand new player, not having to fight veteran players or their fc's with billions of gil for lots to build a house on would be nice. As for a lack of neighbors/neighborhoods. That's actually preferable for me so hopefully this island will have some kind of home feature. Heck, I'd settle for a tiki hut and a camp on the beach.

[Raikai]

If so what’s the point of expensive and hard to get houses ?

They'll still be glorified due to being in a neighborhood, and potentially the size discrepancy in case the Islands becoming just a small housing plot.

If that's the case, I think the demand for regular housings will be even out, but still I doubt there are going to be a lot of vacant plots just laying around.

[squidmonarchy]

Crossbreeding isn't as simple as plant 2 seeds and get what you want. It's time consuming (5-10 days to crossbreed depending on what you're trying to get then another 7-10 days to grow your desired seed), requires daily maintenance (miss a day and what you've planted can die) and subject to RNG (you end up with a seed other than what you wanted so have to start over).

You might think they're overpriced but you're not doing the work. You'll feel differently once you have the opportunity to do the work.

That's fair. But like Ryouma17, I'd love to be able to have the opportunity to put the work in myself. Worst case scenario, I'll get bored and buy off the marketplace instead. But I'll appreciate it more, because I'll know how much work I'm NOT doing.

[WhiteArchmage]

From some of the reddit discord translations, it sounded like the islands would be a much more solo experience


Interview with Yoshida on Endwalker, Game Watch interview.
Summarized by FF14Sokuhou: http://ff14net.2chblog.jp/archives/57680177.html
(translation by Iluna Minori on the ff14 reddit discord)

Ah, see, I got confused with that line "Trading within Island Sanctuary and earning gil can be done by planting and growing specialities that you have cultivated, as well as interacting with the features in this game." as a "You can trade inside, so you can visit", but yeah, sounds very "solo" focused so far.

[Theodric]

I'm erring on the side of caution for now. I'm expecting it to be very basic. I know WoW had a small farm that every player had access to that worked using a phasing system. Until we learn more about it, I'm going to assume that it'll be like that.

[Bright-Flower]

I'm erring on the side of caution for now. I'm expecting it to be very basic. I know WoW had a small farm that every player had access to that worked using a phasing system. Until we learn more about it, I'm going to assume that it'll be like that.

Seems likely.

I think back to expansion launches when lots of people are playing and you could have trouble getting into player houses/apartments because the servers were too busy, and you'd have to keep trying to go inside until there was space for the serve to open an instance for that house.

I know they've invested in upgrading the servers but I'm skeptical of the idea that they could have each player's island fully be its own separate instance like with say apartments. Or that there will be any significant housing type customization in it.

[TaleraRistain]

You record the server datetime, when you return you can determine how much the crop has grown by comparing the current server datetime to the recorded one and update the crop based on that. There is no programmatical requirement for it to be an iterative process. If enough time for 3 stages as passed then it it could just jump to stage 4 when the person re-enters the instance.

Only issue I could see there is what if it's been long enough to turn your crops purple? Though they could just say that anything in the sanctuary won't wilt if you aren't back there by X time. Honestly, I think the whole concept of wilting is outdated anyway.

[Dustytome]

Only issue I could see there is what if it's been long enough to turn your crops purple? Though they could just say that anything in the sanctuary won't wilt if you aren't back there by X time. Honestly, I think the whole concept of wilting is outdated anyway.

if (Current_time - Time_last_tended) > 24hr then display_purple_fog = on;

It's all just variables that can be checked when it's loaded and then updated every so often while the instance is active.

[Shibi]

if (Current_time - Time_last_tended) > 24hr then display_purple_fog = on;

It's all just variables that can be checked when it's loaded and then updated every so often while the instance is active.

My advice to anyone hoping for regular crossbreeding crops like onions, glazenuts, and jute is still don't get your hopes up. This won't be the housing panacea some think it will be.