Housing Suggestion

[SXTC]

I think everyone wants to "show off" their garden so I'm afraid that idea might not be enough since instancing won't allow others to see yours.

[Jojoya]

And it felt a bit aggressive, as if people finally being able to get a house would be the end of his exclusivity trip or something.

Like I said in another thread, both systems can co-exist. The problem with the ward system is that SE does nothing against shell FCs so no matter how many they add you’ll always have people trying to get advantage of this and own from a few houses to a whole ward.

To be fair, doing something about shell FCs isn't going to solve the problem at all. There's still a relatively small percentage of total house owners that are shells.

The problem is and always will be that plot supply created through the ward system is too limited compared to the size of the player base that wants to own.

I think everyone wants to "show off" their garden so I'm afraid that idea might not be enough since instancing won't allow others to see yours.

Not everyone wants to show off. It's not only shell FCs that have their houses locked to visitors.

I'm not into showing off myself, even though I've had my house since the 4.2 ward release. My house is open if someone passing by wants to take a look but outside of telling friends when I've redecorated yet again, I don't make a habit of talking about my house in game.

A lot of players simply want to have a house for their character, and instancing stops no one from visiting unless the owner chooses to leave their housing closed to visitors. Last night a friend conned me into downloading a few games we used to play years ago, including RIFT. There are hundreds of Dimensions owned by players I've never met and I can walk right in to take a look despite it all being instanced.

[Amarria]

That makes sense. I'm just of the mindset that I cannot be the only one that doesn't care about showing off my yard if that means I get a house with a basement workshop and my own yard to do with what I want. LOL! There must be others out there that want housing. I mean, it beats not having a house at all. Which is where loads of us are at right now. I for one would rather not be without a house. LOL!