Why can't we all have a House?

[Dionysius]

Because quality > quantity. Simple as that.
Maybe they can give housing for everyone, but at what cost? No more neighborhoods? Reduced item limits/storage?
Also does everyone even need a house?

[FrogDog]

Because quality > quantity. Simple as that.
Maybe they can give housing for everyone, but at what cost? No more neighborhoods? Reduced item limits/storage?
Also does everyone even need a house?

Neighborhoods are a nice concept but aren't worth all that's given up in practice.

I was running around the Firmament yesterday cus I hadn't been in the zone in a long time and I wanted to see what it looked like completed. It was actually kind of sad to me because there are all these NPCs and the place is bustling and it's clear that this is what the devs WISH the neighborhood housing system was like, but it's not. When Ishgard housing comes out there won't be NPCs to make the zones feel alive, there will be mismatched houses all over the place, and after a month or two you'll hardly see anyone around those houses. Is that really worth players not being able to get a house unless they compete with bots or win the lottery? Is it really worth people not having any real prospect of ever getting a bigger house?

Wildstar could deliver instanced housing with far more options but XIV, with its budget and popularity, can't? There isn't much to go on with Island Sanctuary so can't really speak to that for now, but S-E should look at seriously expanding the apartment system so you can upgrade the size.

[NishaSetsuya]

instanced housing is suppose to come with island sanctuary if i understood the past live letter.

[Jojoya]

instanced housing is suppose to come with island sanctuary if i understood the past live letter.

Instanced housing has never been mentioned as a feature of Island Sanctuary at any time by anyone from SE. It wasn't even mentioned in the infamous "Meoni interview" where it was supposedly promised to Meoni by YoshiP when Meoni wasn't even the content creator who was asking the question about island Sanctuary.

Confusion seems to come from different players having different definitions for instanced housing. If all you want is a private instance to yourself, then maybe it does fit your definition of housing. If you're expecting a place you can customize to your liking as you would a house, it is not housing.

[SamSmoot]

. It was actually kind of sad to me because there are all these NPCs and the place is bustling and it's clear that this is what the devs WISH the neighborhood housing system was like, but it's not. When Ishgard housing comes out there won't be NPCs to make the zones feel alive, there will be mismatched houses all over the place, and after a month or two you'll hardly see anyone around those houses.

1. Eliminate the wards, instance the plots. This will put everyone in the same neighborhood, 100 or more owners per plot, who will share the same streets when they're off the plot. That should make things look a bit busier.
2. Give players the option to select what houses they see on neighboring plots via the placards. Pick what you want to see there (and visit), and it sticks until you change it or the selected plot and house disappear. Don't like the Paissa house next door? Just pick another one to display in it's place.

[Bright-Flower]

Neighborhoods are a nice concept but aren't worth all that's given up in practice.

I was running around the Firmament yesterday cus I hadn't been in the zone in a long time and I wanted to see what it looked like completed. It was actually kind of sad to me because there are all these NPCs and the place is bustling and it's clear that this is what the devs WISH the neighborhood housing system was like, but it's not. When Ishgard housing comes out there won't be NPCs to make the zones feel alive, there will be mismatched houses all over the place, and after a month or two you'll hardly see anyone around those houses. Is that really worth players not being able to get a house unless they compete with bots or win the lottery? Is it really worth people not having any real prospect of ever getting a bigger house?

Wildstar could deliver instanced housing with far more options but XIV, with its budget and popularity, can't? There isn't much to go on with Island Sanctuary so can't really speak to that for now, but S-E should look at seriously expanding the apartment system so you can upgrade the size.

Agreed. The neightborhoods generally really aren't worth it. I hardly ever see other players doing anything but idling by market boards in my personal or FC ward, and seeing other peoples houses next to mine doesn't really add anything to the experience.

That said I don't see them taking the time to come up with a new housing system, we're probably stuck with this base system though at least improvements can be made like the upcoming lottery system. But I really wish they hadn't gone for the neighborhood idea and just done isolated instanced housing from the start.