Ishgard Housing Details are Out

[Shibi]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...1402d99f7f90a4

As of Patch 6.1, estate plots have been allocated as follows:

Free Company Estates: Wards 1-18
Private Estates: Wards 19-24

So, only 300 plots for personals on NA/EU/JP worlds.

[DeNada]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...1402d99f7f90a4

As of Patch 6.1, estate plots have been allocated as follows:

Free Company Estates: Wards 1-18
Private Estates: Wards 19-24

So, only 300 plots for personals on NA/EU/JP worlds.

The plot allocation is a complete joke. The demand for personal housing is way higher compared to FC going by that 70% of existing houses are personal.

Mark my words, there's going to be tons of empty FC plots out there, waiting to be just picked up by RMT botters or people abusing shell FCs while actual players looking to get a personal house are just gonna get completely shut out.

[Vivahoja]

The plot allocation is a complete joke. The demand for personal housing is way higher compared to FC going by that 70% of existing houses are personal.

Mark my words, there's going to be tons of empty FC plots out there, waiting to be just picked up by RMT botters or people abusing shell FCs while actual players looking to get a personal house are just gonna get completely shut out.

I don't think they'll be empty, that's just free real estate for bot/sock FCs who have infinite money duo to grandfathered players with dozens of workshops as well as RMT FCs. Really nice of Square to reward those players even further ahead of normal players.

[Infindox]

I'm actually interested in the impact this is going to have on the other districts (if I'm reading it right, it says EVERY, so I'm assuming this goes to Goblet, Lav Beds, Mist and Shirogane) once some others move to Ishgard if they already have a house and win one.

[DRHaymaker]

Yoshi-P and the team are so strangely obtuse when it comes to specific things, housing probably being the chief among them. The problems before were one FC taking up an entire ward, camping plots, and bot/AHK scripts almost being required. The lottery system was a concession the majority of people are willing to accept, fine. People didn't like that FC's could get multiple entries in the lottery, but again, fine, whatever.

However, this counterintuitive change not only takes a massive step back for people looking for a house, but it completely goes against the idea of Yoshi-P playing up the social aspect. Simply put, there's just not enough FC's to fill 1-18 wards across 60 plots and 5 districts. I would not be surprised islands of houses surrounded by empty plots.

Now, apart from the obvious overcrowding issue for private estates, you have the exact opposite problem of those districts being a ghost town. It's fair to say that even people who own private houses will more likely hang out at their FC house, assuming they're in one and have one. I also think most people who do have private houses will notice a lot of people they do see, are hanging out with FC mates. So who is going to be around these private estate wards? There's less of a chance to show off your place simply by virtue that less people are likely to hang around your ward.

The only thing this does IMO, is incentivize smaller FCs. Bigger FCs are likely to split, but still retain identity, just to gain more housing spots, which is a lot easier now thanks to the restriction. In other words, the exact same problem as before.

[DynnDiablos]

The ward allocation is absolutely tragic. Why they’d give 75% of the wards to FCs makes zero sense to me

[Milus]

I remember when they added 3 wards for eatch housing, and LOTS of plots was empty until they let it be bought as personal housing...

[Moonsprite]

We need instanced housing wards as an option. I know people want their neighborhoods, so they can keep them and people like me can just have an instanced house and the neighborhood people can move into the house I left instead. Having instanced housing doesn’t mean taking away the wards that already exist for neighborhoods. I like decorating my house and having a place to store my housing items. I have a FC room, a small house, and an apartment. I have so many housing items from events, etc It’s bad when people get all these housing items and have to figure out where to store them.

Whether it’s lottery or not for neighborhoods, or they add more wards, there is never going to be enough houses in the game for everyone. Instanced houses need to be added. Let players choose whether or not they want to live in a neighborhood.

[Gofr]

Yeah the 75% FC allocation seems absurdly high to me. I thought it would be split more 50/50, and even then I thought that was high.

[Vahlnir]

And here I thought it couldn't get any worse. Guess it can. Good job dev team, you're really nailing that Blizzard energy!