Why do FCs get 75% of the wards?

[Kuroka]

Sorry but way too much allocated to FC's, an fc house is in my experience pretty much just the leaders personal house that other ppl can tp to and nothing more most of the time. It's not decorated by the whole fc usually 1 or 2 people.

Yes bc you cant just trust ppl with it, easy as that. "oh that food was limited from an event, sry didnt know just needed exp buff..." etc...

Or expensive stuff that just vanishes... its also SE'S fault as you cant really set any limits, most stuff is either ALL or NOTHING.

Yoshi has said several times to stop overhyping the islands.

Then he should finally give some more details or face the backlash.

[angienessyo]

Yes bc you cant just trust ppl with it, easy as that. "oh that food was limited from an event, sry didnt know just needed exp buff..." etc...

Or expensive stuff that just vanishes... its also SE'S fault as you cant really set any limits, most stuff is either ALL or NOTHING.

This. After having an ex FC member petty steal a bunch of stuff from the FC chest on their way out, I'm not gonna trust more than a few specific people to decorate our house. (and for the record said person only had access to 2 tabs so nothing of value was lost) We have a lot of Mogstation/expensive items in our house so it'd be pretty bad if someone just got mad one day and stole it all. Square doesn't do anything in these situations and just tells you "you shouldn't have given them access".

[RitsukoSonoda]

I'd say the amount of wards being assigned as FC housing is probably due to the number of tiny FC's that have 5 or less members portraying themselves as a large FC that "needs" a FC house. Most of the time they also are not satisfied with having a small plot, they "need" a medium or large. Much of the time as others mentioned the FC house is essentially just a private home for the FC leader and their closest friends that essentially have FC members as guests that can pay to attach a guest room to it.

The one thing the ward split does though is remove the extremely rare occasions of an FC getting a home then FC members populating the same ward nearby with private homes. Though I've only seen this once or twice since private homes were added.

[LalafellDown]

I wish we could have a tent instead of a house on a plot. Then when we go inside the tent it’s a mansion.

[DragonFlyy]

This is great for two main reasons and I will die on this hill!

1) FC housing can house many different people unlike private housing.

2) They make our neighborhood system much more alive since there’s more people in the neighborhood thanks to multiple people sharing a FC house.

Also in patch 6.2 we get private Island sanctuaries which each come with their own house. This should help fill the need for private houses.

Got a link about them getting houses? Last I heard was Yoshi-P saying to curb our expectations on IS. Most people were expecting a house of some kind, so I'd tone that down a bit.
Also, #2 - The ward were my FC house is, never see anyone there except maybe 1 or 2 people standing at the marketboard once in awhile. The neighborhoods do not feel alive.

[DragonFlyy]

Yes bc you cant just trust ppl with it, easy as that. "oh that food was limited from an event, sry didnt know just needed exp buff..." etc...

Or expensive stuff that just vanishes... its also SE'S fault as you cant really set any limits, most stuff is either ALL or NOTHING.




Then he should finally give some more details or face the backlash.

I don't think there should be backlash. They never once said it would have housing. It's not SE's fault that people read articles that say "could ease housing" and then run with the idea that it will have housing. If it does, cool. If it doesn't, well that's on the community, not SE.

[dsgawwewerfw]

submarine shell FCs just keep winning and getting away with it

[PMSJordan]

And every last one of those players can, and many of them do, want a personal house.

Demand for personal houses outstrips the demand for FC housing by a TON.

Well I wish everyone who wants one luck this week in the Lotto.

[LessaDragonfire]

While I love the fact that the lottery system has been implemented, I feel the division of FC vs. Personal wards was unbalanced. Yes, you can get a room in the FC home. The options with it are severely limited. A lot of players want to have their own personal for RP/Decor purposes... I personally love gardening and redesigning the home to tailor it to my story. I have seen way too many "Shell" FC's about.. where the reality is, it is really only one person with alts in the FC. Players in an FC still want their own personal home. I would love to see a way to implement something like instanced housing, but is it realistic within the confines of coding.. not sure.. I really hope that something is in the works to offset this decision. 18/6 is horribly unbalanced in my opinion, especially for the newer base coming in or those who have been trying for a long time, spending countless hours clicking and hoping on a placard.

[Illmaeran]

I wish we could have a tent instead of a house on a plot. Then when we go inside the tent it’s a mansion.

I think I saw that in a show once, except it was a strange blue box.