Why do FCs get 75% of the wards?

[AziraSyuren]

I appreciate SE's commitment to finding the worst possible solutions for the housing issues in this game. It's impressive, really. They always find a way to make it either worse or exactly the same with a slightly different coat of paint. If only they applied that level of creativity to other content.

[Nihility]

I don't think it's any worse than the "people using teleport cheats get all the good houses yay!" method we had
At the very least it is fair but irritating

I kind of think the islands will be instanced housing anyways; It sounds so much like the housing they did in wildstar. People will still whine about houses in the wards anyways though, the rarity makes them the most premium afterall

[AngeliouxRein]

To be honest, I do prefer the lottery way more than placard. The few times I experienced the first come first serve only meant ALL the houses or most would be gone. The only ones that were left were ones in terrible spots. Right now there is a low count of people going for each private available and I expect that to jump the closer we get to Saturday. However, them putting more attention to FCs and not learning that Private houses are more valuable is really irking me. Just because they have extra features does not put them on a higher pedestal. Never mind the fact that not everyone wants to rely on someone else to allow them to buy a closet to decorate.

Curious how this first round will play out.

[Greyhawk]

Hopefully the Island Sanctuary will have a house on it and this whole thing will be rendered mostly irrelevant.

Zepla confirmed that with SE apparently about having a house on it with movable furniture.

EDIT: If it gives me what I am looking for in housing, I'd gladly drop my ward housing for a Sanctuary house and get off the grid.

[Hanayumi]

If anything FC should really be the only ones allowed to buy houses, way more people involved with an FC, not to mention they provide private rooms, sooo yeah... Devs really should have focused on improving apartments, upgradeable med or large sizes and an indoor crossbreeding planter and a majority of folks would be perfectly pleased. Theres really no reason a player should have any of the current houses...

[Greyhawk]

If anything FC should really be the only ones allowed to buy houses, way more people involved with an FC, not to mention they provide private rooms, sooo yeah... Devs really should have focused on improving apartments, upgradeable med or large sizes and an indoor crossbreeding planter and a majority of folks would be perfectly pleased. Theres really no reason a player should have any of the current houses...

I completely disagree with you on the majority of what you posted here. So, what is the basis or reason that a player shouldn't be able to have a house? You say there's no reason to have a house, yet in the same breath you talk about upgrading existing housing for players making the "majority of folks perfectly pleased". The only thing that I do agree with you about is improvements.

Would you still say that there is "no reason a player should have any current houses" if it were all instanced?

Like crafting and gathering, there are people who live in this game for housing.

[Fenril7]

Lesson learn, only believe half on what SE says and there will always be a hidden agenda on patch morning we didn’t know about.

Firmament was planned for well over two years, why did SE wait till patch morning to spring the 75% FC rule on us? Trust goes a long ways and I believe SE just burned some of it with the players.

[Ivtrix]

Zepla confirmed that with SE apparently about having a house on it with movable furniture.

EDIT: If it gives me what I am looking for in housing, I'd gladly drop my ward housing for a Sanctuary house and get off the grid.

You should never trust what SE says and focus on what SE does. There’s a lot of time between when islands are supposed to release and when Zepla Gave the interview. I hope content doesn’t get cut for time but it’s always a possibility.

[Shibi]

Zepla confirmed that with SE apparently about having a house on it with movable furniture.

Zepla just pointed to the Meoni/Yoshi interview, and really the wording of the translator was quite ambiguous.

"People want housing, and outdoor decorating, and furniture. This will be a whole level over that." - to me what the translator said was "you want housing, this isnt it, but we think it's more fun"

Earlier in the interview he was talking about if you wanted a certain wood used for the "placable buildings" you could grow it on your farm and harvest it.

I simply have little faith Yoshida-san understands the Western market, he is hyperfocussed on the very different wants of Japan. Hoth ears and what was later said (paraphrasing again) "we didn't expect the kemono (furries) would care about their ears" should show it.

And that's fine, it's his game and all. But people rally need to stop getting their hopes up that this will be housing. It won't.

[Hanayumi]

I completely disagree with you on the majority of what you posted here. So, what is the basis or reason that a player shouldn't be able to have a house? You say there's no reason to have a house, yet in the same breath you talk about upgrading existing housing for players making the "majority of folks perfectly pleased". The only thing that I do agree with you about is improvements.

Would you still say that there is "no reason a player should have any current houses" if it were all instanced?

Like crafting and gathering, there are people who live in this game for housing.

Workshop, more living space in terms of rooms, and a far larger group to accommodate vs the single + few guest a private home could. There is literally 1 reason to get a private house and thats crossbreeding, so yeah FC benefit far more...