Worst housing system in the world

[GeminiReed]

It also has one of the worst decorating systems I've seen in a game that has housing/decorating features.

IMO I think XIV's decoration system is salvageable unlike SW:TOR's hook system. What should be easy is adding proper height adjustment and relaxing the overly restrictive boundary volumes. Bonus points for adding placeable scalling and offering "flat" interiors with no columns, wainscotting, or anything else that sticks out and needs to be hidden.

Sadly XIV's data engineering sounds like a disaster since they keep crying poverty any time people request anything slightly data intensive. That said, increasing the placeable limits would be a big QoL for many designers.

[juicybug]

IMO I think XIV's decoration system is salvageable unlike SW:TOR's hook system. What should be easy is adding proper height adjustment and relaxing the overly restrictive boundary volumes. Bonus points for adding placeable scalling and offering "flat" interiors with no columns, wainscotting, or anything else that sticks out and needs to be hidden.

Sadly XIV's data engineering sounds like a disaster since they keep crying poverty any time people request anything slightly data intensive. That said, increasing the placeable limits would be a big QoL for many designers.

I giggled. You're right about them always using costs and spending as a reason to why they just ignore housing and it's entirety, besides the lottery system. I do agree FFXIV (housing) is salvageable.

I am not familiar with SW:TOR's housing and if it's alright I don't want to compare to a game I'm not up to date with. Although I will and do intend to look up SWTOR housing because I am legit curious now.

But what I meant by "It also has one of the worst decorating systems I've seen in a game that has housing/decorating features." Is me comparing to games that I've played that have these features. Maybe I should've been more clear, apologies because it does seem like I was speaking too generally.
But in regards to FFXIV, players shouldn't have to exploit unintended glitches just to get a decent enough build. Floating and sinking items specifically. Floating and sinking should be an already existing feature. I don't know why it isn't.
Also the item selection priority is a pain in the butt. If you place 5 items, the cursor does not indicate the item being selected. It's whatever has priority (it's not ever clear what does) and it's relative to camera adjustment and luck if you have a difficult to grab item.