Do you want instanced housing?

[Alacran]

As title says, do you want instanced housing?

The purpose here is just a simple vote via like button to show the devs your preference for the idea, ignore if you're against, simple as that.

For awhile now SE has attempted band aid fixes at nauseam to little success & frankly, we know now the lottery system is just more convoluted steps for a system that was a mess from the start.

While we still have little o no news of what Sanctuaries will be, i don't really hold out much hope despite my ludicrous wish for what it should be.
(instanced housing)

*edit*

The idea here was never an either or option in regards tot our current housing system, what is there should stay for those that prefer & have already situated themselves in it.

Nor is this proposal to be as limited as Garrisons or The Doman Enclave. This is meant for the call of a second housing system that would give players the ability to have an area all to themselves in which to build, decorate, furnish, & invite other players to their creations.

Many other games such as Elder Scrolls Online, Rift, Wild Star (rip), ect... have shown amazing customization but also incredible competence in allowing the player base to express & enjoy themselves via such systems.

It is in my opinion that the current systems adherence to the housing ward set up is what directly limits it & until another in made to go along side it, issues will ever continue to keep it a mess.

[Flaws]

Yes, absolutely. If we have both the current housing wards and instanced housing this gives everyone the choice. Do you want to be a part of a neighbourhood type thing but you have to be constantly active in the game to keep your house, enter through a lottery, etc or do you want a more chill housing experience with instanced housing where you can go inactive for as long as you want and you don't have to go through a lottery system. At that point everyone will be able to experience housing which is basically free repeatable content for many players.

Edit: In a perfect version of FF14 you should probably also be able to move your plot between wards and instanced housing if you decide to like you can currently move between plots. Assuming you win the lottery for a plot, you should be able to move your instanced house to a ward.

[Krotoan]

If implemented so anyone could have any house they want (possibly costing more or less or needing progression in a system) yes.

I don't care about neighborhoods and while I enjoy my seaside house i'd hope you could pick your environs to a degree and would be willing to sacrifice that aspect to have more customization and for overall player satisfaction.

[Lexi_Krallphekter]

I don't want instance housing.

I still feel sad when I am thinking of WoW Cataclysm and it "super" feature, Garrison.
I always felt lonely when being there.

I do not own a house in FFXIV but while being in a ward and seeing the other people's housing, you feel like you are in a neighborhood, even though most people are not really there and only visit their plot a single time in a month.
I feel instanced stuff will not give the desired satisfaction people think it will bring but that could just be me having bad experience from Garrison in WoW.

I know house wards lacks a lot of space. And in my opinion, instead of having 2 new servers added to Light and Chaos. I got the feeling those servers could be used to upgrade and have more wards being added too the current servers.
But that would mean that with every new major patch and expansion, the same issues might occur like it did with Endwalker launch. I dunno, I ain't an IT guy, I do not have insight in that data and even if I did, I would most likely not understand the numbers I'll be seeing.

[NekoMataMata]

Absolutely yes.

There's no fair way to really allow everyone to have housing without adding in instanced housing to add extra houses. If we make it so everyone can own a house, then we also open the way for more content to be added to housing.

Besides that, instanced housing could basically be upgraded apartments which would be fantastic for people like myself who know that they're not going to have a lot of guests and who may even take a break from the game and don't want to lose it.

I would still hope they keep the current public wards since they have a bit of charm to them and I feel that most social fcs and venues wouldn't be the same without them. Instanced housing would simply support this without getting in the way.

[TaleraRistain]

Yes. It is the *only* solution that is going to assure that every character and FC has the opportunity for housing. They're already on the path with apartments. They just need to go further down that line of thought.

[Bunnycake]

I already own a plot but fudge I would love to have that for the other players.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

I'm still wondering why some people want the neighbourhood when it's nothing but a sham.

Anyway, even if they do implement instanced housing, it took way too long for me to give a damn about it. Also i doubt i could do the hilariously absurd fallout 3 raider style decorations, so meh. That was a hoot!

[Aragon]

As title says, do you want instanced housing?

(instanced housing)

As someone that has played a mmo owning 8 Strongholds and a Flag warship utilizing instance housing, its extremely important to implement instance housing in such a way that does not negatively effect the socio-communal aspect of FFxiv. In this mmo all the planets were deserted and everyone was isolated in their own homes. If Instance housing was to be implemented it must address the Socio - communal aspect first and for most.

What i notice they are doing right now is opening up Data centers in populated regions to allow for many more Housing Wards and Worlds.
I personally believe they should even open up more data centers like 5 to account for the SA players that use the NA Region Data Centers..

[Lustre]

Yes the neighborhood is a lie and anybody saying otherwise is being obtuse