Did Island Sanctuary satisfy any reasons you want a house?

[Darthgummibear]

I went into islands with extremely low expectations, and was still somehow disappointed. It's completely soulless with even less depth than wow's garrisons. That alone is impressive. I mean ffs even the orchestrion is just the functionality of the one in the inn. It's like they went out of their way to make it as barebones as possible.

[Gemina]

First, I'll repeat what has been said over and over: Island Sanctuary is not a replacement/substitute for housing.

Just the same, it has a few of the features that players frequently mention when talking about why they want a house (gardening, larger private space, outdoor area, etc.).

With that in mind, we've had a week now to explore Island Sanctuary to see what we can do with it. Has Island Sanctuary satisfied at least part of your reasons for wanting a house?

If so, where did it "hit the spot"?

What does it still lack that you expect to get from a house?

What has been the overall impact on your desire to get a house?

This is the kind of question you ask after about a year. Maybe six months, or I should say 8 months now to allow a couple more patches at the very least. It's way too soon bud, and I don't know why IS would do anything to replace actual housing unless you can place such a house within the island. Even instanced housing would not replace actual housing in this game, which is a warning nobody wants to hear.

That being said, based off what I have seen with the island so far, which is not much. I actually don't see a reason why they cannot stick a housing instance within the island. From here they could then implement material gathering and exploratory expeditions to acquire the mats you need to build it, and furnish it. I would also be willing to predict that they will go in this direction to give players an instanced house. Obviously, this would come much later, which is why I say 1 week is way too soon to make the comparisons you're trying not to make.

[Lunalepsy]

First, I'll repeat what has been said over and over: Island Sanctuary is not a replacement/substitute for housing.

Just the same, it has a few of the features that players frequently mention when talking about why they want a house (gardening, larger private space, outdoor area, etc.).

With that in mind, we've had a week now to explore Island Sanctuary to see what we can do with it. Has Island Sanctuary satisfied at least part of your reasons for wanting a house?

If so, where did it "hit the spot"?

What does it still lack that you expect to get from a house?

What has been the overall impact on your desire to get a house?

No? It's a slap in the face after asking for instance gardening for so long.

[Iscah]

I wasn't expecting a housing experience out of it, and have already owned a house in-game so it isn't a desire I was particularly needing fulfilled. But what I was expecting was half farm, half personal island getaway (or at least a place where I could take screenshots of my character apparently having one). The fact you could have friends visit suggested that the layout might be geared towards facilitating an open beach party sort of vibe.

Instead I've gotten a factory-worth of mammets who occupy every building and expect me to navigate spreadsheets.

The farm aspect is also unfulfilling, with no effort to really house the different sorts of animals, and crops feel like a non-event.

I feel like the devs made this because they caught the tail end of a conversation about the players wanting farms so they could grow standard plants without a house, but missed hearing the reason and just got "we want farms"... so they went away and tried to figure out what players might want to do on a farm just for the sake of having one. (And somehow arrived at "manage a factory".)

[Boblawblah]

I guess I was hoping to have a water front area with a little shack, to MYSELF, that I could just hang out, and maybe plant a couple of crops, and enjoy watching the weather (sitting under a deck in the rain, etc).

Instead, it's a mobile game with mammots. Also, did they have to pick the absolute ugliest area of the island to set up our "house"?

[bloodSp3c]

i actually enjoy island sanctuary, mainly the brain dead running around part clicking on shiny things and collecting stuff haha good to kill an hour or 2
but in saying that who even asked for this island sanctuary? imagine if all that time and effort spent on this was actually spent on instance housing or some other method for people wanting a house to get a house

[Momo_Kozuki]

As a house owner myself, no, it is not a replacement of housing, despite sharing the same server with housing.

The island appearance customization is currently very poor. The plot for facilities and landmark locations are fixed, so there is no way for you to put a fountain next to your cabin or some sort of big square, or move facilities away from your cozy cabin (honestly, how it is cozy when workshops are next to your resting place?). Customization in a real house beats the island by miles.

Of course, I expect more stuffs from future, but the way SE tries to integrate expert crafting/gathering to island makes me worried. While being claimed a casual-catered contents, suddenly there are somethings that require investment, either time for money. The otter fountain itself currently costs as much as a small house on my server. It is possible that I have to go hardcore with crafting/gathering, or grinding money just so that I can enjoy this "casual island". Housing items don't cost me an arm and a leg like this.

[Merryl]

I'm only rank 4 from one night, honestly it feels like beast tribe quests. But it could have been much worse, when I first heard they were adding farming I had envisioned a whole dol class.. which would have been infuriating.. having to tend and grow crops according to a list instead of just getting to use a garden.

[magitekLuna]

First, I'll repeat what has been said over and over: Island Sanctuary is not a replacement/substitute for housing.

Just the same, it has a few of the features that players frequently mention when talking about why they want a house (gardening, larger private space, outdoor area, etc.).

With that in mind, we've had a week now to explore Island Sanctuary to see what we can do with it. Has Island Sanctuary satisfied at least part of your reasons for wanting a house?

If so, where did it "hit the spot"?

What does it still lack that you expect to get from a house?

What has been the overall impact on your desire to get a house?

Not any of them what so ever. People don't want to garden what ever crap
They want the one that is part of the main game. No 9ne asked for a game in the game.

[xenahawk]

If all someone wanted was to have a private place to call their own and chill then i could see it but in the sense of personalizing your soace or gardening then no its not going yo because nothing you plant is for normal game content and well right now there isnt really anything you can do to put your own personal flair to it. Maybe over time because we dont know what their intent is going to be when they add more content and im not saying they might make it instsnce housing but at yhe very least add more options for design, buildings, decorations spacific for island just to give players the ability to make their slice different from their friends.