LET OUR ALTS BE HOUSE TENANTS or instanced housing!

[Lunalepsy]

Let us have DC housing!

[GTK0HLK]

Let us have DC housing!

I'm curious how you imagine that would work.
not as an against the idea. just curious, since DC travel being on board and all that.

[Sotaris]

I'm curious how you imagine that would work.
not as an against the idea. just curious, since DC travel being on board and all that.

Sounds like a developer nightmare.
This is coming from a software dev

[GTK0HLK]

Sounds like a developer nightmare.
This is coming from a software dev

not saying they should..,
I feel it's the same kinda issue like if housing went instanced all at once. per character.
which would create a lot more load.
<unless they made a good system>

just curious on that person's base idea for curiosity and speculation.

Implementation is a whe other beast none of us will truly wish for the devs to implement

[Sotaris]

<unless they made a good system>

With this iteration of a decade old game engine, I wouldn't hold my breath.
I've said for years we need a new game engine cause it's obvious it's holding back the game from a technology pov. Especially when they keep saying they have a 10 year plan for the game.

[Illmaeran]

I agree, letting alts be tenants with full rights to the house; decorating and all, would be a welcome change.

[GTK0HLK]

With this iteration of a decade old game engine, I wouldn't hold my breath.
I've said for years we need a new game engine cause it's obvious it's holding back the game from a technology pov. Especially when they keep saying they have a 10 year plan for the game.

oh I know. once I put that as a question to the devs for a stream. course it was ignored.

in the end, it was still just a question for curiosity to just create conversation.

again, not implementation.

edit: then again, I did hear something how their going with their XIV engine, and something about it's connection to XVI. but ain't quite sure how it was.<something that allowed the planned upgrades to visuals, but obviously, taken with salt>

[Silverbane]

I've said for years we need a new game engine cause it's obvious it's holding back the game from a technology pov

I would think if the were going to use a new game engine, they'd just create a new game.
There's a lot of advantages to doing that instead of updating FFXIV:

• FFXIV isn't subjected to the risk of major disruptions as they iron out the bugs
• people who prefer the old FFXIV engine get to keep using it
• A clean slate for the devs,
• two revenue streams for SE instead of just one

... and many more.
This was, after all, the strategy SE used (and is still using IIRC) for FFXI and FFXIV.

Of course, players of FFXIV most likely wouldn't be able to being their FFXIV assets and accomplishments into the new game, and would have to start from scratch. Some might complain about that, but having to preserve all those old assets and accomplishments is an extra complication for the devs, so I think the "sacrifice" is probably worth it.