Instanced Housing

[Jojoya]

I don't think there is a bad reason outside of maybe people putting expectations too high on seeing people all the time compared to now. Like, what is going to enable people to hang out outside the "entrance" unless there's a venue event going on?

I feel like it'll still just be the same ghost town effect as now, just people might be happier since they have a bigger house (if Square even allows for people to select their house size rather than compete for a large one).

Why did players start congregating in the Limsa Aetheryte Plaza? There's nothing special there to attract them and yet it became a popular spot.

Foot traffic is what made it popular. The more random players you encounter, the greater the chance of stopping to have a random conversation. The more that stop to chat, the more likely others will do the same.

Any entrance to instanced housing would likewise be dependent on foot traffic before it became a spot to congregate. That's why most wards are dead now. There's no foot traffic most of the time.

Certainly it's not going to be any worse than things already are in the wards.

[CidHeiral]

Why did players start congregating in the Limsa Aetheryte Plaza? There's nothing special there to attract them and yet it became a popular spot.

It became a popular spot because it's right next to a market board.

[Jojoya]

It became a popular spot because it's right next to a market board.

Three of my houses are closer to a marketboard than the Limsa Aetheryte is.

Apartments are even closer. Teleport to an apartment building and you're practically on top of a marketboard.

[CidHeiral]

Three of my houses are closer to a marketboard than the Limsa Aetheryte is.

Apartments are even closer. Teleport to an apartment building and you're practically on top of a marketboard.

And the vast majority of people have none of those things, so they go to Limsa.

[Ayan_Calvesse]

Three of my houses are closer to a marketboard than the Limsa Aetheryte is.

Apartments are even closer. Teleport to an apartment building and you're practically on top of a marketboard.

Aye but you can world travel from neither of those without zoning; often when doing a build I go to Limsa because I can quickly check the markets as I world hop.