Glitching vs. Natural design

[Solowing]

I float items (ps5 user) personally I prefer doing it the manual way. It forces you to really consider what you place rather then throwing spaghetti at the wall n seeing what sticks ( You can do this in early stages of a buildbut it's a lot more difficult in the later stages to suddenly change course. And forces you to find create solutions around the limitations of the system.

[LuciferNacht]

[QUOTE=Sensui;6409026]

Sounds like console player envy/QUOTE]

Not quite. They usually look like copies of the next guys house and are kinda unimaginative.

Also the strip bar in the bakery shops are kinda confusing too..

I have 100% been saying this for years and completely agree with you. All of their houses look the same.

That being said, I still believe it's not our place to "yuck someone elses yum" when dealing with them. I would never share these thoughts to someone and I often still leave likes and find positive things to say when writing in their message book.

Just form a group of friends that are like-minded like you are and host housing events and DnD nights and the like with people who have the same values as you.

Ignore the peeps that don't share the same values as you and don't care what they think.

Ultimately, it just doesn't matter what other's houses look like, as long as my homes are in order for those I care about.

[Infindox]

My goal with our large FC was to use the whole space, but also make it look nice. I find it kinda bizzare when people glitch but waste the entire basement/top floor. But people can do whatever they want!

[HeyMcFly]

Good morning dear house designers/ fellow Eorzeans! Happy Friday!

Just curious to know how many people prefer glitching, natural or a combination of both perhaps & reason why.

I personally I may be one of the minority that prefers natural due to reasons being such as expand my creativity & being on a Ps5 console this makes it more convenient on my end.

I would prefer a natural design but the items in the game are so clunky, large or just nonexistent, so I'm forced to be creative by methods of glitching
I glitch so much you'd have thought I took both the red and blue pill offered by Morpheus
But it is worth it bc when people see my finished designs, I get alot of "this looks like straight out of a Ghibli film" bc I'm a clutterbug who loves plants and magic stuff

It takes me a long time to get things as pristine as I like them; awkward camera movements- item storage glitching by force placing it- floating multiple things- while it sounds bad, I promise it's all within the means of what the game allows

[Ayan_Calvesse]

My goal with our large FC was to use the whole space, but also make it look nice. I find it kinda bizzare when people glitch but waste the entire basement/top floor. But people can do whatever they want!

Generally its because they want to do something complex; particularly with lighting; item limits get eaten up really fast. Its even worse if you want to have a hall or something for your FC's achievements due to the trophy eating item limit. The reality is that without glitching your often going to see the "same same" look to many designs as items otherwise look out of place in a build (as many use Hingan bookshelves to make edging) the result is often in larges your forced to use large items that can feel out of place; or worse your dealing with the native pillars or edge of stairs. Larges feel like they were designed with making "rooms" in mind; so they deliberately give you too much space for the item limit. I've seen larges that don't really partition and admittedly I am not a fan cause they look like someone just threw everything everywhere in a effort to fill up the space.

That said I feel making a large into 1 super complex room is equally offputting - not to mention the targetting you have to go through and potential sticky issues.

[Rueby]

I think it boils down to personal preference and taste...Glitching put me off of decorating my house for awhile because I was intimidated, I really enjoyed decorating the outside. I feel like it's interesting to see what people end up creating, I find it really interesting when people find creative ways to essentially 'make' a piece of furniture not even in the game through combining and glitching stuff together.

I don't mind either, I find that both have their charms.

I enjoy cluttered areas, they feel abit cozy to me. I've seen some really amazing stuff on housingsnap and I'm always fascinated by people's ideas honestly...

[Shikiseki]

I do prefer the glitched housing styles that get creative with combining certain items to create something really unique. That said, I do prefer that and a creative layout that makes it look like a FF14 house still but also intricate enough to make it look unique. Those combos need a certain degree of glitching and lots of item slots sometimes

That said 400 item slots are just really not enough to add details like lighting, table tops, rugs, wall items on a mansion which is quite a shame but I digress...

[Kuroka]

I just dislike glitching and hate most houses that used it too much, or used so many items for it they had to close up the basement or 1st floor lol

the only glitch ive ever used was placing my poor lala npc on the lala podest - they deserve justice!

[Impia]

I just dislike glitching and hate most houses that used it too much, or used so many items for it they had to close up the basement or 1st floor lol

the only glitch ive ever used was placing my poor lala npc on the lala podest - they deserve justice!

That is a shame. Some of the most creative and unexpected ideas come from using such techniques, and item limit just unfortunately necessitates that compromise be made to accommodate their density. I would make my mansion's interior larger if I could, but doing so would cause it to lose it's identity because I'd have to compromise on its design.

[Infindox]

Generally its because they want to do something complex; particularly with lighting; item limits get eaten up really fast. Its even worse if you want to have a hall or something for your FC's achievements due to the trophy eating item limit. The reality is that without glitching your often going to see the "same same" look to many designs as items otherwise look out of place in a build (as many use Hingan bookshelves to make edging) the result is often in larges your forced to use large items that can feel out of place; or worse your dealing with the native pillars or edge of stairs. Larges feel like they were designed with making "rooms" in mind; so they deliberately give you too much space for the item limit. I've seen larges that don't really partition and admittedly I am not a fan cause they look like someone just threw everything everywhere in a effort to fill up the space.

That said I feel making a large into 1 super complex room is equally offputting - not to mention the targetting you have to go through and potential sticky issues.

There's definitely not enough spaces atm. I wanted to add details to rooms, but quickly ended up at the limit.
The one thing I do love about people who glitch is the ability to get into the "void" outside the area. I remember someone's large I was in once that had a bed up there and a bunch of those flower rugs. It's a really surreal place lol.