Same problem, new request

[WinglessSeraphim]

I will have to say you are quite petty for continuing to keep the lighthouse blocked from view for 10 months now. In hindsight, you can keep it that way if you want. I don't care cause your days of doing so are numbered. What I do care about is Square Enix seeing an opportunity to fix this problem that exists for players like myself.

Fact 1: You can turn off the combat animations of other players (excluding PvP). This is great for raiding.
Fact 2: I'm not the only player that wishes they could turn off the housing decor of other players.
Opinion: I wouldn't be surprised if the number of players that are part of fact 2 make up a large majority of players that own a house in FFXIV.
Suggestion: Make an option for player housing that works just like the option for combat animations in fact 1, allowing you to see only housing items that are placed for your house/FC house.

It's a 100% doable thing. Can't be that hard to add since they recently just did something a bit more difficult with the players crowding around quest NPCs. This is a quality of life thing that would help many and hurt none. I know most would probably be like, "just make housing be instanced instead at that point." Unfortunately, Square Enix has shown no sign of being on board with making housing instanced, so this goes more along the lines of their design direction going forward with player housing.

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Didn't that FC move?

[AnjouMaaka]

Didn't that FC move?

They did move, but they created a dummy FC before doing so and retook the plot with that FC just so that they can keep the view of the lighthouse blocked from my lamppost. It doesn't matter because I've transferred my character and will be getting an upgrade to a large in due time.

[Divinemights]

It looks like OP did attempted to talks to the FC member, but (high chance) didn't approach in a professional manner
That FC is annoyed and still decides to leave a dummy FC even though they have moved.
I really don't think any one would cares.

[Jojoya]

If SE chooses to add the option to hide outdoor furnishings, I wouldn't argue against it. It could vastly improve load times when going into housing.

I'm not certain it would have solved your prior problem since the skins of other houses still would have blocked your view. I doubt SE would go as far as to hide the estate walls since that would defeat the purpose of using a ward system (feeling like your house is part of a neighborhood).

I just hope you don't end up in the same ward with my alt's FC's house on Cuchulainn. You're a crappy neighbor.

It looks like OP did attempted to talks to the FC member, but (high chance) didn't approach in a professional manner
That FC is annoyed and still decides to leave a dummy FC even though they have moved.
I really don't think any one would cares.

Most definitely did not handle things in a professional or neighborly manner. I saw the message book entries the OP was leaving.

[AnjouMaaka]

If SE chooses to add the option to hide outdoor furnishings, I wouldn't argue against it. It could vastly improve load times when going into housing.

I'm not certain it would have solved your prior problem since the skins of other houses still would have blocked your view. I doubt SE would go as far as to hide the estate walls since that would defeat the purpose of using a ward system (feeling like your house is part of a neighborhood).

I just hope you don't end up in the same ward with my alt's FC's house on Cuchulainn. You're a crappy neighbor.



Most definitely did not handle things in a professional or neighborly manner. I saw the message book entries the OP was leaving.

I'm not the one who's trying to drudge up old drama here.

There's no housing exteriors that are nearly as obnoxious as being able to float the most eye-sore inducing housing item twice as high as the roof of the house, so if Square Enix can't do it for housing exteriors, that's fine. Ending the annoyance of those who have nothing better to do than to be cyber bullies only takes the removal of the items.

[Divinemights]

I'm not the one who's trying to drudge up old drama here.

There's no housing exteriors that are nearly as obnoxious as being able to float the most eye-sore inducing housing item twice as high as the roof of the house, so if Square Enix can't do it for housing exteriors, that's fine. Ending the annoyance of those who have nothing better to do than to be cyber bullies only takes the removal of the items.

It is your personal opinion and it never meant others are sharing the same view

[AnjouMaaka]

It is your personal opinion and it never meant others are sharing the same view

Also doesn't mean others aren't sharing the same view. As Jojoya's statement point out, there's not really an argument against this being added as an option, yet. If you have an argument against it, feel free to say so, but I think it's a good suggestion, and like I said, it goes along with the design direction they are taking with quality of life features.

[dspguy]

I think the bigger problem in general is that it isn't a reasonable solution to ask someone in the OP's position to simply move. IRL, I've had bad neighbors and I chose to move. It cost me a pretty penny to do it, but I'm much happier for it. And that is in the current housing situation that this country is in...

Housing is rarely available... and no amount of currency can fix that problem due to the nature of housing in this game. So, moving to a different plot to get away from the "nuisance" isn't really an option.

[Jojoya]

Housing is rarely available... and no amount of currency can fix that problem due to the nature of housing in this game. So, moving to a different plot to get away from the "nuisance" isn't really an option.

It is an option, though a poor one because it can mean transferring to another world that has available housing as the OP has done.

In a way, housing in this game is a victim of the game's success. A smaller stable population would work well with a ward system. Wards don't have the flexibility needed for growing populations not to mention the demand it creates for more hardware to handle the need for more wards.

It's ironic that the instancing system that would solve demand problems sits neglected in the background because players are forced to navigate the ward gatekeeping system to get access to the instanced part of housing (the house interior). Remove the gatekeeping system (freeing the server resources it requires) and things would improve greatly. No more arguments over neighbor decor choices while still being able to freely visit other player's housing.

If the rumored features of Housing Mirage come to pass and they apply to apartments as well as houses, we could see a true positive shift at last.

[Impia]

I cannot believe it, my favorite drama got a part 2. This is like finding out your childhood favorite anime was renewed for another season ten years later!