Community garden?

[PotatoTree]

After looking at the chocobo preview, it seems like gardening might get a bit more popular. The issue is that larger FCs still only have 3 garden plots at most, and tiny FCs might not even have a house to do gardening. So a lot of people are locked out of gardening.

I suggest that a community garden be added. It will be an area similar to the housing wards where players pay for patches of land. Maybe it'll be rows of garden spots and each player can pay for like 10 spots or something. Only the player will have access to the spots they rented, but he can see other peoples plots and other people can see his just like how the current housing works. It can be decorated like how the fields around the botanist's guild looks. Or maybe a greenhouse or something.

[PotatoTree]

In order to prevent abandonment and prevent rich people from just gobbling up a bunch of plots, there should be a upkeep cost on renting the plots. The player must repay this upkeep or relinquish the plot. Plots should also be relinquished back to the rental pool if a player has not touched to plot, say for 5 days or so.

I know player housing is coming out soon too, but it is unknown how much this will cost. Considering a private room costs 300k, a whole house would probably be out of reach for poorer players. A community garden will bridge the gap for newer players, poor players, players who want more garden spots, and players without a FC or in a FC too big to allow everyone to garden.

[Cigaran]

Agreed and frankly some of this was why my FC decided to just get the small house now and then upgrade later on down the line. Too many new features and systems are being locked behind the wall of FC membership.

As for how you've written up the implementation of something like this, I don't know if a mechanic to lock out the rich is really needed. They'd still be required to spend the time and spend their gil on seeds and soil. Those should be enough of a sink on their own coupled with the time they'll need to maintain all of their plots.

[Gerolan]

Something does need to be done, as so many will want to grow choco feed, and with such few plots, this will become a major issue for any FCs that have more than one or two raising a chocobo

[EricCartmenez]

Maybe an indoor garden in the private rooms could be implemented? That would be cool.

[Gerolan]

Maybe an indoor garden in the private rooms could be implemented? That would be cool.

Yeah, or make garden plots like the stables where each person can grow their own crops, bit like all can use the stables

[EricCartmenez]

Yeah, or make garden plots like the stables where each person can grow their own crops, bit like all can use the stables

Love that idea. Sure, the look is of 9 plants, but there could be 100's. Like all the people standing around summoning bells talking to their retainers that no one else can see. I really don't think an indoor garden plot would be a stretch of the imagination. You should see what my brother used to grow in one when we were kids. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

[Gerolan]

Love that idea. Sure, the look is of 9 plants, but there could be 100's. Like all the people standing around summoning bells talking to their retainers that no one else can see. I really don't think an indoor garden plot would be a stretch of the imagination. You should see what my brother used to grow in one when we were kids. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

Oh total agree in its current form outside in the garden it would never work due to over crowding of all wanting to check crops, personal rooms would be an ideal solution to it, if it's released as it sounds it will be a nightmare with all wanting to grow but can't

[EricCartmenez]

Fact is that one can only get the new Chocobo food from a garden. So will the FC's be gardening for themselves or selling that stuff for a ton of gil on the market? Probably both. Each estate can have up to 512 rooms! Each person can raise a Chocobo in the stable. Now, we have the need for up to 512 garden plots? Chocobo raising and private rooms are the most exciting thing I see in this new release. I will definitely be working toward getting a level 20 companion, but the buffs from the foods will be something just as important to me, and I'm sure others. From the notes:

When summoned to battle, chocobo companions will now receive beneficial effects when using the following foods:
Curiel Root Companion EXP Up
Sylkis Bud Companion Attack Up
Mimett Gourd Companion Healing Potency Up
Tantalplant Companion Maximum HP Up
Pahsana Fruit Companion Enmity Up

Using your chocobo companion's favorite feed will provide one of the following beneficial effects:

Curiel Root Companion EXP Up II
Sylkis Bud Companion Attack Up II
Mimett Gourd Companion Healing Potency Up II
Tantalplant Companion Maximum HP Up II
Pahsana Fruit Companion Enmity Up II

* The above food items can be obtained through gardening.

The demand for gardening will go through the roof, I can bet.

[ruskie]

Yeah would be nice to be able to get instanced garden plots on FC land. They did a good thing with the chocobo stables.