Personal Housing Questions

[Yahavage]

I feel the need to keep prodding at this also. *pokes with stick*

Come on! Do something!

I've been really, really excited about personal housing since before the game launched, I neeeeeeeeeed to know what's gonna happen! Luckily I'll be able to get someone to log me on while I'm at work, but one of my friends is currently on holiday with no access to the game... it'd be nice to know if I can wait for them coming back, or is it every Eorzean for themselves?

[Nalien]

They really need to start doing a better job of keeping us updated on content that has been planned for a long time. Almost this exact same scenario happened with Frontlines (although we actually got a few screenshots of that, if little else), and OK, I ended up liking how Frontlines turned out, but it still doesn't change the fact that I expected something different based on what little they'd told us about it leading to its release. I expect the exact same thing to happen with Primal Summoning, and God only knows if Dragon Battles of Ishgard is still even a thing, even if it is, outside the name we've pretty much gotten nothing on that, and with Ishgard starting to take center stage in the Main Scenario, I'd at least expect something.

I'm really starting to regret keeping up to date on all the planned content; ignorance truly is bliss. Following their plans only seems to lead to disappointment, they go "We're planning this!", and we go "And what exactly is that?", and then they say nothing for years. Half the time I mention content I remember as being planned, people aren't even aware it was a thing anymore, it's really quite hilarious in a sad way.

[NyneAlexander]

Maybe they purposefully aren't saying anything because they don't want people to bumrush the servers trying to buy land.

[JillyBean]

Maybe they purposefully aren't saying anything because they don't want people to bumrush the servers trying to buy land.

Well that's gunna happen anyway. If they could address our concerns, perhaps that wouldn't happen.

[Kaihri]

Maybe they purposefully aren't saying anything because they don't want people to bumrush the servers trying to buy land.

I think this is the plan for most who can get on at that time. Some of my FC members plan to wake up super early and try to buy one. As fast as FC housing went on Balmung I don't doubt people are already planning to camp for personal housing.

[Shougun]

Exactly. The more you think about it, the more it makes sense they simply can't handle this kind of demand and instanced rooms would be the only viable route. Luckily for me, they're adding more FC wards so I'll be simply buying myself a mansion that way. Sucks for others though.

There is one issue to this idea though, we're playing a SE game. :P

They're completely capable of isolating themselves from the rest of the world, occasionally their QA takes the patch off and everything just vaults straight to the docks and into the holds, fire sale to hit ship and sail for players to beta test live lol.

Maybe they purposefully aren't saying anything because they don't want people to bumrush the servers trying to buy land.

I think this is the case, if they had a wonderful instanced system set up I would imagine they'd share it for pride. This seems more like the quiet before the storm lol.

I think this is the plan for most who can get on at that time. Some of my FC members plan to wake up super early and try to buy one. As fast as FC housing went on Balmung I don't doubt people are already planning to camp for personal housing.

Servers with a lot of gil are going to be the worst, I wonder if we will crash the zones trying to get that iHome rush. .

Of course I could just be pessimistic and everything is wonderful, but from what SE has said and what they've done in the past - I don't think what is wanted is what will be. I do think though if we make a big deal about it that SE can get out of their shells once more and see that there are some excellent systems in other MMOs for housing. I would expect the worse and let SE know (if what I assume is true) that they need to think of some other ideas.

/debbiedowner XD

[JillyBean]

Hell, I'd be happy if they just put it off until they have it right. Wards will not work unless they somehow have so prepared for it that they have 5000 plots available at the get go.

[Kaihri]

Hell, I'd be happy if they just put it off until they have it right. Wards will not work unless they somehow have so prepared for it that they have 5000 plots available at the get go.

Let's do some math. We have 2 Million subs and 64 servers... Let's put out like 400 houses that should be good... right guys?
I just don't think they are looking at this the way they should. Personal housing is a big thing for casuals in MMOs and hardcore players alike. So it's one of those things that almost everyone wants. For them to do the same thing they did with FC housing will be a big fail and it just won't go over well with the player base.

[Mjollnir]

I'm hoping for an outdoor instance for just your own house with space for a Gardening plot and Choco stables in future, though only because of memory concerns (a neighbourhood would be cooler, but I wouldn't want it restricting availability).

I'm hoping they'll taking a leaf out of FFXI's book and having a fishing hole / mining / botany node that drops a random appropriate item to you a la Quick Ventures.

I'm hoping you can increase the size of your house through crafting, with supply missions similar to GC Supply Missions and that both interior and exterior are customizable.

I'm hoping for no limit and a fixed price around or below the million gil mark, although I'd also be happy with paying rent, as long as I could pay in advance for a number of months.

I'm hoping that the house is shared between all characters on that server that the player has created on the same Service Account.

I'm hoping for a personal chest with 25-50 storage slots that can be accessed by all characters on the same service account for inter-character transfer of items (that's exclusive, unlike the FC chest)

I'm hoping that people in your alliance can enter your personal instance.

I'm hoping for a free-to-teleport 'home-point', a Market Board, a Summoning Bell, the Unending Journey, the Armoire, the Aesthetician, the Toy Box and to be able to Heck my Bed.

I'm hoping for a lot of things, but I fear none of them will happen.

[Nalien]

and to be able to Heck my Bed.

Thanks for reminding me. Completely off topic, but why is this gone in ARR? It was one of the better features that added to 1.0, and I'm sure they could do much more with it in ARR; more Hildibrand quests with you waking up to his ghastly face, more nightmares after quests (Tam-Tara (Hard) and Lost City), or just about anything they can think of.

Instead they removed it, and every day you log into the game with the same things going on, no "Why the funk is there a Holy Shield under my pillow?!". Meh.