So why didn't Yoshida just go the FFXI route with housing...

[Magis]

Yeah, yeah, FFXI... so sue me.

Anyway, TBH I am not too up in arms about the latest patch because I have a steady flow of gil, and already a personal FC house. However I am surprised they once again went with the "player housing lot" idea with personal housing. I kinda get it with FC housing, being able to see other "powerful" FCs in your neighborhood. However with personal housing... why not just make a zone line in each city, which would teleport you to your house? This removes the problem of people not being able to buy a house due to a ward being sold out, and also eliminates the original need for these high prices in the first place (people monopolizing lots). We already do this with FC personal housing too!

Heck, if you wanted the ability for people to enter your house, FFXI added that years later, allowing people in your party to come inside with you.

The only thing lost is the neighborhood and having a lawn (which could still be part of the instance), but does this outweigh the cons of the current system?

What's everyone's thoughts?

[faris]

I think he wanted to do something new, amazing and fantastic, but had a massive oversight with how much space wards, houses, and content actually take in the FC housing stage.
Then, he continued along the same route even though it is an impossibility with current server structure for everyone to have a house.
Then, he/the devs halfassed 2.38's housing patch.

(I'm with you with moghouses tbh. It's a compromise, but I'm all for it if it allows me to garden.)

[Tupsi]

Because the FFXIV community dislikes everything about FFXI even if it did more things right on a basis level they should have built off of.

[Orbiaus]

I think it would be a better idea. Not perfect but better than how it is now.

[Kydi]

Instanced housing is probably the only way that everyone on a server can have a house. The amount of open world space required to have 20,000+ houses would be insane. However, I suspect if it were instanced the same backlash would have been felt by the Dev team from people wanting open world housing.

[Mjollnir]

What's everyone's thoughts?

This is exactly what I was hoping for/expecting. :/

[Elven]

Facing facts people are dropping off with Destiny taking a number of console players more people might follow.

[Magis]

Instanced housing is probably the only way that everyone on a server can have a house. The amount of open world space required to have 20,000+ houses would be insane. However, I suspect if it were instanced the same backlash would have been felt by the Dev team from people wanting open world housing.

TBH, I don't recall anyone asking for open world player housing. Maybe FC housing? Still can't think of any posts though, off the top of my head.

[Kydi]

TBH, I don't recall anyone asking for open world player housing. Maybe FC housing? Still can't think of any posts though, off the top of my head.

Nor me, but given the demand and threads for open world content (dungeons, hunts etc) I suspect if personal housing was anything other than open there would be several unhappy campers as that's to an extent the expectation now when it comes to housing.

[Magis]

Nor me, but given the demand and threads for open world content (dungeons, hunts etc) I suspect if personal housing was anything other than open there would be several unhappy campers as that's to an extent the expectation now when it comes to housing.

Eh, I am a huge advocate for open world content, but making player housing open world barely adds anything, as well even older MMOs (barring say UO) used instances. This is why you probably don't see any posts asking for it. Now... if SE had misread signals and somehow thought otherwise, then I could see how people asking for OW content ended up "make player housing OW too".