Alternative to Personal Housing... Farms!

[Mihana]

Why can't Personal housing just be there for... PERSONAL HOUSING!? Alluva sudden it's just another term for "meal ticket." I'm sorry, but something like this would not be an alternative, but rather something defeating the purpose of a home.

I'm sorry but did you even read my suggestion or just skim it? This really wouldn't defeat the purpose of personal housing.

1.) Personal houses can be fully customized. Even if customization was allowed on a farm (Again this is just optional.) it would be severely limited.
2.) Personal housing offers much more in the way of gardening. My suggestion was four-to-six spots, think of it as one small gardening plot whereas a personal home can offer maybe three to four times the space depending on the plot size.
3.) Personal housing is being designed as open-world. A farm is instanced, you cannot look to your left and see someone else working on their farm. You cannot stroll down a street and see how your neighbor's garden is doing at a glance.

And lastly if personal housing wasn't so difficult to get due to lack of land which by the way will still be in place even with doubled wards next patch, then this suggestion probably wouldn't even exist. I have a FC with a house, and my own personal chambers I'm really happy with. We've got a stable as well so I've dyed my chocobo a color I'm happy with too. Although I cannot garden given time I can talk with my FC leaders about getting maybe a single spot to plant something and grow it. What I'm doing is suggesting an alternative, a solution for those who are not as fortunate. Personal housing should and always will be the primary focus being it offers so much more. A little farm will at least make functions people want to enjoy but can't because it's gated (Yes gated, land scarcity makes it a game of who can buy up land first when more is released along with the high prices.) available to them. It is still a form of a gil sink too since there is a rental fee whereas once you buy a plot of land it's yours permanently.

This thought came to mind because I'm leveling Botanist, I come across so many kinds of seeds and most are just fodder to be thrown away. They might grow something that could be of use to someone, or just for the sake of enjoying gardens could be planted. But limited gardening spaces and land to grow them on makes that nigh impossible. I honestly don't understand why so many are against something like this, what is there to gain by making gardening and stabling locked behind the requirement you have a home?

Here's something else to consider: If farms existed then it would also leave more space for those who truly want a home and want more than just a place to garden or stow their bird. Some people want to customize a house. Some just want a place to grow stuff and if their FC doesn't offer it a place to store their bird to take advantage of features it offers. They don't want or care about having a personal house because they really just want to enjoy the features that come with it. However they cannot, so they need to buy the land, build a house, and there goes a plot where space is already limited. Giving a farm or plot of land that you can use whenever you feel like opens up more plots in already crowded wards and thus less competition.

[Bluevann]

I approve this 90%. Why allied seals?

I'm a peaceful farmer, not a bloodthirsty hunter :/

Company seals or gil would be more plausible.

[myahele]

When I 1st saw the BTN guild and red rooster stead I was hoping they'll had farm in a large area. Instead we got FC gardens that only a select few members grow and harvest.

[Amnesia]

I only wanted a personal house for the use of a garden.

Yes, me too. And though I want a garden, I certainly don't want to spend millions of gil for one.

[Mugiawara]

gils are not the problem of personal housing....
the problem is the limited amount of plots.

you are suggesting something pretty much affordable by most of the playerbase, and that requires LOTS of availble plots.

The problem is actually both.
The people mad rushed small houses...that's what a lot were took at first hand
because it's the most affordable. With these insane prices, you may as well make all the houses
the same exact small size since I highly doubt anyone has Large that runs 75-100mill where I am at.
If they did, their FC donated or they are RMT.

I like this idea...I wanna garden and decorate my house, both.
Farming sounds cool, we'll get Chocobo breeding later on but watch that
turn to sh!t too.

All I'm asking for is a place to farm so I don't have to keep asking my FC... I feel like a mooch even though I've donated far more than I've received goods wise.

I know but I planted seeds and bought them and all that crap, people harvested and I never saw my carrots again. So screw FC gardens.

[arctic]

To the Developers

Please consider developing Community Gardens. These are garden areas where you can buy a plot and raise your produce. An FC or player could buy a plot much like a personal room.

There is considerable interest in gardening and some people bought personal housing just to get a garden. If we could just buy garden space, it would free up some of the personal housing!

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...munity-Gardens

[Luvbunny]

SOLUTION: it's literally right in front of them... just copy "personal moogle island" from FFXI (you can garden, etc) and FFXI housing aka "FREE ROOM FOR EVERYONE" - heck they can be "Creative" and copy Animal Crossing inside housing with second floor and basement layout. ALL should be hosted in separate instance, you never need to see anyone else unless you open your housing access to your party members or friend list.

[Dyvid]

Why not just add plant potting so players can garden in their FC rooms? Simple solution.

[Luvbunny]

Yup this really baffles me as well - simple solution so all can garden inside their own room. Seriously it is DUE TIME that FF14 developers to open their eyes, and copy literally BAZILION GAZILION good ideas that actually worked very well in FFXI..... For the love of god, stop making every single damn thing different.... It's ok to STEAL, TAKE, COPY, PLAGIARIZE what is working with FFXI, it's your own branded game, and probably will give FF14 a more branded identity than "plagiarizing" other elements from that other games....

[mbncd]

The only reason I really want to have a house is to have some property in the Limsan area (my home since Sept 2010, though the FC house is in the much despised Grid area <_<) and to have a garden where I can grow food for my bird and to help out my FC who never have enough plots for what everyone needs. This would be a great help!