Are we getting houses?

[Rjain]

I see discussions pop up every now and then about this but I don't recall any sort of confirmation.

Player housing was a pretty big component of FFXI. Each player had their own little house in whatever city they chose, and they could customize it with furniture and decorations that would also have an affect on their attributes and other things.

Looking at the city layout there's still a section to each city which is off-limits and it looks like a residential area. Are we getting housing? It would certainly help crafters even more. Perhaps you could push it an extra step and allow the housing size to be upgraded over time by doing certain accomplishments or paying enough money (gil sink).

If possible I would like some sort of confirmation from the devs on if this is planned or not.

[zoekwon]

i think they are going to add linkshell house.

[Vackashken]

i think they are going to add linkshell house.

I hope to God so...

[Zenaku]

They said we going to have Linkshell house / linkshell airship but that when tanaka was still around yoshi-p have not said much about it.

[Drunk-Bandit]

o.o They said this stuff 50 years ago.... and it still hasn't been added to the game Zzzzzzz..... :/

[Catapult]

One thing at a time. Probably, but there are priorities for the landscape and item teams right now.

[giftforce]

Instanced housing is kind of stupid, so hopefully they either go with a small instanced housing system (which isn't too taxing on development) or persistant housing.

[britestar90]

I would so love to have housing again and to be able to decorate and furnish it! I loved my little MogHouse from FFXI! ^_^ But I'd say if we do get, it will be a good ways down the road timewise. As much as I'd like to have housing back, I'd rather have a good battle system, etc first.

[Embers]

I would so love to have housing again and to be able to decorate and furnish it! I loved my little MogHouse from FFXI! ^_^ But I'd say if we do get, it will be a good ways down the road timewise. As much as I'd like to have housing back, I'd rather have a good battle system, etc first.

Completly how i feel,
I love my Moggle, he did a great job of keeping my plants alive
I lag a lot when crafting in a city so a little place to craft in would be a great help,

Thanks!

[talespin]

I've been very disappointed by the options available to linkshells. I'm a leader of my own linkshell and I find that there are no options at all. All I can do is invite people, remove people, or make them a leader; there's only two ranks, other than the linkshell leader.

I would truly love to see more options for linkshells and housing. Building a base of operations can really bring a group together, and it gives us a place to meet and chat, etc. I enjoyed the guild castle creation on Runes of Magic: members could donate money or resources to help level your linkshell as well as to buy buildings within the guild castle. I don't care about the pvp aspect, but building a castle together as a linkshell would be great! I'm sure the FFXIV team could come up with something more exciting than what Runes of Magic did - just look at the housing from FFXI. I wouldn't want linkshell housing system or personal housing system to take away from other areas of the game, but I'd rather see it sooner than later.

Things I would be happy to see for linkshells:
- cooperatively-built housing for the entire linkshell to share (a castle or a mansion or a underground cave or a tower?)
- 5+ customizable ranks for linkshells
- linkshell banking systems in order to pool resources
- more details about members in the linkshell list (current location, current level/class, afk/busy, etc)
- inter-linkshell trading system (trading resources for resources between "friendly" linkshells)
- linkshell guildleves or behests
- linkshell gear for aesthetic appearances (not tabards, but unique linkshell gear that bears your linkshell crest - jewelry, bracers, bracelets, rings, headbands, shield/helm/armour emblems, etc); not for stat boosts, just appearances
- banners/flags that a party member can stick in the ground to boost the party members belonging to that linkshell
- a Lodestone function to create a linkshell website
- NOT linkshell levelling systems that make linkshells competitive

Bottomline: I love having lots of options and activities for a linkshell. I'm sure I'm not the only one.