A housing idea: Instanced housing - your own personal island in the sky

[Vydos]

An idea that popped into my mind. It isn't that new, considering some people like myself were suggesting some private instance housing zone. A plot of land completely secluded where we can build our homes onto. Without having the entire issue of not having enough plots on a land.

This idea came up when I saw the sky pirate's base.

Buy a personal floating island/plot of land

The idea: The island will be a completely seperate instanced zone (Like moghouses in FFXI, so no neighbours and interaction with other people who own one). At the same time it also feels plausible lore/game wise to have multiple islands.

Step 1: Do a quest to unlock the ability to purchase it
Step 2: Earn enough gil to buy the island
Step 3: Claim your island and earn the gil to buy the permit.

The island will be large enough to build a single S/M/L size house. And like moghouses in FFXI, you can invite people into your home. Or request the player to visit it. Which brings up a prompt that needs to be accepted.

I'm just wondering how people would like such an idea. Do you prefer the current system where you can see like a complete neigbourhood around you. Or would you prefer a more instanced zone like the idea above. Share your thoughts and ideas.

I also don't know how much server resources something like that takes. I'm mostly going to assume that creating player instanced zones is less taxing than the current Ward system. Considering that moghouses in FFXI never were an issue. Even though, admittedly it was a small room. Maybe some experts can add their thoughts on that as well.

[skyfox]

This idea has already introduced in Wild Star which turns out to be not very popular. Many people didn't like the idea of virtualise the housing area in virtual world. The great Achievement feeling is coming from something limited and it makes no difference in virtualised space. Maybe it is good idea to mix and match; Having a FC island and virtualize own island for their member (sort of like a chamber in current model)

[Pomelo]

This idea has already introduced in Wild Star which turns out to be not very popular. Many people didn't like the idea of virtualise the housing area in virtual world. The great Achievement feeling is coming from something limited and it makes no difference in virtualised space. Maybe it is good idea to mix and match; Having a FC island and virtualize own island for their member (sort of like a chamber in current model)

If that's the case couldn't we just have islands as a separate housing area like Lavender beds and so on?

[Colorful]

This idea has already introduced in Wild Star which turns out to be not very popular. Many people didn't like the idea of virtualise the housing area in virtual world. The great Achievement feeling is coming from something limited and it makes no difference in virtualised space. Maybe it is good idea to mix and match; Having a FC island and virtualize own island for their member (sort of like a chamber in current model)

What? It's hugely popular, far more so than it is in FFXIV. You see constant videos and images posted online about people proud of what they've created with the given tools, far more than the "look at this room I decorated" threads on Reddit and such. The great feeling comes from what you create, not e-peen due to it being a limited resource.

A few creations I've seen: Giant Robot, a tree house, a castle and plenty more you could find with Google.

[Risvertasashi]

This idea has already introduced in Wild Star which turns out to be not very popular. Many people didn't like the idea of virtualise the housing area in virtual world. The great Achievement feeling is coming from something limited and it makes no difference in virtualised space. Maybe it is good idea to mix and match; Having a FC island and virtualize own island for their member (sort of like a chamber in current model)

Um... One of the (very few) things Wildstar has been lauded for doing very well, is it's housing.

[Naunet]

This idea has already introduced in Wild Star which turns out to be not very popular. Many people didn't like the idea of virtualise the housing area in virtual world. The great Achievement feeling is coming from something limited and it makes no difference in virtualised space. Maybe it is good idea to mix and match; Having a FC island and virtualize own island for their member (sort of like a chamber in current model)

Aaahahahahahahahaha... WildStar's housing not popular? You have no idea what you're talking about. It is one of the MOST popular features in the entire game. Huge chunks of the playerbase are there literally to just play in housing.

Anyway, if FFXIV ever implemented housing like that, it would basically be enough to ensure I never unsub again. So yeah, that'd be cool. Right now though I'm thinking about dropping my sub again. :/ Too much about this game pisses me off.

[StrejdaTom]

I liked housing in Wildstar so yeah, something similar would be fine for me.

[Limecat]

That's pretty much the way it should have been from the start.

[LaurelinKementari]

I had the same idea when I saw the pirates' base. Fully support this!

[Kayote]

If only ... Wildstars housing system was one of the best id ever seen. Too bad the rest of the game hardly matched up. I heard Galaxies one of the best thought I never played. Rift did something similar (albeit not as robust) which would work better here than Wildstars "floating island" thing. SE shouldve done instanced housing from the very beginning, if anything, leaving the ward areas for guilds or really really rich players that want to show off their wealth for what ever reason. They could still do it ... im sure theyre saving up all that cash shop money for something like this, right? .... (-_-)

The decisions these devs make sometimes ...... mind boggling. LotRO had one of the worst and least used housing systems ive played ... guess which one SE decides to mimic.