That can't actually be reading these forums...can they...?

[AnimaAnimus]

It almost makes me feel like they listen... almost...


Q4: We have the auto reclamation this month, but can you please let us know about future addition of land?

A4: We have confirmed that we will be increasing the amount of land for existing housing areas in Patch 3.3. After this we’re planning to introduce mansion type housing, and housing in the Ishgard area. These two are being developed in parallel, but in order to meet everyone’s demand, we will implement the mansion-type housing as a first priority. Currently it’s being planned that one mansion will be able to hold 512 residences. As for gardening, we think this will be difficult, but we’re currently developing new pots that will allow gardening, so please look forward to this.

As for furnishings with high demand, we have a goal now to increase the amount of items which can be placed, so please wait a bit longer.

First this has likely been mentioned before, I'd be surprised if it hadn't, but just in case I thought I would post

I know many people who want personal housing and I know many people who have personal housing. Some (myself included) like to utilize every single facet housing offers. Others like to just have a place to craft in peace, afk or just sit between queues. I understand the housing crew has a lot to do and server space is limited, but there could be a way to utilize server space efficiently, give the housing devs minimal work and at least satisfy a portion of the playerbase clamoring for housing.

Why not introduce a City Loft system?

When we walk thru the cities we see giant walls with windows, why could these not simply be flats? There are some players who could care less about gardening and you see many player houses that are used by players but have a completely vacant yard outside the mini aetheryte and the stable.

Wouldn't it be possible to offer players a place in the city that would be the same square yalmage of a small house but on one floor. They don't need to have access to gardening, stables could be utilized by opening city stables to players, you don't need mini aetherytes since the player could just use the city one and allow you access to your flat from any node. All you really need is a mailbox, and even that isn't 100% needed since every city has em. Make them personal only, no sharing, no fc ownership, etc.

Offer the spaces at a reduced rate (50% perhaps) since there isn't all the bells and whistles of normal area housing.

Sure some players wont be happy, but frankly someone will complain no matter what anyway so there's no avoiding that. But it could be a solution. Esp since some people just don't care about the garden or doing anything with their exteriors. And frankly a one floor loft isn't all bad since a lot of people (I saw this by exploring other players houses to see what they have done inside) only use one floor of their house anyway, usually the one they have their npcs on. The other is void of anything but a stool or an empty table.

It seems like it would be simple, cause very little work for the housing devs, not cause too much server stress and make a large portion of the playerbase happy. I really see few drawbacks.

Thoughts???

Sure it's not exact and by no means am I taking credit but I posted this back in July and got surprisingly little feedback on it. But I did feel it was a good idea.

[FoxyAreku]

Yes, they do read the forums. They even respond sometimes.

[Stormrider]

When it comes to housing. It is best to think they have no handle on it and hope people will pretend its ok. When they say they have something coming every six months. Seriously they have backed themselves so far into a corner, the options available are probably horrible for them.

They can't even respond to the house reselling fiasco. That is just a yes do it or no don't do it. They have had weeks now to post a simple answer. They have also had a chance to post how many plots are available right now after they implemented the master reclamation system. They have also had time to come out and say if the mansions are just glorified Free company rooms. Spotting a trend?

[Itseotle]

Yes, they do read the forums. They even respond sometimes.

Yea but I'm almost entirely sure that somewhere along the path of What we say --> Dev who reads it --> Translator to JP --> JP Dev the message is distorted.

[Canadane]

TL Note: Mansion means apartment building.
Hope you like condo fees!

[UBERHAXED]

Yea but I'm almost entirely sure that somewhere along the path of What we say --> Dev who reads it --> Translator to JP --> JP Dev the message is distorted.

Yeah, too bad they don't have a forum where they can post feedback in their native language (oh wait...). It's likely the case that since JP represents the majority of players, they will listen to the majority opinion for matters when there's a conflict of interests. It also means that when there isn't a conflict of interest they can just go to the majority opinion. Yes, yes... this means that they just save time in every case by reading the JP forums for feedback... That said, JP is the majority, so even if all of NA+EU dis agrees, it would be better than doing the opposite. That also means that if your opinion happens not to align with the feedback the Devs say they listened too, it means your opinion is in the minority.

[enthauptet]

Yeah, too bad they don't have a forum where they can post feedback in their native language (oh wait...). It's likely the case that since JP represents the majority of players, they will listen to the majority opinion for matters when there's a conflict of interests. It also means that when there isn't a conflict of interest they can just go to the majority opinion. Yes, yes... this means that they just save time in every case by reading the JP forums for feedback... That said, JP is the majority, so even if all of NA+EU dis agrees, it would be better than doing the opposite. That also means that if your opinion happens not to align with the feedback the Devs say they listened too, it means your opinion is in the minority.

There are more NA players than JP players though, NA is half the player base. (based on latest survey results)

[UBERHAXED]

There are more NA players than JP players though, NA is half the player base. (based on latest survey results)

In the same link it shows more JP at endgame than NA and EU combined. This also not an official survey and was using particular criteria to determine if a player is counted in the total.

[enthauptet]

In the same link it shows more JP at endgame than NA and EU combined. This also not an official survey and was using particular criteria to determine if a player is counted in the total.

So endgame = actual players. And also no date > some data? I'm not sure how you are increasing the validity of your statement that JP has more players. The JP player market may be their designed market and preferred playerbase but that has nothing to do with the number of players.

[T2teddy]

Yeah, too bad they don't have a forum where they can post feedback in their native language (oh wait...). It's likely the case that since JP represents the majority of players, they will listen to the majority opinion for matters when there's a conflict of interests. It also means that when there isn't a conflict of interest they can just go to the majority opinion. Yes, yes... this means that they just save time in every case by reading the JP forums for feedback... That said, JP is the majority, so even if all of NA+EU dis agrees, it would be better than doing the opposite. That also means that if your opinion happens not to align with the feedback the Devs say they listened too, it means your opinion is in the minority.

The majority of players on JP data center perhaps but all the other data centers are English heavy with NA being the vast majority of players in the game as a whole.