Housing wards need more activities!

[MihaelB]

It's quiet and empty every single day in most of the wards, I have access to 3 private houses and one FC in different locations, nothing there, it's depressing, rarely see people around, No actions at all. Why there is no strong weather in the residential area , why we cannot hear thunder or see lighting from the inside of our houses.

You can only see snow falling the days before Christmas and that's pretty much it.

Anyway, I started to do just like other house owners, hanging out more in the cities specially in Limisa or Idyllshire because I have no reason to be alone all the time.

To be honest, this is why private housing should be abolished and only be available to FC owners with a benchmark activity such as 10-20 people online regularly.

There is so many players with private FCs & private housing leaving the wards abandoned and boring in the first place.

Ward 1 plots are most valuable to me because on my server they're the ones with active FCs in them whilst the others are desolate and empty.

[Fived]

I agree there should be more of an award for being in the housing zones in general. Maybe put a collectible vendor or something in the zone. I know a lot of people that craft in the house. This would give them a reason to leave house and turn in, instead of TP straight from inside house to MD or Iddy.

[Dyvid]

I was thinking up a system that players can use to "improve" their wards. Introduce W.A.T.E (Ward Active Time Events) that requires to do chores, quest, and such to earn ward points. Players then use those points to invest in ward improvement categories; Playground, Chocobo Ranch, Farming, Charter Vessels, *more to come*.

Playground is basically an event area with interact stuff like slides, swings, merry go round, blah blah blah.
Chocobo Ranch is a place where players can rent a space to raise their birds instead of using chocobo stables.
Farming is a place where players can rent 3 slot gardening lots.
Charter Vessels is basically this - FFXI Manaclipper