Housing wards need more activities!

[Theodric]

It'd be nice but I don't see it happening. Whenever they add quirky stuff it typically ends up being implemented through The Gold Saucer. Plus a lot of people are currently excluded from the opportunity to own a house - which would result in a lot of negative feedback if it seemed more mandatory than it already arguably is.

It's a shame, though - even on a bustling server like Balmung the housing ward I live in is very quiet. Surprising given that it's Mist too.

[Kur]

I have access to three friends houses in different nations and I own two houses one in Goblet (The Brimming Heart) Medium house in awesome location by the water fall and the other is literally a beach house (Small) in Mist I bought it for my real life partner. All of these area are empty in my server, no life around .

I use my mount to run around everyday, nothing going on, your server might have people hanging around but mine is not. 30% of the houses that I enter has none decorations at all. Most of the wards are ghost town, imagine when they add more wards. Most of the people who buy houses, never show up. I spoke to the house owner near by my house asking her if she is willing to sell it because she is never there, she said she only hang out at FC house and she will keep her house.

[Kur]

Continued.

I have spoken to people who say my house is too large for me I dont need it, I want to sell it and use FC's one and there are those who say my house is way too small, I will sell it and get a large one, I dont think the problem with houses size, it just nothing there to keep people wanting their houses. I am sure I will end up getting my 80% money back and just hang out in Idyllshire, like everyone else.

There are so many ideas. Mostly can be funny and creative, like a Chocobo run away from NPC's stable, you could see the npc running after him around people''s houses or later you can try to help locate where the chocobo was hiding for a small reward. Then next week has something else happening...etc

I assure you the new wards that SE will create will become a ghost town eventually just like the current one.

[FJerome]

Mist has a beach, it's mostly empty, why can't have NPC running and playing in the sand and have different activities during the night time like fire and some npc around it or even see some ship visiting with lights on

I like it quiet and empty, it makes it feel much more like a private beach.

[Kur]

I like it quiet and empty, it makes it feel much more like a private beach.

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.

[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.