Correct me if I am wrong...

[Snugglebutt]

FC houses are only ones which get airship crafting and airship ventures regardless of S/M/L? I think that is the case and personal houses don't get them no matter the plot size etc.

I think SE should allow personal houses to also be able to craft airships for airship ventures. An artificial, petty, made-up lore justification for the exclusion could be argued because it is merely labelled 'free company airship' instead of just 'airship' currently...but from an equality and enjoyment perspective I dislike how people who spend the same amount of money on a house does not get access to it just because one is called personal and the other FC. If both pay the same amount for the property they should get the same features in my opinion, I think it is a little insulting to exclude someone from that house feature when they paid the same amount for their personal house as someone for their FC one.

If two people walk into a restaurant, one called Dave and the other John. Both order the same meal for the same price but John gets continuous free bottles of wine to drink with his meal just because he is called John while Dave does not, in my opinion Dave would have legitimate right to be insulted by that situation. It just doesn't feel right to me that both are not entitled access to the same features when pay the same amount. Maybe SE could implement a percentage deduction/reimbursement in house cost for purchase of 'personal' vs 'FC' because they don't get access to the same features as those paying same amount currently.

[MomomiMomi]

Yes, FC house regardless of size. Personal don't get them.

[Geesus]

It's not really a "lore justification". LOL

The reason FCs ONLY have Airships is because there is a large contingent of crafters/gatherers in this game. Those that were in an FC and did not like raiding felt left out of actually feeling like they mattered for their particular like of the game. So SE gave them a workshop and the Airship. This is why you cannot solo the completion of parts or Airships as a whole. You need a party. Now, it doesn't HAVE TO BE FC members ONLY. it can be anyone who is a crafter but, the idea was to give those in an FC something to make them feel like they mattered even if the weren't the type to raid.

[MomomiMomi]

If two people walk into a restaurant, one called Dave and the other John. Both order the same meal for the same price but John gets continuous free bottles of wine to drink with his meal just because he is called John while Dave does not, in my opinion Dave would have legitimate right to be insulted by that situation. It just doesn't feel right to me that both are not entitled access to the same features when pay the same amount. Maybe SE could implement a percentage deduction/reimbursement in house cost for purchase of 'personal' vs 'FC' because they don't get access to the same features as those paying same amount currently.

Oh, you added stuff. Here's the problem with your analogy: they aren't the same meal on the menu. They just look the same, they cost the same, but one is only available to certain parties who qualify and comes with free drinks.

[Snugglebutt]

Oh, you added stuff. Here's the problem with your analogy: they aren't the same meal on the menu. They just look the same, they cost the same, but one is only available to certain parties who qualify and comes with free drinks.

It's the same house at the same price minus a pretty significant feature so I remain unchanged in my opinion that there should be a reduction or discounted price for purchasing it without that feature, maybe 15-30% discount or reimbursement when purchase personal vs FC version rather than charging FC version price for version without a reasonably substantial housing feature. I have yet to be swayed against the idea of such a discount though as that would be a counter balance to me of 'okay so you do not get feature x but because of that you did not have to pay the same amount as people with feature x', I could be swayed on personal housing getting/not getting also airship crafting/ventures but in terms of pricing...my opinion remains unchanged.

[MomomiMomi]

Housing is limited. No discounts!

[Snugglebutt]

Housing is limited. No discounts!

With their plan of raising potential house prices in the near future they could incorporate my idea of balancing/trade off for this issue by not raising the personal price as much as the FC price and in that sense it wouldn't be a discount as much as simply not increasing it to the same degree. I remain unmoved from my position of people not being charged the same price for same house when not granted same access to same features as that same price FC version. Whether they should offer a small percentage discount/reimbursement or simply not raising personal prices as much as FC prices to make up for features given to one but not the other despite costing the same, no-one has convinced me yet to change my opinion though they are fully entitled to theirs. I am more than willing to change my stance or opinion if an argument is made which I can agree on to a degree that I change my position but nobody has come up with one compelling enough yet.

[Zojha]

I'd just be mean and make the features directly dependent on how many people benefit from the house, rather than the type of house -
If you have a lot of co-owners of your private house, you get joint access to stuff like gardening and ultimately airships, whereas living alone just gives basic decoration rights. Same would apply to FCs - very small or even one-person FCs would not gain access to all the features.

With housing being a very limited ressource, that would set a clear incentive to share it with as many people as possible :3

But people would have my heaaad if that happened :P

[Judah_Brandt]

"Give my Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game more single player features." What's wrong with that sentence.

If you want an airship, make a one person FC and get one. The point of the Airship initially was for Diadem excursions which you could do with a party of, y'know, other players in your FC. It's why Hard mode is locked behind it. You can also queue for the Diadem without an Airship. It's an FC feature, not a housing feature.

[Snugglebutt]

"Give my Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game more single player features." What's wrong with that sentence.

No, it is more 'I think they should charge less for the same house when that same house lacks the same features". They do not need to give the personal house the same features but it shouldn't cost the same as the version with those features in my opinion. Also what's so bad about expanding it to allow inviting a group of friends to go with you on voyages who do not live with you. When you own a car it isn't the case only the people living in your house can travel with you in it unless that is what you want but other people will let others ride with them from A to B quite happily who do not live with them.

Owning a personal house does not mean you hate playing with other people or are anti-social, does not mean have no friends or do not like to do other things with other people. Overall however my main issue is I just do not think people should have to pay the same price for the same house when one lacks quite an important feature, a feature that while requires a reasonably large initial investment in crafting also gives a huge financial advantage from airship ventures once created compared to those without it. I would like the ability to enjoy that feature, the enjoyment of creating my own airship for my own airship ventures without having to leave my current FC to do so...but failing that then I do not think people should have to pay the same amount for the same house when that amount doesn't include access to a very enjoyable feature compared to the FC version.