Shirogane Houses, for FC only?

[Kosmos992k]

They have not confirmed one way or another. Yoshida mentioned they may only allow FC housing purchases first, but that he wanted to review things beforehand. If they don't mention it on the Live Letter tomorrow, it'll be touched on when housing releases.

Previously he - Yoshida - has said hat they will get the transfer system working before opening new housing. I suspect that it will be general admission from the start, but I am also hoping that there is no transfers first then open for general purchase kind of staged opening, unless they open half the wards for transfers and throw open the gates after that.

If they do allow only FC's go to first then it would pretty much be making it FC only (Not that I have an issue with that). There is no way there would be any plots left open for individual players

The only thing I don't like about FC housing is that essentially only masters of FCs can decorate the house.

FC masters need to be careful with some permissions, but decorating isn't one that we need to be careful with, unless we want the FC house to reflect a certain style and appearance. Remembering that the FC. Master sets the tone/philosophy/style for the FC some may not wish to have the FC house in constant flux with the ideas of 100 different players at work. Also some specific furnishings used to be deleted on removal, I restricted decoration more when that was the case, but loosened up once that was no longer an issue. Not all FC masters will have remembered to change things.

[TristanBlane]

Does anyone know about apartments? Will those be added as well alongside housing?

[Akira]

4.1x is when shirogane is opening

[Elim]

I already have a mansion and I don't like how small the lawns look in Shirogane, so it's no skin off my back. But if they release it for FC's only first, not a single plot will be left for individual players. They'll be gone 5 minutes after the servers go up. Well... I'm sure there will be lots of 2 person FC's or alt FC's that purchase the plots, so I suppose they could be sort-of counted as individual players? lol

One thing I hope is they actually implement house moving upon launch, so FC's are able to upgrade without losing everything. I happen to have a larger plot than my FC, but that's only because no one wanted to give up airships etc.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

Housing in Shirogane will work as housing in any other residential area. Costs and access will be exactly the same and yes there will be apartments as well.

[Rymm]

If they do make Shirogane FC only when it first opens, I sincerely hope that they do not announce it before the servers go down. If people have time to prep beforehand then (even more than normal) people will have 1-person 'shell FCs' ready and waiting to swoop in and get houses for their private use, completely defeating the purpose.

That being said, that's a huge 'if' and I highly doubt they will make it FC only.

[Niwashi]

If people have time to prep beforehand then (even more than normal) people will have 1-person 'shell FCs' ready and waiting to swoop in and get houses for their private use, completely defeating the purpose.

It would take quite a lot of prep time beforehand. You can't just create an FC and buy a house with it. There's also the step of getting that FC up to rank 8 first, which is a significant undertaking with only one player's activities to contribute to rank points. Possible, of course, but I suspect that the majority of those who could do it already have their FC anyway.

[Dustytome]

It would take quite a lot of prep time beforehand. You can't just create an FC and buy a house with it. There's also the step of getting that FC up to rank 8 first, which is a significant undertaking with only one player's activities to contribute to rank points. Possible, of course, but I suspect that the majority of those who could do it already have their FC anyway.

Rank 6 and it really doesn't take that long to get there solo, much less time if you have any help at all.

[Rymm]

It would take quite a lot of prep time beforehand. You can't just create an FC and buy a house with it. There's also the step of getting that FC up to rank 8 first, which is a significant undertaking with only one player's activities to contribute to rank points. Possible, of course, but I suspect that the majority of those who could do it already have their FC anyway.

I'm well aware that you don't just register an FC and then immediately buy a house, but you don't have to get it up to rank 8, either. It's actually very easy to do, hence why so many people already do it. Either way, my point stands that if they make the new ward FC only at the start, they need to hold off announcing it until the very last minute. Otherwise it would completely negate such a restriction.

Again, I highly doubt it's going to be limited to FCs anyway, so the argument is likely moot.

[Coratanni]

It would take quite a lot of prep time beforehand. You can't just create an FC and buy a house with it. There's also the step of getting that FC up to rank 8 first, which is a significant undertaking with only one player's activities to contribute to rank points. Possible, of course, but I suspect that the majority of those who could do it already have their FC anyway.

It only took me 5 weeks to rank up an FC to rank 8(I believe it only has to be rank 6 to buy a house) with my main alone. Though it helped turning accessories in for seals from A1S light farming.