Quote Originally Posted by Nerfworthy View Post
Instanced housing won't solve anything. It will only create more problems. Why do you think no one likes apartments? Because they are instanced and non-social. The big draw for most people, myself included, is the neighborhood atmosphere of the housing wards. They need to figure out some other solution other than instancing. I think it's a bad idea.
I can't speak for everyone, but I dislike apartments not because of the lack of a social aspect, but because:

--They're small
--You can't garden in them (I.e., cross-breeding plants)
--Small item limit (though at least they upped it to 100 with SB...)
--Not an adequate substitute at all for Free Companies
--Basically a more expensive FC room with no added benefits (less actually because they aren't part of an FC house)

My ward is a ghost town. I have a small personal house for my FC and I see maybe 2 people once a week. If I'm lucky. The most activity I've seen in a housing ward was the day of maintenance when people were scoping out plots in Shirogane, joking around in plots and in /shout. It was nice to actually talk with people but the wards aren't always that active.