Solution to housing crisis

[Kyoji5]

Owning a house is meant to be elitist by design though. So although that might be disheartening, that's kinda how things work.

If owning a house is elitist and difficult to obtain by design (and could very well be true), then it doesn't seem to be acceptable to a lot of players of this game .

It's not okay to force people to log in at a certain time when people have jobs/lives outside of the game and can't get up at the time the servers come back up, just to find out there are so many people logging in, you have to pray to RNGesus you get in and then hope to get one of the open plots. Everyone should be able to get a house if they have the gil to buy it. It's like, "hey, you can buy eastern style houses in Shirogane when it opens up! Wait, no you can't, just kidding. All the plots sold in 10 minutes or less on each server with numerous plots being sold for hundreds of millions of gil online, violating ToS."

[Keridwyn]

Owning a house is meant to be elitist by design though. So although that might be disheartening, that's kinda how things work.

That was true right up until they designed workshops for FCs and didn't implement a safe form of public gardening. Once they started making systems that required housing the Elitist portion went right out the window for the majority of the population as everyone would like access to airships and attempting crossbreedings.

It's my personal feeling that instanced housing for individuals is the way to go. Originally I'd have preferred the 'private island' idea that some have thrown around but the more I think about it the more I like the idea of upgrading apartments more. Make them into real gil sinks that improve the more you spend on them. Starting a simple rooms and eventually evolving into lavish multi-story affairs that could be penthouses with rooftop gardens or ground floor with access to a hidden backyard instead. Since these would all be personal instances just like the inside of houses, the only limit would be the number of apartments and the amount people spent into them.

The wards would then resume the illusion of 'elite' housing even though the reality would be everyone could own a home every bit as lavish. Some people would just be able to show their exteriors with the world while others would not.

[RayneLittlewinkle]

I think this would be a wonderful Idea. Bumping thread so more can see it

[Dillia]

Here is another idea. Make the housing wards for personal housing only and let Free Companies purchase an instanced airship the size of the Prima Vista. All the functions can remain intact with outdoor furnishings on the top deck of the ship, multiple levels inside, personal quarters for company members and a workshop for crafting. If I recall, the reason that airships were not more widely used is due to dragon attack. Well with the end of Heavensward that should be a non issue. We can even let Nero be our black market imperial airship vendor.

[Okamimaru]

Actually this is a good idea... each housing district with instanced islands for additional housing... this would let everyone own a house (provided they meet the housing requirements) while keeping the current housing system in tact for players who like the neighborhoods/status/ect... maybe make it a bit cheaper... like 2 mil for small 10 for med and 20 for large...

[Almagnus1]

Actually this is a good idea... each housing district with instanced islands for additional housing... this would let everyone own a house (provided they meet the housing requirements) while keeping the current housing system in tact for players who like the neighborhoods/status/ect... maybe make it a bit cheaper... like 2 mil for small 10 for med and 20 for large...

The problem you're going to come to hate is every time you want to use the marketboard, you're going to see a loading screen.

Unless they stick a marketboard on the private island, that is.

[Banyaanyaa]

Thinking back on it, it may not be that difficult to place a market board on the islands. Proper programming practices would dictate that they placed the code for the market board within a class linked to the object rather than hard coding it into each areas' individual market board. I can't be certain as I haven't seen the code.

[Claviusnex]

Thinking back on it, it may not be that difficult to place a market board on the islands. Proper programming practices would dictate that they placed the code for the market board within a class linked to the object rather than hard coding it into each areas' individual market board. I can't be certain as I haven't seen the code.

They've already linked into the underlying MB code by allowing retainers in the house so it really shouldn't be a major architectural change to support the MB itself.

[ArchangelSavior]

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