Why not instanced plots?

[LittleSparrow]

Why no instanced housing? Because wards are great. If I wanted instanced housing I would be playing the Sims.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Why no instanced housing? Because wards are great. If I wanted instanced housing I would be playing the Sims.

So great the overwhelming majority of players will never have houses because the hamster wheel servers can't handle it. Not to mention, the wards are dead. I have now been on two large servers (Balmung and Cactuar) and I saw my neighhours only a handful times. You may like the wards aesthetic, but I'd much prefer a server that doesn't screw over 90% of players.

[LittleSparrow]

So great the overwhelming majority of players will never have houses because the hamster wheel servers can't handle it. Not to mention, the wards are dead. I have now been on two large servers (Balmung and Cactuar) and I saw my neighhours only a handful times. You may like the wards aesthetic, but I'd much prefer a server that doesn't screw over 90% of players.

Wards aren't dead at all. I see my neighbours all the time and SE never intended for housing to be for everybody anyway.

Their servers do suck though. That I can agree on.

[HyoMinPark]

Wards aren't dead at all. I see my neighbours all the time and SE never intended for housing to be for everybody anyway.

Doesn’t mean it wasn’t a poor design choice to anger 90% of the playerbase that wants housing because there’s only enough for 10%. The idea of exclusivity is a ridiculous one anyways. In truth, Housing was initially designed just for Free Companies; personal housing wasn’t added until later when players complained about said FC exclusivity. And, again, the idea of exclusivity is a ridiculous one anyways.

And yes, the wards are very dead. I have had a small FC house for a little over half a year in the Lavender Beds on Cactuar—I see one person maybe once a month from the FC across the way from my house (that, despite being a mansion, seems to be relatively inactive—or at least their plot is pretty dead). And they never speak to me. Not a very “community feeling” at all. I’m standing in Shirogane right now, and there is nobody around but the person I share a house with. Because we’re decorating said house.

I’m also sure the developers did not intend for one individual to have more than one house, nor for two to own nearly an entire Ward either.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Wards aren't dead at all. I see my neighbours all the time and SE never intended for housing to be for everybody anyway.

Their servers do suck though. That I can agree on.

I owned a small house on Balmung, the most popular server in the game by a considerable mile, yet only saw my neighbours on rare occasions. Regardless, it's a terrible design philosophy when 90% of your playerbase is frustrated-- some on the verge of tears after they took time away from work or felt responsible to get a FC house only to get locked into a 1,000 person queue. No other MMO has struggled with housing like FFXIV. It's an embarrassment the dev should be utterly ashamed of.

[WanderingStar]

Wards aren't dead at all. I see my neighbours all the time and SE never intended for housing to be for everybody anyway.

Design flaw. Paying the same sub fee to not have access to the same content is wrong.

People like to compare this to raiding which is hilarious. You're not barred from high tier content. It always there for you to zone into and work on and complete. With housing? Nope. Nada. Can't do. Deal with it.

[Claviusnex]

So great the overwhelming majority of players will never have houses because the hamster wheel servers can't handle it. Not to mention, the wards are dead. I have now been on two large servers (Balmung and Cactuar) and I saw my neighhours only a handful times. You may like the wards aesthetic, but I'd much prefer a server that doesn't screw over 90% of players.

Yep the wards are largely dead. So are the FC houses I've visited on my server. I finally saw a second player in my ward after being there a year. I was at the MB, waved to them and didn't get any type of response even though they showed online.