Thread: 4.2 housing system update and what's wrong with it

SE has handled this whole housing issue with bandaid fix after bandaid fix. The problem with housing is that everyone wants a house. Everyone eventually wants a large plot with access to 3 garden plots.

The issue is that housing is limited to wards and there aren't enough wards for every player to have the size house they want.

The only fix is to create instanced housing and allow people to upgrade their instanced house as they can afford it.

Apartment

The cheapest purchase. This is a small room, basically the size it is now. Use the front door to leave or access to an instanced outside garden or "rooftop" which allows 1 garden plot. This apartment garden allows all outside funishings and is the same size as your apartment.

Small House

This is no longer the current small house design but the first floor of the large mansion. Instead of a staircases, there are walls around the staircases. This is to ensure you do not build beyond the staircase.

Medium House

This unlocks the upper staircase and the upper rooms. The walls are removed, the staircase and the upstairs added.

Large House is the final purchase. This unlocks the downstairs staircase and the basement. The walls are removed and the staircase and basement added.

By eliminating different designs for small and large house, you can now upgrade your house and keep your furnishings where they are.

The only issue would be actually blocking people from going through the wall or floors to access the top and basement floors.

All yards for instanced housing are the same size, large house but you are no longer in a ward.

Free Companies; allow all apartments and instanced housing to become FC apartments and housing as an upgrade, not a one time only choice when purchasing.