How would have implemented housing in XIV?

[Evogolist]

Just as the title says, what are some ways that you all could have seen housing implemented?

For me, aside from the usual instance housing, I think instanced plots with the ability to purchase the size of land and house you would want, would have been a good way to go about it. This way, all players have a fair chance at not only getting a house, but also it gives everyone a fair shot the size house they want.

So what about you all? What are some interesting ways housing could have been added?

Update:
I know that a lot of people are still asking and waiting for Ishgard housing. There's also a number of people according to other housing threads, that would like for some sort of housing in the Sea of Clouds. So my second question is, where are some other areas you'd like to see housing wards or just housing in general open up at in future patches/expansions?

[Vstarstruck]

Combination of instance housing and what we have now.

For housing we have now, I would do pricing based on gil floating around, i/e basically setting the prices back to when housing was first released.

Instanced housing would mimic the prices we have now.

adding a 4th size to the wards, 1 per ward, on a 1 week bidding system, starting at 300-500 M (depending on gil per server)

Rules what we have now, 1 fc, 1 personal per account, alts on account get full access to the personal.

Instanced housing all start as what we see as smalls, then players do work to upgrade them, up to the 4th new size. New size would be very hard and tedious to upgrade, meant for a status symbol.

[Ametrine]

I would've gone fully instanced.

Multiple areas in the overworld would have entraces that essentially port you to a housing ready environment. The theme of this plot is based on the area, and more "themes" are added as the game expands.

You can own a single house in every possible spot. If there are 20 zones with a plot to buy, you can own 20 homes. All are fully customizable and pricing varies based upon zone. Base areas outside cities being the cheapest, a few hundred k, high level areas like Azys Lla being upwards of a few 100mil.

Group housing still exists. You can have one workshop PER PLAYER and it's seperated from housing. Gardening is much the same, but much more expanded. Meaning, all players, regardless of house status, has access to both.

[Kazrah]

I'd have probably gone with fully instanced and exclusively apartments for individuals with outdoor lofts for gardening, and maybe increase the size of the apartment based on how many tenants are in it to a maximum of four people for one apartment. That way, whenever anyone says "I want housing from this area", all that needs to be done is have a change of the outdoor backdrop.

Housing areas would've been exclusively for FCs, with only two or three market boards per ward to allow for increased communication among members of different FCs.

[Texa]

I would've added buttsliders to the houses.

[Airget]

Would of just stuck with their first plan, seperate FC and Player housing. Player Housing would be all small houses but 40 in each ward meanwhile FC house would be a mix of Medium/Large houses at a limit of 25 per ward.

Or give the option to upgrade the size of your house, Small>Medium and Medium> large, this would exponentially increased the amount of X type houses in the game compared to what's in the game now. I feel most players would be content with a Medium House so if SE tweaked the system and allowed the ability to upgrade houses that would solve a lot of issues.

[Jaibamon]

Just like the actual system, but only FCs can own houses. Individuals can have a FC room, there is no apartments.

But then, improve the room system. Allow players to pay extra for bigger rooms; suites of 2 or 3 floors, different layouts, and idk, even add extra sub-rooms to add a interior garden, or a big pool.

This would force players to be more social, and to make FCs more important.

[Mirch]

I would have add apartments first then housings

[Vhailor]

Just as the title says, what are some ways that you all could have seen housing implemented?

For me, aside from the usual instance housing, I think instanced plots with the ability to purchase the size of land and house you would want, would have been a good way to go about it. This way, all players have a fair chance at not only getting a house, but also it gives everyone a fair shot the size house they want.

So what about you all? What are some interesting ways housing could have been added?

Instanced plots with a fixed price for each size tier. To be sure, there is something nice about having 'neighborhoods' to wander around it, but in my estimation, it simply hasn't been worth the cost. There are also significant architectural limits imposed by such a system; with fully instanced plots, SE could easily have allowed for larger outdoor areas or housing addition options alongside the base packages. The instanced house could also be shared more easily across one's entire account; any alt within the same data centre could probably access it.

[Keridwyn]

Fully instanced plots that are customizable to resemble the zone of your choice. Wanna live in a bubble under the Ruby Sea, sure! Floating sky island in the Sea of Clouds, you got it, chalet in Ishgard, no problem.

Outside of that dynamic wards with a uniform plot size and only plot grades to vary the prices. When one ward fills the next is generated.