How would have implemented housing in XIV?

[XovanPrince]

See swtor personal ships. Some of us just want one place to sleep, glamor, store items and use the market board without changing maps.

[Caitlyn]

FC Housing: Like it is right now, but with more bigger houses depending on the size of your FC.

Private Housing: Instanced and seperated from FC Housing areas. Like a big version of your private room, but with a (bigger) garden and options like 4 different locations (depending what kind of view you like) per city state, 3 different sizes (S,M,L) and the option to book additional "features" like shop NPCs and a market board near your house. Only 1 private house per account and world, but any of your characters got the same rights.

Oh and btw: I would like to save my housing decoration like a glamour plate. Could be hard to implement, but you can change your interior within seconds.

[Derio]

I would have done housing differently. I would have done apartments first, then expanded apartments, then lofts, then condos, then housing. Also I would have expanded the options to include Ishgard, Doman Farmlands. Along with having 3 different variations of each citystate living area.

[Evogolist]

Hey everyone, updated the OP with a second question (instead of starting a whole new thread that is, lol). But if you don't feel like going back to page 1, then here's my second question.

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?

[Stormfur]

This is what I would have done.

Everyone starts off with the ability to purchase an apartment.

As you continue through the game and your reputation spreads through your deeds (i.e. completing ARR for example), you would be able to buy a small plot of land in one of the three major city-states.

When you complete the MSQ of heavensward, you'd unlock the ability to relocate (if desired) to:
1) Ishgard
2) Sharlayan
3) The sea of clouds

You would also unlock their architectural styles for your home

Upon completing the MSQ of Stormblood, your heroics would earn you the option to relocate to
1) Shirogane
2) The Azim Steppe

As before, you'd unlock their architecture for your home.

Now, so that this wouldn't be a race to see who could complete the MSQ the fastest, the actual housing wards themselves would be separated into
a) Instanced FC wards and
b) Instanced personal wards

This way, as you grow as a character, so too do your options for owning land. Everything, including mog station purchases, goes with you when you when you move, through the miracle that is pack chocobos.

[Evogolist]

I don't think they'll ever be able to fix this mess of a housing system as long as the demand for it remains high and they're unable to meet that demand. However, it's nice to see that they're finally somewhat listening to us and trying to fix it as best they can and this patch showed that, enough if they did mess up and announce it too early.

[Besame]

I don't think they'll ever be able to fix this mess of a housing system as long as the demand for it remains high and they're unable to meet that demand. However, it's nice to see that they're finally somewhat listening to us and trying to fix it as best they can and this patch showed that, enough if they did mess up and announce it too early.

Yes, as I stated previously, they don't think before they act. I feel bad for the individuals that want their first house still waiting after a week. Only plus side: the lucky ones will be able to nab them for half the cost so that's a plus hehe.

[Evogolist]

As for my second question, just to get the ball rolling, someone mentioned the Ruby Sea earlier and I think that would be an interesting and nice place to have a housing area.

[Besame]

As for my second question, just to get the ball rolling, someone mentioned the Ruby Sea earlier and I think that would be an interesting and nice place to have a housing area.

I like that idea!

[wizisi2k]

if I were in charge of housing, I'd probably do things slightly differently. I would probably involve the mogstation at some point like it is for eternal bond ceremonies in the terms of reserving a plot. Pick your ward, plot, and size. If you have the gil, you own it. If you are on a high-population server with NO wards open, you would have to pay a small fee (goes directly towards servers supporting it-maybe $3-5 for a small, $8-10 for a medium, $12-15 for a large. ONE TIME PAYMENT!) Of course, the restrictions for mogstation owned houses would be severe (cannot relinquish land but it won't be taken from you like if you paid using gil through housing demolition; if a FC dissolves, it reverts to the owner. If they own a personal and that house, cannot buy another). Benefits: everyone can get a house where they want. SE buys more servers rather than reallocate housing servers from dead servers to active ones. I also liked the ideas of upgrading your house. I would also have in affect the restrictions SE has on ownership. Moving to new areas sounds like it would be work but useful. Add a couple hundred k to relocate to a new ward that isn't open to everybody (mogstation purchases cannot relocate maybe? Or if they can it's at a lower cost?)