Estate tags in 4.4!

[InkstainedGwyn]

Already trying to decide between Sanctum, Tavern, Design Home and Boutique... this will be a challenge

You can at least have 3 tags, so you'll only have to drop one of them.

Am I the only one who thinks you could just have tavern OR eatery? I get that an eatery doesn't necessarily serve alcohol and a tavern doesn't necessarily serve food, but come on. We have sanctum and aquarium, we could do without two incredibly similar ones.

Also, for the prior question, "Emporium" is a store.

[Ryaz]

The question is, do these have any value outside of RP and letting people know you have these designed in your house? For example, would someone be able to come in, head to my small basement restaurant and pay a few gil to eat the food there? Or use my vendors to buy stuff like an emporium?

If not, the only real reason for them would be RP and letting people who like to visit houses what you've got going on. At least there's a message book option. Makes visiting houses to sign their book much better. No more guessing games.

[Jojoya]

Venue is too generic to give an idea of what the house may contain. Some of the other tags would fall under Venue as it is.

Tags I'd like to see added to the list:

Arboretum (lots of indoor gardens out there)
Inn (not the same as a Tavern)
Spa (very common with the hot tubs and saunas players have made)
Workshop (a lot of players/FCs have crafting areas with the workbenches)
House of Worship (as Greyling said, Sanctum is clearly a reference to wedding chapel with the wedding ring icon)
Theater (for live actor stages like A Stage Reborn)
Cinema (several players have movie house themed areas)
Library (probably one of the most common decoration themes)

I can think of a few others but they aren't common in house decorating so probably aren't worth adding to the options. Though my house could use a Moogle Incarceration tag.

The question is, do these have any value outside of RP and letting people know you have these designed in your house? For example, would someone be able to come in, head to my small basement restaurant and pay a few gil to eat the food there? Or use my vendors to buy stuff like an emporium?

If not, the only real reason for them would be RP and letting people who like to visit houses what you've got going on. At least there's a message book option. Makes visiting houses to sign their book much better. No more guessing games.

Which was the point of adding these things at player request in the first place. To let us know what could be found inside. So those who actively RP would know it's a RP friendly space.

If you don't see the point of using the tags, then don't. I don't plan on using them with the current iteration of my house. The only tag that really applies to how I decorated is Message Book and part of my fun is seeing how many visitors actively explore every nook and cranny of the house. I've got the Message Book in a "hidden" room (though the room's existence should be obvious to any one who is observant) so if I get a new Like or message, I know someone has.

[Edax]

What exactly is a "Designer Home"? Isn't everybody's home a designer home (apart from the empty ones?)

[InkstainedGwyn]

What exactly is a "Designer Home"? Isn't everybody's home a designer home (apart from the empty ones?)

Yes and no, some folks prefer utility, some folks don't try to decorate, some folks aren't really interested in showing off their homes. Designer Home is a lable for folks who value house decoration and want to invite others to come see what they've done. There's value in however anyone uses their houses, but I know quite a few folks who aren't interested in having a fancy house or showing it off.

[Ramesses]

What exactly is a "Designer Home"? Isn't everybody's home a designer home (apart from the empty ones?)

I reckon designer homes are more like the ones shown HERE

There are quite a few other websites that show off amazing collections of FFXIV home designs made by players, that was just one example.

[MistakeNot]

I have no doubt that there will be people who will mark their house inaccurately for the lulz haha.

Some will no doubt. Many more will mark their houses inaccurately because they do not understand what the markings are supposed to indicate.

[Limonia]

The idea is nice, but I don't know which tag I would even choose.
We decorated our home as if our characters were living there, so it's a little roleplay-like but we don't actually actively roleplay. Using the roleplay tag would be wrong because everyone who sees it would think we sit there typing messages in say to each other all the time, when all we did was making a home for our characters.

Designer home would be wrong as well. While we tried our best to make our home "pretty", we don't have floating stages or pillows as lofts, walls full of windows and so on, because we wanted a more noble, but still down-to-earth feeling for our house. And 400 slots aren't enough anyway without leaving parts of it empty. If we could, we would put so much more stuff in it. ^^

I think it's missing a simple "home" tag.
Also, things like library, bath etc. could be useful for many players. I've seen many houses decorated as libraries.

But if anyone uses one of the tags, chances are high that that person at least decorated their house and didn't leave it empty or only put 5 seasonal event furnishing in it. So it's nice to know which house is worth visiting.

[Zsolen]

My FC will certainly use Boutique, since it is a crafting/ gathering FC, and I am going to encourage the use of mannequins by FC members in their chambers for their own profit. I'm not sure what others will fit. Do I put eatery, since we have a cafe setup currently, and we would be willing to accept food crafting requests? I guess it is whatever we make of it.

[InkstainedGwyn]

The idea is nice, but I don't know which tag I would even choose.
We decorated our home as if our characters were living there, so it's a little roleplay-like but we don't actually actively roleplay. Using the roleplay tag would be wrong because everyone who sees it would think we sit there typing messages in say to each other all the time, when all we did was making a home for our characters.

Designer home would be wrong as well. While we tried our best to make our home "pretty", we don't have floating stages or pillows as lofts, walls full of windows and so on, because we wanted a more noble, but still down-to-earth feeling for our house. And 400 slots aren't enough anyway without leaving parts of it empty. If we could, we would put so much more stuff in it. ^^

I think it's missing a simple "home" tag.
Also, things like library, bath etc. could be useful for many players. I've seen many houses decorated as libraries.

But if anyone uses one of the tags, chances are high that that person at least decorated their house and didn't leave it empty or only put 5 seasonal event furnishing in it. So it's nice to know which house is worth visiting.

I think it l depends on your view point. I wouldn't say that designer homes have to be fantastic or using glitches. I'd say it goes for anyone that seriously put thought into the layout of their home and didn't just pile all of their vendors and house amenities in a cluster next to the front door, which I've seen, or are just using it as a catch-all for cool furniture. I think designer home is catch-all on "it's a decorated home without a commercial or civic theme". But it's also each to their own, as to what they feel comfortable using.