Housing

[DrWho2010]

it's about being effective as opposed to not. the way the devs perceive issues on these forums is NOT the number of threads about a subject. They want to see long threads with many replies and posts in those threads with multiple likes on relevant posts. doing things any other way is not going to help any situation.

[IkaraGreydancer]

it's about being effective as opposed to not. the way the devs perceive issues on these forums is NOT the number of threads about a subject. They want to see long threads with many replies and posts in those threads with multiple likes on relevant posts. doing things any other way is not going to help any situation.

Fair point. But we do have threads like that and nothing seems to be changing

[DrWho2010]

with the way the current housing is they had to introduce auto-demolish. if someone bought a house and then later on decided to quit and never come back to the game again that house would be there in perpetuity, never able to exchanged or anything else. that would be far worse.

[Magic_Fork]

Ishguard housing sounds awesome and I would love to own one. Though i'm not sure how "fair" this will turn out for all players. We have waited a long time for Ishguard housing and I would hate anyone be restricted by aspects of the game they take no interest in. Then there is the problem of the housing wars and high demand. Trying to secure a house if you don't already own one is hell. I would have preferred a tombola raffle then the timer system lol.

The only option that I can see that may work in regards to the housing problems and wars is keeping the housing wards as they are. Adding in different sized apartments (small, Medium, Large). Ok, so you wont have the communal feeling some players want and you cant run FCs from them but for players that just want a place to call home this would be a viable option. With less people feeling the need to buy an estate you would probably see an increase in housing slots. This would also make getting a house in new housing wards somewhat easier.

Also adding things like a balcony (so you can still make use of planting plots) to the medium and large apartments would also be beneficial to the idea. You can have a lot more apartments then ward housing.
I personally wouldn't mind trading in my plot for an apartment if it had the same functionality. I understand though this might take a bit of work and the devs might not be to fond on the idea. Not to mention what affect it will have on the servers.
But I would have like to see them fix the outcry for housing even if just by a little before they throw another set of wards in the mix. This will probably end up like shirogane wars

[ERMITANYO]

On each world, why not just remove the 2 apartment buildings for each of the 18 wards on all four housing districts, and just make 1 massive apartment complex set up in well lets say Ishgard, which can be readily purchased by a player having finished all requirements for owning a house/apartment.*

Apartments in this system will offer a more wide vertical and horizintal customizable apartment space having an outdoor instanced balcony (like the one in eulmore upperdeck), which follows in game time and weather, and allows large scale gardening.

The apartment courtyard will be massive (Like that of the wide crystarium open space going to the crystal exarch's occular), with all sorts of npc merchants, mb, and summoning bell, as well as function areas for in game events and player sponsored events.

The housing districts and ward system can still be continued as somewhat a rare resource for those who want to compete for a plot. Hopefully housing districts will also have big improvements to its neighborhood aesthetics.

Ishguard housing sounds awesome and I would love to own one. Though i'm not sure how "fair" this will turn out for all players. We have waited a long time for Ishguard housing and I would hate anyone be restricted by aspects of the game they take no interest in. Then there is the problem of the housing wars and high demand. Trying to secure a house if you don't already own one is hell. I would have preferred a tombola raffle then the timer system lol.

The only option that I can see that may work in regards to the housing problems and wars is keeping the housing wards as they are. Adding in different sized apartments (small, Medium, Large). Ok, so you wont have the communal feeling some players want and you cant run FCs from them but for players that just want a place to call home this would be a viable option. With less people feeling the need to buy an estate you would probably see an increase in housing slots. This would also make getting a house in new housing wards somewhat easier.

Also adding things like a balcony (so you can still make use of planting plots) to the medium and large apartments would also be beneficial to the idea. You can have a lot more apartments then ward housing.
I personally wouldn't mind trading in my plot for an apartment if it had the same functionality. I understand though this might take a bit of work and the devs might not be to fond on the idea. Not to mention what affect it will have on the servers.
But I would have like to see them fix the outcry for housing even if just by a little before they throw another set of wards in the mix. This will probably end up like shirogane wars