Rework the housing system

[Kuroka]

As long as they dont state "there wont be any ishgard housing" its comming and if they dont say that before, they deserve the storm just like the male viera/female hrotgar one - just say outright no instead of teasing us.

[Themarvin]

Long answer short, go to any server, and inspect all the wards... most of those wards mostly is Ghost Cities anyway, most of these houses is not even used, I say reduce the demo timer to 15 days from 45 days, that way you need to keep subscribed to keep a house.

For the waiting system now, it is excelent, before that you could do real estate and it was a method for farmers to gain credits illegal, also it is illegal to sell a plot for more than what it is worth.

[Jojoya]

Long answer short, go to any server, and inspect all the wards... most of those wards mostly is Ghost Cities anyway, most of these houses is not even used, I say reduce the demo timer to 15 days from 45 days, that way you need to keep subscribed to keep a house.

For the waiting system now, it is excelent, before that you could do real estate and it was a method for farmers to gain credits illegal, also it is illegal to sell a plot for more than what it is worth.

Most of the houses do get used. They're just not getting used at that moment you happen to be passing by, or the owner is inside where you can't see them.

[CoolCat]

Add a ton more housing wards. Can the servers not handle it or something?

[tdb]

Add a ton more housing wards. Can the servers not handle it or something?

No, they can't. SE was barely able to add three more wards without increasing server capacity. I doubt they can add "a ton" more before they get new servers installed.

[Themarvin]

Most of the houses do get used. They're just not getting used at that moment you happen to be passing by, or the owner is inside where you can't see them.

Not really, private housing is a joke overall, the most use and activity you see comes from semi active FC's, they should instead pull the current amount out of the instance and place it all in the open somewhere, so you can travel to those areas over land/air...

[ItMe]

the most use and activity you see comes from semi active FC's,

Depends what youd consider "using" a house.
I don't garden or craft at my house.
I also didn't make a place that's made for people to walk through and enjoy.
But I'd still say I'm using my house, and that it's useful to me, even if I'm mainly using it to express myself and have fun decorating.

[Divinemights]

Not really, private housing is a joke overall, the most use and activity you see comes from semi active FC's, they should instead pull the current amount out of the instance and place it all in the open somewhere, so you can travel to those areas over land/air...

It is my house and I don't see why I need to report my activites to cyber stalker on how I am using my house.... isn't it?

[Jojoya]

Not really, private housing is a joke overall, the most use and activity you see comes from semi active FC's, they should instead pull the current amount out of the instance and place it all in the open somewhere, so you can travel to those areas over land/air...

And then how many players wouldn't be able to load into zones at all with all the item loading from multiple housing wards being crammed in on top of the normal zone assets. Probably all of us. Things get bad enough when reset day hunt trains swarm a zone.

Housing gets a lot more use than you think, even if you've convinced yourself it doesn't happen.

[LaylaTsarra]

Not really,.

Yes really many of us use our homes constantly. I'm always in a housing district when not in a duty or running some duty list item. I attend a ton of club events and more in them. Looking forward to a big New Years event on Crystal. Just because you're gotten jaded about housing doesn't mean the player base in general has.