The way to get housing is awful and needs to be fixed

[Besame]

I was introduced to instanced housing back when I first played SWTOR years ago and then again in the best housing ever created annals of Wildstar where sadly, the gameplay itself failed. It works, and allows everyone to avail themselves of their perfect idea of a dwelling to suit varied tastes.

I cannot tell you that I ever ride the wards, I just do not. My front yard view of the FC consists of a very big and very yellow chocobo home to the right of me, a likewise uninspiring Piassa home across the way accompanied by various other creature-featured and shades of purple-roofed offerings scattered amid the fray. I just created a small forge home to offset the garishness and I suspect they might just hate me for it with all of it's belching fire and smoke-puffing gray splendor in an "odd man out" fashion. Lucky for them, it's a small hehe.

Instanced housing can be a board akin to our existing MB where players can, if they choose to do so, list their creation(s) in each sub division to accept and/or display and allow visitors and friends. You could also allow insertion of gardens, games and gathering nodes on property to encourage community sharing and interaction. I miss this design and really hoped it would be implemented here in the near future but alas, I fear the hamster is severely crippled beyond any repair :/

[KayRadley]

Oh, bully.

This thread.

AGAIN.

[Besame]

Oh, bully.

This thread.

AGAIN.

Mmmm hmmm, and in your effort to make that point, you just made it bigger

[Themarvin]

Upgrade apartments and make them more attractive, and remove grandfathering and 1 person FC's, it would give some head space for new people to get a house, create a loyalty program meaning you need to be subscribed for at least a year to be able to buy a plot on a ward, make requirements being lvl80 and completed MSQ, to rule out some of the botting.

[Sotaris]

Aw shit here we go again

remove grandfathering

Yeah that won't happen. It's not fair to punish players who did nothing wrong.

create a loyalty program meaning you need to be subscribed for at least a year to be able to buy a plot on a ward

So screw over all newer players?

make requirements being lvl80 and completed MSQ, to rule out some of the botting.

Already exist (Lv50, GC ranks), though could be argued maybe they should revise them, but let's be real - that won't happen.

[ItMe]

If this discussion is gonna continue... might I recommend moving it to the mega thread?

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ing-Megathread