island sanctuary

[cactusbees]

I'm hoping it will give those of us who are apartment bound/those unlucky in housing roulette a chance to do some gardening.

[Dewslam]

Honestly if they let it give us access to the workshop and farming features that are currently locked behind housing then I don't care about instanced housing because my big reason for wanting a house will no longer exist.

[Bsrking5]

Honestly if they let it give us access to the workshop and farming features that are currently locked behind housing then I don't care about instanced housing because my big reason for wanting a house will no longer exist.

Probably not gonna happen.


If i know SE and can read what in the past history they have done. It will be a shared progress instanced area like the fairies area. You'll do daily quest to make progress to upgrade the zone and you'll open a new vendor. The quest might be farming related and you'll have to buy specific seeds just for that area or do watering or hoeing ext. But won't effect housing area farming(current gardening) in any way.

[Krokov]

Sounds like it's going to be like or similar to Mog Gardens in Final Fantasy 11. In the mog gardens you're able to garden but can also gather resources fishing mining etc. and also store crafting crystals and other items. However it's individual for each player. I don't think it'll be shared per se I think probably maybe both if it is shared where someone said you collectively progress but what you're doing gardening and so on as individualized to each player.

[StriderShinryu]

They've talked about a few things being possibilities for the Sanctuary, but housing wasn't one of them. Not that I think having some form of housing there would be a bad idea, I just think anyone clamouring for that should probably keep their expectations in check.

[Krotoan]

Like others I'm hoping this is cross-breeding gardening access for those without housing, one of the only things you absolutely cannot participate in if you don't have a house. If there's other fun things to have your minions do that's just a bonus.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

I'm hoping, with zero confirmation that this is true, that this is a stress test to see if instanced housing is viable.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I'm hoping, with zero confirmation that this is true, that this is a stress test to see if instanced housing is viable.

I have high doubts of that for 2 reasons.

1. The larger part of the instanced housing issue is the server hardware needed to set it up.
2. The stress test in this case would be more on the instancing server which we've essentially seen already fail stress testing in the past. (Remember Raubahn EX?)

[MoofiaBossVal]

Going by the promo image, it looks like it's going to be a Harvest Moon minigame where you do stuff like milk cows for... something. I'm skeptical it will be for crafting materials. Maybe points you can buy stuff from a vendor. Maybe you can raise horses for a rodeo minigame, or an obstacle course competition. It also seems like minions might be involved somehow. Either they might just sit around and be cosmetic only, or there might be some gameplay with them.

[Ryvick]

milk cows

I love how the two things you mention are pretty much the only things not in that cluttered concept art. LOL



As for my guess. If Apartments are the Yin I picture this as the Yang. Outdoor gardening and Chocobo stables with perhaps a little bit more? I can't see how you can 'breed' minions when ALL of them are listed as constructs in their descriptions.