Sharlayan housing please?

[Illmaeran]

Better for SE to leave the wards in place for those who prefer them and wish to compete for the limited space. That development time has already been spent, after all. But shift all future development time and resources devoted to housing to an instanced system that serves the entire player base fairly so every player could have something more than a tiny apartment.

This is the best option, no question. I personally love ward housing and wouldn't want to give up my house or a chance to get a house in a ward. That being said, there's a great deal to be said for giving the whole player base the option to have an instanced house; especially if they can figure out how to give individuals access to cross-breeding and workshops. I see Crystarium, the moon, and Ala Mhigo being particularly suited to instanced housing along the lines of a townhome style with a small front yard for gardens etc. Hell, reducing the size of the yard might even mitigate some of the angst around not having enough outdoor item slots provided they're not reduced. Less space = greater density. Another benefit of this sort of arrangement would be having standardized exteriors based on the location for those of us who appreciate location-based aesthetics from their neighbors.

When I was young my grandfather had a space in a community garden that he used to grow vegetables. The land wasn't suitable for building houses on, but was perfect for terraced garden strips. This is also a thing in Japan and Europe so the concept shouldn't be so foreign as to give the team pause due to cultural differences. Other than technical limitations I'm ignorant of, I don't see how making small instanced community-style (seeming) garden plots for each player would be an issue if they can't or won't do gardens in a house instance. Crystarium and Bestways Burrows already have gardening areas built in. With the technology to generate zone instances already in place; I could see an adaptation of that being used for instanced gardens in both locations.

I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of players with ward houses would be amenable to the idea of relocating to an instanced situation if community-access gardens and workshops were available. I'm into the RP scene, am not willing to give up on ward housing myself, and am fine with the limitations they have as the price to pay for being in a ward. If giving the general player base a single house, ward or instanced, per account encourages people to relocate and open up ward plots for those like me, I'm all for it. Getting RPers out of apartments and into ward houses may actually improve the community feel the devs are going for. If not, then at least everyone's got access to a house.

[Taran42]

Hey this thread has gotten really off-topic, there’s a million posts about instanced housing so can that be kept there? Sharlayan housing is the name of the game.

On that note, I really want it as well. Part of me is convinced that if they were to do so, it would be in labyrinthos to keep it ‘unique’, since every other housing ward has tried to carve its own niche.

[Mango2020]

At this point they might say forget housing and remove any future ideas for it lol

[Pablomaldito]

Hey this thread has gotten really off-topic, there’s a million posts about instanced housing so can that be kept there? Sharlayan housing is the name of the game.

On that note, I really want it as well. Part of me is convinced that if they were to do so, it would be in labyrinthos to keep it ‘unique’, since every other housing ward has tried to carve its own niche.

It is not off topic to disagree with the notion of adding a Sharlayan housing district on the grounds that it requires more server resources while falling far short of addressing the demand for housing.

[GeminiReed]

If giving the general player base a single house, ward or instanced, per account encourages people to relocate and open up ward plots for those like me, I'm all for it.

Until and unless they provide a means for alts to share houses that's still going to cause problems. I need another personal house like a hole in the head but I really do need access the features that it gates.

Getting RPers out of apartments and into ward houses may actually improve the community feel the devs are going for. If not, then at least everyone's got access to a house.

I'd argue that feature gating (crossbreeding, workshops, etc.) is the bigger barrier. How many occupied houses do you see with no or haphazard decoration? Yeah, some of those are flippers but I'd argue the larger portion have them for the features and couldn't care less about decorating.

But that's not the only issue. It's always been a crap-shoot who will be your neighbors. Great if everybody's compatible in personality and schedule but there's no guarantee of either or both.

All of that ignores the convenience of the Limsa Aetheryte. A single known hangout spot vs. 300 wards. Inn Room, Vendors, Marketboard, Moogle vendor, Poetics vendor, and World Visit are all within easy running distance and it's accessible by fresh characters as soon as they're able to visit.

To circle back to the topic: The last thing we need is yet another MSQ gated ward housing district. IMO a better solution would be an instancing scheme that allows us to pick a location theme.

[EliaStormblade]

Producer-san is looking at this thread and nursing a massive headache.

Your best shot would be to ask for more housing skins. To turn the exterior and parts of the interior into that style.

[Jojoya]

Producer-san is looking at this thread and nursing a massive headache.

Your best shot would be to ask for more housing skins. To turn the exterior and parts of the interior into that style.

That doesn't help much when the aesthetics around your plot don't match your exterior. Are you really going to feel like your housing is in Amaurot when you're surrounded by a sea of Moogle, Chocobo and Paissa houses in the Thanalan desert?

[Zakuyia]

Im pretty sure well get housing there. But most definitely It hinted well get housing on the Moon cant wait my hopes and dreams of living amongst the stars so bright. I know its not canon to the time line or lore but housing in the crystarium would be nice as well or in Eulmore just to open up some extra room. It would help.