We need better communication on Housing

[ElysiumDragon]

As someone who frequents RP venues in the game, wouldn't this also significantly harm the so-called 'nightclub' scene, given that on most occasions, the player capacity of a housing instance can be filled multiple times over by such an event? Whenever I've been to these venues, it's been difficult to access the property itself precisely because of how instances in this game work. I don't think so-called 'Instanced Housing' is the correct solution here, especially with how unpopular Apartments (the instanced Housing option) are on many servers.

I feel like more Wards, and (the most important part) more player servers would fix these issues. Especially with what happened during the launch of Endwalker, I think it's become abundantly clear that the player population's too cramped together, and needs to be dispersed across a greater number of servers. Would probably significantly address the housing issues too.

I believe that organising around a single viable solution would allow the player base to make a much stronger case to the developers, instead of arguing over trivialities and (inevitably) ending up with harassment and unnecessary toxicity.

[MaeveHatesHousing]

especially with how unpopular Apartments (the instanced Housing option) are on many servers.

that is due to the fact apartments are a vastly inferior option to even the smallest home.

less overall space, no yard, no gardening, no outdoor furniture.

[Jojoya]

that is due to the fact apartments are a vastly inferior option to even the smallest home.

less overall space, no yard, no gardening, no outdoor furniture.

You can garden in apartments using flowerpots.

You can't intercross for new seeds, which the vast majority will never do because of the daily maintenance and RNG.

The gardening argument is always a funny one to see used considering a tour of the wards shows how very unpopular it is as an activity. It's rare to see a garden patch placed, rarer to see it in use and extremely rare to see someone actually intercrossing (you can tell by what they have planted).

Unfortunately this is how you have to get through to some of these people.

The only thing inappropriate analogies and hyperbole get across is the personal character of the individual posting such things.

Like it or not, there are good reasons why developers don't share more information more frequently. If you pay attention to player comments and feedback when information does get released in advance of the content release, it should become readily apparent what the biggest problem is.