Another Instance Housing Request Thread

[Hasrat]

You think the housing situation is bad now, try telling every home owner "we're going to demolish everything to implement a new system."

[ValkyriaCrystalis]

You think the housing situation is bad now, try telling every home owner "we're going to demolish everything to implement a new system."

Honestly, if SE demolishing my house means instanced housing with upgradable sizes and gardening for every player, I’m all for it.

[GeminiReed]

Wards already instanced, what exactly are these instanced housing is actually about?

Wards are like running a 20 year old air conditioner full blast 24 x 365. They're horribly inefficient and always on even when they don't need to be. A properly designed instancing system loads and unloads areas as needed which means the same hardware can handle more housing.

[Hasrat]

Honestly, if SE demolishing my house means instanced housing with upgradable sizes and gardening for every player, I’m all for it.

I'd say you're overlooking a significant number of factors. Tell every FC their airships/subs will be demo'd and they have to start from scratch. Tell every seasonal item collector that their items will be destroyed. Tell everyone that finally just got their house that they've been wasting their time.

I can't say I'd see them rolling this out unless they go real quiet on housing updates for a while, and the fanbase just won't let them do that.

Personally, I view these requests on the same level as someone asking for NPC dating elements, or horizontal gear/leveling, "sub-jobs" etc. Rather than trying to force this game to fit your needs, folks would be far better off looking elsewhere for what they want. And honestly, chances are nobody's ever going to find a game that hits everything 100% right.

[Jojoya]

You think the housing situation is bad now, try telling every home owner "we're going to demolish everything to implement a new system."

I'm one house owner that wouldn't care about having my house demolished if we were going to get a genuine improvement to the housing system. But I also recognize not others may not feel the same. Considering how fond SE is of grandfathering, I suspect they would leave the current wards in place and giving players the choice between ward housing and whatever new system was implemented if that were to happen. There's nothing that says any changes have to be only one or the other.

[Caitlyn]

+1 from me, because:

1. Gingerbread houses are so ugly
2. Not enough space if you dont have a house (private rooms/appartements are very limited)
3. Not enough space in the garden
4. Lottery is still unfair (because its RNG) while some ppl still sitting on several (empty) houses
5. Demolition timer which ruins your hard work just because you took a break

[GeminiReed]

I'm one house owner that wouldn't care about having my house demolished if we were going to get a genuine improvement to the housing system.

I would be irritated if I lost mine because it's got a fantastic view of the Mist beach and reasonably close to the MB. If I could get a space I can decorate with a similar view and a garden then I would happily give it up.

But I recognize that it would be for the better and wouldn't grumble. Too much. I would expect them to provide incentives for people to move.

[OceanWater]

You think the housing situation is bad now, try telling every home owner "we're going to demolish everything to implement a new system."

They can add instance housing and keep the wards we do have or refund some of the gil back for the houses if they have to demolish it. The main issue with housing right now is the fact that we have this terrible ward system for "neighborhood feel".