Why is player housing so coveted in the community?

[Vav2021]

I'm not asking this to be passive agressive, or dismissive, etc, I am legitimately curious. Does player housing offer things people wouldn't have access to through the game? Or is there more to it? I have assumed that since it's such a coveted system, it has some sort of advantage that the game outside of housing offers.

[Rowde]

FC housing definitely adds features that players don't normally have access to

FC Workshop (and by extension airships and submarines)
Gardening
FC Buffs

Private housing only gets the garden


However both can also serve as outlets of expression too and not just min/max'ing tools

[GrizzlyTank]

However both can also serve as outlets of expression too and not just min/max'ing tools

Yep, the true end-game for many is fashion and housing is an extension of that.

[ryouma17]

Yep, the true end-game for many is fashion and housing is an extension of that.

glamour is definitely my endgame, i spend more time changing my characters outfits then i do anything else, that and going afk inside my house

[SturmChurro]

glamour is definitely my endgame, i spend more time changing my characters outfits then i do anything else, that and going afk inside my house

That's exactly my endgame as well. Funnily enough going afk is just what I do in a ton of games. My steam hours in many games are entirely bloated due to it.

[Fawkes]

If a FC owns the house then yes, it lets you do airship/submarine stuff. You build airships and submarines and send them out on voyages and they come back with items. There are certain items that can only be obtained from it.

Also, outdoor furnishings. And storage for furnishings. I have an apartment, a FC house, a FC room, and a private house. Each of those has it's own storage. Someone with just an apartment can't store as many indoor furnishings or any outdoor ones. And furnishings are pretty regularly given out as limited time event rewards that later cost real money on the mogstation.

But it's primarily coveted because there are only so many houses and people like having things that not everyone has.

[AnnRam]

E/RP or degenerates hosting brothels.

[LaylaTsarra]

E/RP or degenerates hosting brothels.

People don't need a house for that all you need to do is spend some time at the Quicksand in Ul Dah on Balmung.

And seriously I love housing and spend my time in my garden of inside my house when not doing content.

[Shibi]

E/RP or degenerates hosting brothels.

Especially the bathhouse ones.

[Neoyoshi]

E/RP or degenerates hosting brothels.

With the exception of a very small handful of Venues/Clubs (which if we're honest, can also double as Brothels) --It's very true.