How much dev time is spent on housing?

[Batbrat]

Every patch, they add in a little bit of everything. and I'll be honest. The housing items are ALWAYS what im the most excited for. Who are they making it all for? Me. That's right!!!!!!! Me. I'm the one in the crowd going 'omgomgomgomg!!' at the furniture lmao. I always link the image of whatever it is first and foremost to friends.

Believe it or not, there is a strong housing community in this game. Google HGXIV. HousingSnap. (ffxiv) HousingEden.
There are many many many players just like me. Also, most of those furniture were created during a housing furniture design contest. So its not all 100% the team having to rake their brains for things, some of it is player submitted ideas. and Luckily for us, Yoshi himself has said that he likes RP and has partken in it a few times himself. So he knows the importance of being able to build intricate immersive fantastic looking places.

[Kolsykol]

I mean the same could be said about Savage or Ultimates.
I think it's fine to have content that a minority will engage with, it offers variety.

When you start trying to '' appeal to everyone '' things often tend to get fairly bland.

My braids clip through many many many many armors. I doubt they care about that.

Well, maybe in the graphical update?
This is a more complex issue tho than just adding new furniture, especially with how much gear and how many hairstyles there are.

[Fyrebrand]

I mean the same could be said about Savage or Ultimates.
I think it's fine to have content that a minority will engage with, it offers variety.

When you start trying to '' appeal to everyone '' things often tend to get fairly bland.

There is a world of difference between niche content that doesn't appeal to everyone, and the housing system where a ton of players literally can't have a house because there are none available.

[Deveryn]

Gotta love when stuff related to a specific dept. (art) gets lumped into "dev time".

[Raven2014]

Who is this all for? What percentage of players own houses?

I don't think this is really relevant. Look at Savage and the % of people clearing it. Look at Ultimate and the % of players even just setting foot in there. And those contents take far more resources than furnitures while cater to probably even a smaller of player base. It's not really a 1 to 1 comparison, they do it for the shake of the overall health economy of the game.

[Rolder50]

I don't think this is really relevant. Look at Savage and the % of people clearing it. Look at Ultimate and the % of players even just setting foot in there. And those contents take far more resources than furnitures while cater to probably even a smaller of player base. It's not really a 1 to 1 comparison, they do it for the shake of the overall health economy of the game.

I'd wager more people participate in Savage then actively decorate housing (That is, decorate for more then an afternoon, doing more then just putting up some Maui Island heads in their yards)

[sagacious]

There's this user named Sagacious. You may have seen them around... and I know they didn't make that gingerbread house for me.

No I made it for the community to see. The exterior lights up from every part of the subdivision and is way bigger then the Cafe' I use to have. Yall know I crave attention and the gingerbread was made for me.

[sagacious]

Believe it or not, there is a strong housing community in this game. Google HGXIV. HousingSnap. (ffxiv) HousingEden.

Exactly, housing is strong here and is getting stronger. People pay a sub just to keep the house when people finish a savage they quit playing the game and play other games till a new savage arrives. Just put a double moon effect on the central staircase landing come visit and leave a message.

[Limecat]

However long it takes them to clone the drives for a new ward server.

[Wolwosh]

They want to keep house owners happy while they're in their hostage situation