Please release more wards

[HeyMcFly]

As much as we all want a permanent solution, until we hear word from the XIV team on how they intend to solve the entire housing issue so almost everyone can be happy with it (if that day ever comes) Many of us would like to know if there will ever be a real fix for housing and if Island Sanctuaries will eventually have a house?

For the time being, when will new wards be opened up? It will give people a chance again to snag a plot and with the current fc ward and private ward alignment. Please consider adding new wards soon- I'm not talking about potential new house wards like a Sharlayan or Crystarium ward, just more open plots made available to players.

As it stands, there is no demolition timer so unless someone is willing to transfer, there are hardly any available houses now in populated servers- there are people who years later are still waiting to get their own private plot. The amount of people now trying to get a plot seems much more than originally back when folks would placard click.

Apartments need to be updated by being given larger item storage and placement, as well as a greenhouse/balcony yard thing for gardening for those who want it (I do gardening, so I would want it) and some type of workshop. Also, I would like it if players that had apartments could add a roommate/ shared apartment.
Adding larger apartments was discussed at some point during the stormblood expansion, but when will it be discussed again and implemented?

Many of us have asked for years for some form of an actual fix, rather than a band-aid which is all we have gotten. I'm aware housing was intended for FC's only, but that's not the case so there's no real point in discussing it.

Sorry if this seems narrow minded or rude, as it's not intended- I was just trying to be direct and compile my thoughts into what I've seen and read as far as what most people here are asking for.

[Themarvin]

Remove grandfathering and the ability for people to put 1 house and 1 fc per server, tonnes of people abuse the feature, or have been grandfathered.

[Alien_Gamer]

While not unheard of to get more wards later in an expansion, it's far more likely we won't get more until next expansion.

[Brygd]

They are releasing new wards. Just on the new data center, not on your current server.

Personally, I’d rather SE release awesome permanent instanced housing, and keep the wards with permanent auto-demo to ensure that the players using them are active.

[ElysiumDragon]

Okay, so:

The main issue is that Wards needs to be permanently loaded by the server, houses and all.

Adding more Wards places more strain on the server, and past a certain point, you start running into stability issues. If SE could add a thousand Wards tomorrow, they absolutely would, because the devs are sick of players complaining about housing.

The fundamental problem everyone overlooks with their fantasies of 'Instanced Housing' this or whatever other fancy they've invented, is the simple truth that the playerbase is too crowded together. Endwalker already proved this with the horrendous queue times, especially as NA hasn't had new servers since before Heavensward, and EU's still crowded despite the 4 new servers we just got.

What the game fundamentally needs is more player servers outside of JP. NA likely needs double the current server capacity minimum, and EU could do with a noticeable increase as well.

[Jojoya]

Okay, so:

The main issue is that Wards needs to be permanently loaded by the server, houses and all.

Adding more Wards places more strain on the server, and past a certain point, you start running into stability issues. If SE could add a thousand Wards tomorrow, they absolutely would, because the devs are sick of players complaining about housing.

The fundamental problem everyone overlooks with their fantasies of 'Instanced Housing' this or whatever other fancy they've invented, is the simple truth that the playerbase is too crowded together. Endwalker already proved this with the horrendous queue times, especially as NA hasn't had new servers since before Heavensward, and EU's still crowded despite the 4 new servers we just got.

What the game fundamentally needs is more player servers outside of JP. NA likely needs double the current server capacity minimum, and EU could do with a noticeable increase as well.

EU will be getting a new data center with 8 worlds next year. That should bring their average population fairly close to the JP average population.

Their expansion announcement back in January did say with respect to NA

In addition to the above, we are also considering a yet-larger-scale upgrade at the time of the next major expansion (Patch 7.0). We will be sure to update you with further details regarding this as our plans take shape.

Instanced housing itself truly is not a problem. A player can only be in one instance at a time. If a player isn't in an instance, it's not taking up memory on the instance servers. If SE is confident enough that their servers can handle Duty Support, solo duties, Island Sanctuary, etc. (outside of the occasional glitch), there should be no problem with instanced housing.

[Themarvin]

EU will be getting a new data center with 8 worlds next year. That should bring their average population fairly close to the JP average population.

Their expansion announcement back in January did say with respect to NA



Instanced housing itself truly is not a problem. A player can only be in one instance at a time. If a player isn't in an instance, it's not taking up memory on the instance servers. If SE is confident enough that their servers can handle Duty Support, solo duties, Island Sanctuary, etc. (outside of the occasional glitch), there should be no problem with instanced housing.

These places also has static furniture only, meaning you can't do any changes either.

[Darthgummibear]

Okay, so:

The main issue is that Wards needs to be permanently loaded by the server, houses and all.

Adding more Wards places more strain on the server, and past a certain point, you start running into stability issues. If SE could add a thousand Wards tomorrow, they absolutely would, because the devs are sick of players complaining about housing.

The fundamental problem everyone overlooks with their fantasies of 'Instanced Housing' this or whatever other fancy they've invented, is the simple truth that the playerbase is too crowded together. Endwalker already proved this with the horrendous queue times, especially as NA hasn't had new servers since before Heavensward, and EU's still crowded despite the 4 new servers we just got.

What the game fundamentally needs is more player servers outside of JP. NA likely needs double the current server capacity minimum, and EU could do with a noticeable increase as well.

Instanced housing isn't a fantasy, it's a basic feature that takes less resources than the stupid ward system.

[Jojoya]

These places also has static furniture only, meaning you can't do any changes either.

Housing interiors are already instanced and we can move things around in them so that's irrelevant.

[Rhea_]

Probably won't happen at least before 7.X