Been reading up on island sanctuary...

[Darthgummibear]

Sounds like everything to do with this upcoming feature is entirely self-contained, having nothing at all tying it to the main game. From what I've read about the features, it sounds awfully time-consuming for stuff you can only see/do/use on the island itself.

Edit: Another thought I just had...the existence of island sanctuary with the described features completely obliterates every single argument against the existence of instanced housing.

[Archaell]

It's a side activity for people who like Stardew Valley. Would not expect nothing more than that.

[Darthgummibear]

It's a side activity for people who like Stardew Valley. Would not expect nothing more than that.

What I've seen so far honestly reminds me of the garrisons from WoW, and if that's all it is boy will people be disappointed.

[Nihility]

It was advertised as not affecting the main game at all before we knew any details at all. Should not have come as a surprise

Still sounds like a harvest moon ranch as their solution to the instanced housing requests to me

[ameliaw]

I hope we'll get some nice cosmetics out of it, at least.
Since it isn't instanced housing, this should be the bare minimum...

[Darthgummibear]

It was advertised as not affecting the main game at all before we knew any details at all. Should not have come as a surprise

Still sounds like a harvest moon ranch as their solution to the instanced housing requests to me

Unless there's more in the way of customization other than choosing which buildings to use, I don't see people accepting it as a solution to instanced housing.

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Still sounds like a harvest moon ranch as their solution to the instanced housing requests to me

To me, it sounded like they’re saying “Sorry, we can’t add instanced housing yet. But here’s harvest moon simulator hahahalol.”

[Raoabolic]

Unless there's more in the way of customization other than choosing which buildings to use, I don't see people accepting it as a solution to instanced housing.

That sounds more and more like Garrisons from WoW. Hopefully it stays as side content but the back of my mind has this dark thought that it might be tied to the relic line/Hildibrand story. I'm pretty sure it's not but I keep thinking that the pieces ARE there, lol.

[znushu]

To me, it sounded like they’re saying “Sorry, we can’t add instanced housing yet. But here’s harvest moon simulator hahahalol.”

Island Sanctuary is basically just one massive Instance Housing plot. So I see it as a step towards the right direction since now I have the room to grow more things and tend to my chocobo more.

[Darthgummibear]

Island Sanctuary is basically just one massive Instance Housing plot. So I see it as a step towards the right direction since now I have the room to grow more things and tend to my chocobo more.

Except it's not instanced housing. I've seen no evidence of customization of any kind beyond which buildings you use, and they specifically said the gardening plots were different from the ones you use in regular housing which suggests the products are island-only.