Give us Instanced Housing, SE!

[Skivvy]

I have an opinion, just like you have one, why do yours matter more than mine ? You want it, I dont, and I'll say it in every thread I can, instanced housing is a terrible idea.

Curious, but why do you think instanced housing is terrible? If your only experience has been what SE provides, I'd totally agree. They seem to have very inside-the-box thinking when it comes to their offerings: "Square rooms only, check! Basic placement options, check! No resizing of furnishings, check! Need to glitch and/or use mods to make things look cool? Check!"

Instanced housing on the other hand can be really expansive. Instances can give you enormous amounts of space to work with where you design every aspect of it. Wildstar (RIP) let you share a large island instance with 4 of your friends, each of you with your own plot to design. Other variations let you own multiple homes all over the world and they're built right into the various towns and outskirts which helps make things feel more lively and less isolated (unlike our empty wards...).

Someone building a house styled as an AT-AT in Wildstar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saND...hannel=quontom

Some examples of homes in Swords of Legends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvJO...nascentiaGuild

As for the above, the styles & games may not be your thing, but these should at least highlight the crazy amount of options and flexibility that can be provided by instanced housing.

In regards to XIV, I'd say the housing that we have now is pretty much instanced housing. :X Apartments are instanced, houses are in their own separate zone/instance, with the interiors going into yet another instance. At this point someone usually comes along to inform me that our housing isn't technically instanced and that it's something else, but honestly the effect is essentially the same. :P

[Bukachu]

Do you exist solely to antagonize people who want instanced housing?

Certain peoples biggest live achievement is getting lucky to get a house in a vidja gaem so they're protective about it.

Unfortunate existence.

[SamSmoot]

Instance plots. Click the placard and see hundreds of plot owners Click one to see what they have on the plot and enter if allowed.
Everyone shares the same neighborhood, no wards. With thousands of players in one area, there might actually be some activity in the streets.
Added advantage: You could have open doorways into your yard without the doorway passage process. Even an open walk-out onto a balcony.

Plots that don't sell as often have their prices automatically lowered to spread the population out a bit.

Upon entry to the housing area, your own plot is loaded by default. Others load based on last used by other players. This way, you'd only see active plots unless you select other ones to display in your immediate neighborhood.

If possible, you'd be able to see street activity from your yard / house, but of course, others wouldn't see you unless they had your instance selected for display. Area chat would cover all instances.

Just don't do it the way Runescape did, where you were the only one who could see your house, unless you grouped with someone.

[DiaDeem]

A little outdoors balcony within an apartment itself where you can place some outdoors furnishings would be a nice addition I feel.

[RobynDaBank]

People: Give us instanced housing so that every single player can access it as they wish! Maybe they'll even make it free of gil cost and definitely will get rid of disappointment people faced from lotteries or FCFS!

Some: No. Why? I hate fun.

[Nyxs]

Plenty of games have instance housing, its about time to make the needed change. Even minecraft servers are starting to do this. Those saying wait for Island Sanctuary…Yoshi-P has already said dont get our hopes high and has already mentioned some of the features it will have. But maybe this feedback will change that. They have already said they respond better to feedback that isnt just yells and demands. So if we want this we should provide adequate feedback instead.

Why we would like this:
- more housing creativity
- access to features a house provides for all.
- place to put all the event furniture
- more player made events for everyone to enjoy at these houses and they wont clog up a zone where people are trying to quest,buy items etc or wards where others live therefore denying access to go there

Might edit with more later.

[Rhea_]

I have an opinion, just like you have one, why do yours matter more than mine ? You want it, I dont, and I'll say it in every thread I can, instanced housing is a terrible idea.

How dare you have a different opinion

[Bukachu]

How dare you have a different opinion

I mean different opinions are fine, when its within a normality range.

just because its "different" doesnt make it acceptable or any less stupid.

[Caitlinzulu]

8 years ago there where plenty of free plots and no housing demolition, no lottery, no plaquard spamming and i certainly dont remember any housing complaints. So i would say those 8 years are hyperboly.

[Oizen]

8 years ago there where plenty of free plots and no housing demolition, no lottery, no plaquard spamming and i certainly dont remember any housing complaints. So i would say those 8 years are hyperboly.

Guys we have the housing solution right here. Just invent time travel, go back in time, and get a house back when the player counts were lower. Its so simple.

There's not even a problem, its totally not an ancient system that wasn't designed to scale with an increased user base.