Housing idea, stop begging for more wards

[Battler-Ushiromiya]

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[Jojoya]

Reality check: players will continue to ask until every player can get any house they want without fighting some form of RNG.

[MistyMew]

Players should be demanding housing for all.. imo.

This game has failed when it comes to housing availability every year since it was introduced.
I am fortunate and have my home from the start, but the amount of players that are still waiting? Sickening + Shameful SE.

[Khryseis_Astra]

Housing idea: start begging for instanced instead! lol

[DamianFatale]

Reality check: players will continue to ask until every player can get any house they want without fighting some form of RNG.

Reality is if they realistically add enough wards and districts the game, every server WILL have enough for everyone to at least get one plot. It would take like three to four more additional residential areas though. I know people don't like the idea of it anymore as much, and want instanced housing. I'm not arguing against instanced housing, but they should absolutely use the system that already exists and add enough wards, and even new districts to accommodate all.

City States that would work which we have left:

- Doman Enclave has plenty of unfinished/unbuilt areas that could be repurposed into a housing ward off map.
- Ala Mhigo (would potentially revitalize the zones tbh, and give give Gyr Albania new life. IT NEEDS to happen.)
- Crystarium
- Sharlayan (would help extend the zone out a bit tbh Sharlayan lacks zones in the actual country proper.)
- Thavnair would work, because it has so much in the distance, even an area off at the end of Ratz-at-han that looks like a district entry way.
- Tuliyollal would be a breath of fresh air, and quite unique.
- Garlmald after it gets a restoration arc. Which may be awhile.

In the end I think it should be a goal for every city state to have a housing district for players. Even Mor Dohna, and Idyllshire would be dope.

[Oizen]

Instanced Housing is what any smart game dev would do.

And honestly Island Sanctuary is ALMOST there. Outdoor furniture was a good touch, all it would really need is the ability to place down a house somewhere, and the inside is an instance anyway so....
Really just do that and be done with this. Leave wards to rot as a legacy feature and move forward with a solution that actually scales well.

[PercibelTheren]

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Why? This is a MMO that involves literal magic but they decided to go for realism when it comes to the housing crisis? Makes no sense.

[AlexiaD]

Instanced Housing is what any smart game dev would do.

And honestly Island Sanctuary is ALMOST there. Outdoor furniture was a good touch, all it would really need is the ability to place down a house somewhere, and the inside is an instance anyway so....
Really just do that and be done with this. Leave wards to rot as a legacy feature and move forward with a solution that actually scales well.

"leave wards to rot as a legacy feature"

I sincerely hope that you are aware that even if instanced housing was out, a massive amount of people would still want ward housing, ward housing is just superior to any type of instanced system, for the simple fact that you actually are around players, and even if you dont "see" them, they still built their house, they are player owned houses, not an empty wasteland.

[Kaiproberts]

Instanced Housing is what any smart game dev would do.

And honestly Island Sanctuary is ALMOST there. Outdoor furniture was a good touch, all it would really need is the ability to place down a house somewhere, and the inside is an instance anyway so....
Really just do that and be done with this. Leave wards to rot as a legacy feature and move forward with a solution that actually scales well.

Not at all. FFXIV has a unique housing situation that other games don't have. Neighborhoods are a very rare thing as most games go for instanced. There's a reason I am not interested in housing in other games. House hunters don't want instanced housing.

[Khryseis_Astra]

We can have both… it doesn’t have to be either or. Keep the existing wards for those who want them, add instanced so everyone can have a house.

Honestly, if they really want to keep the game going another decade, they need to modernize the housing system. While Island Sanctuary isn’t there yet, just look at the things we can do with outdoor furnishings there that we couldn’t do in a ward, just because it’s instanced.