Housing/Manor System

[Galuizu]

So, as far as we know we will get a Manor/Housing System in 2.0 and our own Chocobo Ranch, but just by looking at the concept art you can see that is gonna be a huge area. And what we can do with that space you may ask, well as we all know certain items like "Fleece" and "Aldgoat Milk" only drops if you kill certain mobs, but why not having them inside your manor and be able to farm the without killing them? See where I'm going?

OK, ahead I will give you a list of the things that in my opinion should add to the manors and stuff that could work with the manors:

1) Beast masters: Those of you that have played FF XI know about this class and what he can do. The idea is simple use them to tame certain mobs (Like "Karakuls" and "Aldgoats") and bring them to the manor and you can start to farm them. But wait, how is the question. I will explain it next.

2) New DoL class "Farmer" (Name can change as long as keeps doing the same):
This new DoL would honor to the name of the class by milking aldgoats, shearing karakuls or sheeps and harvesting his/her own veggies and fruits.

3) Manor Points system: Let's say that you have a basic manor and it gives you 30 manor points and you want to raise just karakuls and each of them costs 4 manor points, OK? That means that you will be able to have a total of 7 karakuls and you will have 2 manor points left, what to do with them? Dunno, maybe you can have a chicken and get some eggs.

4) DoH's helping to upgrade your manor: That's pretty much it, some DoL like CPR could help with the manor upgrading the stables for the chocobos, build fences for the cattle or even upgrade your own house. (Give some ideas about what other crafters could do, like a CUL making food for the cattle or a BSM making tools)

5) Random Events: Like the nighmares or dreams we can have now it would be cool if some random events could trigger if you meet certain requierements.
I.E: Waking up in the middle of the night (Log into the game and when it's night time) just to find that some ixalis are stealing your cattle.

Well, that's pretty much it. If you have any suggestions or you would like to make some changes please feel free to share them.

[leomike35]

Sounds good as its not final fantasy farmville. But then again the addiction factor could bring in new subs lol

[Leonesaurus]

BEST. IDEA. EVER.






But seriously, it would be sweet if you wake up in your instanced housing area and find a pack of wolves outside trying to break into the karakul/dodo/aldgoat pen and you have to slay the wolf pack to complete the event quest and you get a reward afterwords.

Crafters upgrade the house and the farm as a whole by buying parts and upgrade contracts from either someone that you invite into your household/land or from the marketplace and/or install and build them yourself as a master crafter.

DoL farmer/shepherd can shear the wool and collect animal supplies from them to sell and craft with, and the same can be done with the chocobo ranch section.

As this new class, either under beastmaster or a new animal specific DoL can tame them and round them up to either keep temporarily for protection, herd from point A to point B on levequests (protect from dangerous mobs) or keep them and bring them back to the ranch/household.

Some really cool ideas. A game within a game, for instance. It will bring in a new crowd of players and expand the world and give people extra fun things to do and create more diversity and identities within players.

[Cynthis]

I support this message.

[rina_inverse]

5) Random Events: Sleepover PJ party, with pillow fight and all the fun

Make it happen SE

[Renen]

Wasnt there a thread veeery similar to this?

[Wobi]

Wasnt there a thread veeery similar to this?

I made one about a week ago:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...housing-in-2.0

Somewhat different spin on it though, sadly I failed to attract the same buzz the mobile airship housing idea did.

We still need more talk on housing as we don't want them to mess this one up

[urtv]

only if i can customize the manor to include a secret s&m dungeon

[Renen]

I made one about a week ago:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...housing-in-2.0

Somewhat different spin on it though, sadly I failed to attract the same buzz the mobile airship housing idea did.

We still need more talk on housing as we don't want them to mess this one up

I dont think we can "mess it up" because the developers are very unlikely to spend 6 months developing stuff like flying guild housing, just because we discussed it ;-(

[Fear]

I like the idea, it would probably bring in afew more subs or keep them hanging about.

I knew 1 guy in FFXI who played for 2 months just to get his moghouse perfect