Housing Plot Instanced

[LalafellDown]

So when you want to visit someone's plot, you can't because that idea would prevent that (although it would create way more houses for everyone)

A basic search function or save feature to find a persons house that you’re looking for would teleport their house to your location on the map. Maybe it could teleport you to their location.

[LalafellDown]

I don't want my house to be hidden from view. That's what apartments are for.

Your house will be seen randomly my someone somewhere. Maybe we could even have house contests where the there is a theme design and the winner gets unique items for their house. Along with their house being teleported to the hill of glorious house of the month for all to see for one month.

[LalafellDown]

OPs idea is very kind, but not very practical. There is wayyy too many small plots. Let's not pretend that while yes, many people are happy with their small plots, there is also quite few small plot owners who would prefer medium, or large, and supply is keeping them from owning the preferred plot.

To some people the yard and the garden is big thing. And I personally enjoy taking walk around random ward to see peoples houses (if they're open). Neatly put garden and yard is eyecatcher.

I think I'd just take apartment update instead.

I’d say the small, medium and large could have restrictions too. Owners of large FCs can only have large homes because that’s what it was originally designed for. Everyone who can afford a small home will have a small home. Medium for medium FCs.

With this idea nothing changes except for the plot itself. You’d still be able to walk around the wards. The plots would only refresh (on demand or when moving around wards). Then when wanting walk in their plot (inside the fence) you would be teleported to their instance or if the devs can figure it out, naturally walk around that plot as is.

[LalafellDown]

No thank you, there are other games with instanced housing, ffxiv is ward housing.

I don’t think you read what I wrote. Perhaps I need to be more clear. The wards would still exist, but the plots in them would be instanced. You would still see the homes and their yards.

[LalafellDown]

Imagine being an owner of a large and having 50 people constantly teleporting to their large that is in the same spot as yours. Like those bot swarms teleporting in cities, but in front of your own house that is supposed to be a sanctuary.

First the wards are really empty as they’re. Second
You would only see people on your yard if they decide to go to your instanced plot. Otherwise they would be outside the fence if there’s really that many people that visit their home. Thirdly the wards will look full since there are more people around their homes and feel like a village instead of a ghost town.

[Jojoya]

Imagine being an owner of a large and having 50 people constantly teleporting to their large that is in the same spot as yours. Like those bot swarms teleporting in cities, but in front of your own house that is supposed to be a sanctuary.

That's what some players want. They want to see others coming and going in front of their house so it feels like part of an active neighborhood and not a ghost town.

If you want your house to be a sanctuary, instanced housing would do the job much better than the current ward system that allows anyone and everyone to pile into your yard if they want (not to mention inside your house if guest access is enabled).

[Reinha]

That's what some players want. They want to see others coming and going in front of their house so it feels like part of an active neighborhood and not a ghost town.

If you want your house to be a sanctuary, instanced housing would do the job much better than the current ward system that allows anyone and everyone to pile into your yard if they want (not to mention inside your house if guest access is enabled).

Nobody wants to see characters appearing and disappearing in an instant in front of their house like a bot swarm 24/7. Stop lying. People teleporting to the gate then disappearing to their own instance isn't an active neighborhood, it's a nuisance.

Funny how it's been said "instanced housing wouldn't affect ward housing" except then multiple players including you brainstorm ways to ruin ward housing. A bit of hypocrisy there, hmm? People can mass teleport to the apartment building instead of my gate.

[Reinha]

Your house will be seen randomly my someone somewhere. Maybe we could even have house contests where the there is a theme design and the winner gets unique items for their house. Along with their house being teleported to the hill of glorious house of the month for all to see for one month.

Here's an idea. Your instanced house will be accessed from somewhere else other than the placards of existing houses and wards remain as they are. This separate place could even display a random instanced house.

[Jojoya]

Nobody wants to see characters appearing and disappearing in an instant in front of their house like a bot swarm 24/7. Stop lying. People teleporting to the gate then disappearing to their own instance isn't an active neighborhood, it's a nuisance.

Funny how it's been said "instanced housing wouldn't affect ward housing" except then multiple players including you brainstorm ways to ruin ward housing. A bit of hypocrisy there, hmm? People can mass teleport to the apartment building instead of my gate.

How much time do you spend standing in your yard by yourself looking at the placard that you would even notice it happening? You're definitely not going to see it happening if you are inside of your house.

You're also greatly exaggerating how often it would happen considering those owning the instanced version of your plot would still be spread across 60 wards/subdivisions. You're not going to see every player on your world picking the same plot not to mention most of the time players aren't even in the wards. They'll be out playing the rest of the game.

Keep in mind this isn't how I would want instanced housing to be set up. I want instanced housing to take us out of the wards and give us options throughout the game world, just as RIFT did with Dimensions. But since this thread is about the OP's suggestion, I was mentioning ways that it might work out.

[Khryseis_Astra]

How much time do you spend standing in your yard by yourself looking at the placard that you would even notice it happening? You're definitely not going to see it happening if you are inside of your house.

You're also greatly exaggerating how often it would happen considering those owning the instanced version of your plot would still be spread across 60 wards/subdivisions. You're not going to see every player on your world picking the same plot not to mention most of the time players aren't even in the wards. They'll be out playing the rest of the game.

Keep in mind this isn't how I would want instanced housing to be set up. I want instanced housing to take us out of the wards and give us options throughout the game world, just as RIFT did with Dimensions. But since this thread is about the OP's suggestion, I was mentioning ways that it might work out.

I’d definitely notice… I tend to take a lot of pictures of my house though. lol my screenshot folder probably takes up more space than the game itself!

Definitely want instanced, but much prefer it to be in a separate location than at the plot placard.