Housing Plot Instanced

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SE lets free money walk away all the time. Strange that I've had to keep pointing out for the last couple of months that demolition is suspended on the JP data centers still. That's one heck of a lot of free money they're potentially losing.

I think you mention there what the appeal of ward housing to many is - a physical presence in the "open" that instanced housing will lack. No need to restrict instanced housing to friends only when most players aren't going to go out of their way to search for the housing of random players yet it leaves the option open for those few players who would.

Most of those who like to casually tour houses will still stick to the wards for the convenience. A nicely decorated outside is more likely to lead to a nicely decorated inside so players get an idea of what to skip and what to check out. It would be a lot more hit and miss with instanced housing, unless SE were to implement a public like system such as RIFT had instead of keeping likes more private in the message books (you have to check the book to see the likes).


I doubt an improved instanced housing system would include intercross gardening (crossbreeding for seeds). Instances do not have actual weather like the open world does.

Don't forget that garden patches don't work on IS. If they didn't do it there, they are unlikely to do it with instanced housing.

That is one thing that will help retain appeal for the ward houses. If you want to get Thavnairian Onion seeds, they'll have to come from a ward house garden. If someone wants to buy seeds off the marketboard just to grow for the item, that would still be possible just as we can do it in apartments. But we would not be able to get seeds.

They only turn off the demo timer for extraordinary circumstances, it will reenabled eventually.

What you're asking for is a instanced plot, with the same housing options as plot owner, same amenities, except not subjected to the same 14/45 day demo timer? The compromise is visibility. You get your plot , but your instance isnt as accessible for random players. That visibility should be left to ward plots as incentive to obtain a ward plot (which then puts you on the demo timer). If you just want an instanced space to decorate, open visibility should be the compromise.

Its a similar compromise to Apts. Apts are half the size of a small plot, however they don't get demod. So if you plan on coming and going a lot for months on end, a apt is a good choice for the non-committal.

A instanced house is good for people who don't want to go through the hassle of bidding for a plot, that their friends can still visit. However its friends list limited. (Venue owners are going to need to use the Apt as a venue or bid on a ward house)

Apts are smaller but have the visibility and cannot be demod.

Ward Plots are larger the apts have visibility and take up physical space but have a demo timer.

Edit: You can have a instanced plot, ward plot, and apartment