Quote Originally Posted by Yeol View Post
I wonder how many players will lose interest in housing once they take away wards and make instanced housing available for everyone.
Is it a bad thing if a lot of players did lose interest should that happen? It would show much of the interest in housing was artificial, more about serving the ego of having something others want but don't have, Supply would no longer be restricted, allowing any player with a genuine interest in housing as content to participate.

Quote Originally Posted by Themarvin View Post
Housing is instanced in FFXIV, House Ward with Instanced Houses inside and futher more Instanced Apartments and on top of that instanced FC rooms.

You got the full package as it is in FFXIV.
The potential for the full package is already there.

SE has designed the system so it is unable to reach that full potential by tying ownership of a house to a specific plot in a limited number of wards, and the size of the house to an even more limited number of specific plots.

Only when SE changes the system so every player can get the plot they want will players have access to a full package.

Other MMORPGs have had thriving housing communities in their games despite their housing being fully instanced so everyone could participate as they want. It's a shame that FFXIV has to be otherwise.