I'm incredibly fortunate to have a house I really enjoy (one of the beachfront Smalls in The Mist). But my dad logged in this morning, and every house was already sold, and it was clear that there is a very real issue.
I'm not upset (why would I be, though?), but I do think some serious changes are in order.
Here are my personal changes, which would not only make things much simpler, but actually IMPROVE functionality in some cases.
- Auto-demolish needs to be reactivated. I think everyone would agree. Just "reset" everyone's timer. Maybe randomly add like "+5 days" for some players if possible, just to stagger the releases a bit.
- Institute a 1-house-per-server restriction. Right now, it is possible for a single player to own TWO HOUSES ON A SINGLE CHARACTER, and that's completely unreasonable. Furthermore, were a player so driven, they could even own additional houses on alts. That is completely unacceptable.
- No more "Free-Company Houses". All Houses should belong to a Player. In making this change, allow a Free Company to "tag" a member's house as "the Free Company house", allowing everyone to port to it. That way, Free Companies aren't sitting on additional houses. Otherwise, that still allows a single player to own two houses.
- Let's face it; there IS and WILL ALWAYS BE a "Housing market". So why not give players a "House Deed" as a tradable item, allowing a more legitimized form of selling or even trading houses? If anything, I would love this, as I would LOVE to be able to trade my house for one that is next to my dad's, even if it's in a less-desirable location.
- In adding all of these restrictions, making House ownership Account-wide. I would love to be able to have alts visit my house, and move furniture around. Enough so, I could totally see turning my original character (this Miqo'te Monk) into my "Housing character", while my new Main continues earning cool new items himself.
Taken together, I honestly think these changes would lead to a FAR better housing market for players.
Also I'll add one more personal suggestion, which is totally unnecessary but kind of bothers me all the same:
- Would it be possible to take all of the "Subdivisions" and turn them into their own separate Wards? It just feels funny that Subdivisions always feel sort of "hidden", whereas treating them as their own Wards would feel a lot more organic and be easier to navigate (for example, having to re-memerize what direction you're facing when using the aetherytes).
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I'm not upset (why would I be, though?), but I do think some serious changes are in order.
Here are my personal changes, which would not only make things much simpler, but actually IMPROVE functionality in some cases.
- Auto-demolish needs to be reactivated. I think everyone would agree. Just "reset" everyone's timer. Maybe randomly add like "+5 days" for some players if possible, just to stagger the releases a bit.
- Institute a 1-house-per-server restriction. Right now, it is possible for a single player to own TWO HOUSES ON A SINGLE CHARACTER, and that's completely unreasonable. Furthermore, were a player so driven, they could even own additional houses on alts. That is completely unacceptable.
- No more "Free-Company Houses". All Houses should belong to a Player. In making this change, allow a Free Company to "tag" a member's house as "the Free Company house", allowing everyone to port to it. That way, Free Companies aren't sitting on additional houses. Otherwise, that still allows a single player to own two houses.
- Let's face it; there IS and WILL ALWAYS BE a "Housing market". So why not give players a "House Deed" as a tradable item, allowing a more legitimized form of selling or even trading houses? If anything, I would love this, as I would LOVE to be able to trade my house for one that is next to my dad's, even if it's in a less-desirable location.
- In adding all of these restrictions, making House ownership Account-wide. I would love to be able to have alts visit my house, and move furniture around. Enough so, I could totally see turning my original character (this Miqo'te Monk) into my "Housing character", while my new Main continues earning cool new items himself.
Taken together, I honestly think these changes would lead to a FAR better housing market for players.
Also I'll add one more personal suggestion, which is totally unnecessary but kind of bothers me all the same:
- Would it be possible to take all of the "Subdivisions" and turn them into their own separate Wards? It just feels funny that Subdivisions always feel sort of "hidden", whereas treating them as their own Wards would feel a lot more organic and be easier to navigate (for example, having to re-memerize what direction you're facing when using the aetherytes).
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