So it was datamined by someone on Twitter that Ishgard housing is already inside game files and we can already suppose it's going to be at the end of the restoration. Which is a flawed idea by itself because only a group of high-levelled crafters n gatherers will contribute the most for it but every player can get a house there so a question rises, why crafters should bother if they wont have any priveleges? Except from exclusive housing stuff and weekly rewards maybe. But even then It doesnt feel right that I will be working for placeholder level 1 characters or 4-man FCs who hoard houses seconds after new wards/area release and then RMT their mansions.
So an idea came into my head, what if instead of selling houses in new residential area for gil, start to sell them for special Ishgard scrips? You will earn them by contributing stuff for restoration, contributions will be divided into tabs like with collectible hand-ins, crafters/gatherers/fisher contribution and for those who doesnt have any crafters or gatherers, materia/gil contribution. This way houses wont sell out as fast and every player should have a fair chance. Just need to set a high scrip cost for mediums and larges, this way I wont even be mad at people who got it because I will know they worked their asses off for this mansion. Especially if there is a cap of how much scrips you can obtain per week, so for example if you missed a week of working for restoration, you wont accumulate as much scrips as needed to get yourself a large at release day. And this way crafters and gatherers wont stroll around Ishgard with a pompous face, bragging about how hard we VIP people work for you low-lifers so you can have a chance to try your luck in housing x)
I know that this will never be a thing but was nice trying to actually came up with a housing shortage solution idea myself. Even if its just to entertain myself and people on forum who will read me.
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So an idea came into my head, what if instead of selling houses in new residential area for gil, start to sell them for special Ishgard scrips? You will earn them by contributing stuff for restoration, contributions will be divided into tabs like with collectible hand-ins, crafters/gatherers/fisher contribution and for those who doesnt have any crafters or gatherers, materia/gil contribution. This way houses wont sell out as fast and every player should have a fair chance. Just need to set a high scrip cost for mediums and larges, this way I wont even be mad at people who got it because I will know they worked their asses off for this mansion. Especially if there is a cap of how much scrips you can obtain per week, so for example if you missed a week of working for restoration, you wont accumulate as much scrips as needed to get yourself a large at release day. And this way crafters and gatherers wont stroll around Ishgard with a pompous face, bragging about how hard we VIP people work for you low-lifers so you can have a chance to try your luck in housing x)
I know that this will never be a thing but was nice trying to actually came up with a housing shortage solution idea myself. Even if its just to entertain myself and people on forum who will read me.
Continue reading...