We had a brief officer's meeting last night to chat about new housing information from Saturday's live letter. We haven't heard about special features of an FC house that a personal house won't have... however:
- It's much sooner! Personal housing is planned to be added six months after the release of FC housing. FC housing is planned for patch 2.1, which probably comes in December.
- We can pool the effort and expense of buying, building and furnishing an FC house. (Most of what's needed is crafted/gathered. During the live letter YoshiP bought a small house for 850k gil -- not cheap! No official word as to cost when housing goes live yet, however.)
- We can have fun doing it together!
For details from the live letter, see this Q&A (start at the bottom of page 1) and this article (check out the screenshots at the bottom).
Here's a demo of building and decorating from the live letter:
There's no new video of the 3 housing areas since the live letter, however this older one shows Limsa and Ul'dah. The screenshot is a captured from the live letter stream, and shows the Gridania housing area.
What do YOU think?
At this point, we'd love to get a feel for the level of interest in building and furnishing a Free Company house.
- What is your level of interest in a Free Company house?
- Would you contribute to the purchasing of the land, or crafting & gathering parts and furnishings for a FC house?
- If you have a preference for a specific city (Gridania, Ul'dah, or Limsa) - why?
Please post your thoughts on this thread - thanks!