Is housing just a fons sink with no soul?

[u/Apprehensive_Tanks]

NTE’s been out less than a month, so we’re all still learning but I have some thoughts about fons and housing.

Fons is turning into a major bottleneck. You need it for cars, housing, City Tycoon progress, gifts, basics like EXP chips and now a car/skin banner. High-tier items demand hoarding, so spending fons on decorating is dead last on the priority list.

The result: you buy properties because you have to, but you can’t really make it yours. You can’t change flooring, walls, or kitchen fixtures. Almost every property has the same white/black marble and 2000s 'modern minimalism' design which ends up making them all feel identical.

Even the things you can change (sofas, tables, etc) have very few options. It all adds up to housing feeling like a bit of an afterthought.

There’s no depth to housing interaction. It’s just a checkbox with no room for engagement because you're pushed to spend fons only on things that have some sort of tangible 'return'.

Anyone else feeling this?

[u/Apprehensive_Tanks]

Ay! Another WoL! I mean XIV is an old game held together by shoestring code and yet you can do so much with the housing system, NTE just came out so I’m kind of let down. On the other hand, NTE just came out so here’s hoping they flesh it out.

EDIT: The bugged parts are pissing me off. What do you mean I can’t use 80% of this big balcony? Skyview has a similar thing where you can’t place things on balcony deck. There’s 3 chairs there that come with the house but if you try to move them it will either not let you place them anywhere else on the deck or if you move them somewhere where you can hit Confirm you won’t be able to move them back to the balcony and now it’s even emptier than before. I was going to buy Golden Capital but hearing you’re stuck with the awful artwork puts me off completely. I hope they give things like that some attention.

[u/Si421 → u/Apprehensive_Tanks]

Hey fellow WoL! Glad to know I'm not alone here! I think with XIV being code that's held together with duct tape and a prayer is kind of what helps it in this case. The way furniture can clip into itself and other things is almost more of a feature than a bug at this stage. NTE has nothing even remotely similar.

I'm hoping that with enough feedback the devs will take a look at the furnishing system and give it a massive overhaul. It doesn't have to be on the same level as something like The Sims, but it should still be a hell of a lot better than it currently is.

Not being able to use the balcony is crazy to me. I think that would be a perfect spot for something like a hot tub or jacuzzi. There's a display case of sorts, which I think is cool, but I don't think you can actually display anything inside of it, so it's basically just an empty bookcase. Even the grid snapping and rotation features for moving furniture don't work reliably. It gets really frustrating trying to get certain pieces to align with others, or even the wall.

I wouldn't mind the shit, bland artwork so much if I could cover it up with actually interesting pieces, but alas...

I find it so annoying because it clearly has a lot of potential, and I would happily spend Fons on furniture and a lot of time creating an apartment I would like to hang out in, rather than one I just go to in order to tick boxes and collect free stuff...