I really enjoyed my brief time playing Final Fantasy XIV – it’s one of those games I really need the time to get back into. However, it’s already getting its first major patch, one that will let you get land and a home.
Okay, let’s be clear, as an individual, you will not be able to get a house. However, as a free company, you can. There are plans to allow for individual housing in future patches, but at this point it is purely for free companies. In the official patch announcement, Square Enix explains:
In order to acquire a house, players must first raise the rank of their free company and obtain a Land Acquisition entitlement.
Residential districts are being established in Limsa Lominsa, Gridania and Ul’dah. However acquiring a house is a multi-phase experience. Land must be purchased by auction, followed by a house permit that can be purchased from a vendor NPC. The house can then be built, and fully customized with unique exteriors, outdoor furnishings and interior decoration. It’s sort of like the Sims, I suppose, as you can place all kinds of lamps, plants, wall mountings and other decorative items to suit your company’s aesthetic.
In essence, the goal of this patch is to give free companies a base of operations to call their home. Future planned additions to the housing system are:
- A crafting workshop where players can build vehicles such as airships.
- An orchestrion to change the music played inside houses.
- A chocobo stable to raise chocobos.
- Mannequins that can be dressed with player gear.
- A bulletin board that can be place inside the house.
Okay, I must be out of touch with MMORPGs. I really like the planned chocobo stables, that sounds cool. I’m not sure that houses need a change of music, though, or mannequins wearing my gear. That just seems a bit strange, and useless. But hey, I suppose it takes all types to play these games, and to keep everyone satisfied you’re going to need some varied (and weird) features.
Are you still playing FFXIV? Are you excited to get a house to call your own, or are you too busy wandering off, exploring Eorzea?
Last Updated: November 26, 2013
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
November 26, 2013 at 13:36
When Skyrim and FF collide….
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 26, 2013 at 13:41
I had a cool house mod in Oblivion with tons of mannequins for displaying all the armour sets & weapons I collected. It was quite fun walking through it & seeing all of them. Almost like a museum.
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 13:55
That reminds me of Assassin’s Creed 2.
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:17
A museum of loneliness! #foreverSP, BOOM! *run*
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 26, 2013 at 14:23
LAAAAAAAAAME. That doesn’t even meet the low standards I hold for you. ;P
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:25
Please the standards I expect of you are so low you can’t even hold them! BOOOOOOM!
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 13:54
Just five words
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 13:56
Digital homes, because real ones are over rated.
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 13:56
OCULUS!
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 13:58
New home on Occulus Rift: The Playboy Mansion! Get yours today!
Get the 2014 playmate DLC for only $60 and you can see your favourite playmates from the last year running around doing the things they do.
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
November 26, 2013 at 14:02
DLC is expensive in the future…
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 14:04
the base game is free man, gotta charge for the cool stuff.
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
November 26, 2013 at 14:05
The base game comes with only one Playboy character: Hugh Hefner.
LOL!
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 14:05
And you play as him. hahahaha…
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:09
Great, you you get to walk around staring at hot Playboy bunnies, but can’t do anything about it!
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 14:11
No, you get to stare at an empty mansion until you buy the playmate DLC. And there is this contraption apparently that lets you do something about it. Ask Darryn, he’ll probably know more about it.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 26, 2013 at 14:13
Perfect game for you! #foreverSP BOOM! & *run*
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:09
BWAHAHAHAH! YUCK!
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
November 26, 2013 at 14:02
To be fair. I dressed up all my dolls in Skyrim. Because armour in Skyrim looked SICK. I also hung up my favorite awesome weapons, etc. Never underestimate how much we love making our houses look pretty in games. Because, come on, who has a missus that is going to let them put a mannequin with a full suit of armour in the living room? 😛
*Edit: I just read all the other Skyrim and Oblivion references to this experience. Clearly I’m not alone in this desire to put artefacts of war in my house. 🙂
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 14:03
I just leave the missus out of it. I got 99 problems but a… missus… aint one.
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
November 26, 2013 at 14:04
Yeah. I don’t think we’re all at that level of confidence yet. 😉
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:10
#forverSP eh? 🙂
ToshZA
November 26, 2013 at 14:12
exactly. hahaha
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 26, 2013 at 13:56
Were you getting le sigh withdrawal?
RyseandRepeat
November 26, 2013 at 14:10
Yes! Has been a while man…
That Tall Twit
November 26, 2013 at 14:44
One…Two…Three…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2013 at 15:31
One of those small additions that World of Warcraft could have adopted years ago. I never understood why Blizzard fought tooth and nail against player housing. It just adds something personal to what is already a very impersonal genre – sure you can customise your avatar but if you have no roots in that world other than how many fetch quests you suffered through then Houston we have a problem.
I like that Final Fantasy has done this, kudos Squeeeeenix – now just find your mojo and make good RPGs again.
Gokken
October 13, 2014 at 19:11
Im so bored of the Specific Ward Music… so to relax I need to go to the Inn room 😛 where its played a very soft and confortable music…. I want that in my house!