Summary
Last year,World of Warcraftmade an absolutely massive announcement, revealing thatplayer housing would be coming to the gamefollowing over a decade of requests. Set to be added to the game in the upcoming Midnights expansion, World of Warcraft players will finally be able to get their dream home, and Blizzard recently revealed a first look at how player housing will actually work.
In a new blog post on the Blizzard website(thanks PC Gamer), it explains that player housing will be readily available to everyone that wants one, in an attempt to make it a widely adopted feature of the game. That sounds pretty great for those potentially worried that there may be a limited number of houses available, which is the case in other MMOs like Final Fantasy 14.
World of Warcraft Roasts Final Fantasy 14 Over Player Housing
In fact, Blizzard wasted absolutely no time taking a couple of cheeky potshots atFinal Fantasy 14’scomparatively strict housing system. While it never directly names its closest competitor, it’s difficult to imagine it referencing any other particulalry popular MMOs out there right now.
“If you want a house, you’re able to have a house,” reads the post. “No exorbitant requirements or high purchase costs, no lotteries, and no onerous upkeep (and if your subscription lapses, don’t worry, your house doesn’t get repossessed!).”
Final Fantasy 14’s housing system has been a source of criticism for quite a while, with one of the biggest issues being the destruction of houses if their owners don’t step foot inside them for over 45 days. It stops players from unsubscribing and taking a break for long periods without losing their house, and simply getting one is more difficult than it needs to be with the game’s lottery system, making the entire ordeal a gamble to begin with.
And while making cash in Final Fantasy 14 isn’t particularly difficult, the fifty million asking price for a large house can seem monumental to someone that’s just starting out. If you’re not overly invested in crafting or gathering, that amount of cash can take months to build up. As an avid FF14 player myself, I am looking at World of Warcraft’s housing system a little enviously, and maybe Square Enix could take a few pages out of Blizzard’s book in the future.
