Housing

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Originally Posted by Faeon

Ya, got home from work and also gone on Ragnarok aswell. most of the legacy servers/or high pop are gone within 10mins and then there are the relocation spots which is also gone. Disappointing, yes but I have come to realize that this is going to be a problem all the time, and there is nothing that SE can do to fix it. Same as glamour system. O'well grats to all who got there dream house happy decorating

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No, most of the legacy / high pop servers still have houses, this is just 2 servers out of over 60 that are out of them because people insist on stacking there like sardines.

I came home from work yesterday looking forward to finally being able to purchase a house. I saw about two dozen plots available so I decided which one to go after. When I ran there I found I was unable to purchase the plot because it was not ready for sale. So I tried another, and another, and another half dozen. Every single one of them was unavailable for purchase.

What kind of horrible system is this? If plots are unavailable then they be marked as such on the ward selection screen. People were running around like headless chickens on Ragnarok last night trying to find a plot that was available for purchase, with no luck.

I come home from work tonight and find there is only about half a dozen plots available in total, and again they are not ready for purchase. I've given up.

The only way to fix housing in this game is to have a 1.23 style cataclysmic event totally destroy every ward available and start again with a system that works. They are never going to solve the problems with the current system unless they add 100 more wards.

The worst part about it all is I used to own a house, but because I had to stop playing for a short period I had it taken from me. I understand why they do that, but to me that is an indicator of bad design rather than a solution. You shouldn't have large purchases confiscated from you for taking a break.

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Originally Posted by Xenor

The only way to fix housing in this game is to have a 1.23 style cataclysmic event totally destroy every ward available and start again with a system that works. They are never going to solve the problems with the current system unless they add 100 more wards.

The worst part about it all is I used to own a house, but because I had to stop playing for a short period I had it taken from me. I understand why they do that, but to me that is an indicator of bad design rather than a solution. You shouldn't have large purchases confiscated from you for taking a break.

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So because of your short comings we should nuke and start over -.- lol funny, people think is an easy solution. They will eventually b e adding more plots and are making it so that RTM traders add flipping houses won't become an issue. It will take time. Just like you had to quit on your own, knowing their was a deadline, why should SE hold on to houses for non paying members? Got to pay to play. The real fix is as follows; be patient, join an FC in the meant time.

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

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Bad design is bad design - that's not the players' problem.

I actually like the solution they've put in to deter people from selling houses, they just need to fix the UI so that people don't have to run around like headless chickens checking every plot that looks empty to see if it's actually purchasable. It's up there with the market wards from 1.0 where you had to go in and check each retainer to see if it had the item you wanted. Just mark them as unavailable in the UI and problem solved on that front.

As for nuking - most people seem to agree that the small houses suck. Nuking the wards and starting again would allow SE to provide bigger houses for more people. They could also use a system that doesn't rely on having a set number of plots. Separate FC and personal housing while they're at it.

Everyone on the server should be able to have a house if they wish to - there is no valid argument against that so don't try.

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Originally Posted by Xenor

Bad design is bad design - that's not the players' problem.

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This is very typical Millenials thinking.
No thanks, pass.

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Originally Posted by Marcaroni

All gone? :( again?

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Really just depends on server now. Still over 600 houses available here across 4 regions. Housing is best pursued on non-extremely populated servers.

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Originally Posted by Xenor

Bad design is bad design - that's not the players' problem.

I actually like the solution they've put in to deter people from selling houses, they just need to fix the UI so that people don't have to run around like headless chickens checking every plot that looks empty to see if it's actually purchasable. It's up there with the market wards from 1.0 where you had to go in and check each retainer to see if it had the item you wanted. Just mark them as unavailable in the UI and problem solved on that front.

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Just a tip for next time you want to know if a house is available for purchase you should check the price. If the current price of the plot is the starting max price then it probably has a demo timer. If the price is devalued a good bit then it can probably be purchased. Every time someone relocates the price of the houses reset, this will give you a good gauge if you should be running around the wards to try and buy some.

Thanks for the info. This Quigg character really knows his stuff! /Brofist

A day and a half later... Still over 1/2 the plots unclaimed in my subdivision. So, there are still lots of housing opportunities left on some servers.