I find that preferable to the way it is in FFXIV. First person to a plot gets it, and it still costs a ton of money. Plus we need more gil sinks.
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Its been a mission of mine for housing to be overhauled to match the far superior housing design in Rift from the start.
Housing can be a far more engaging , enjoyable and long lived addition IF it is redesigned from what we have presently.
It needs massive rework.
That said I think its good to see the op, limitations of availability to me, is unacceptable, nothing less then that. and players should never stop reminding se just how bad limiting a feature like this is.
Crowded server or not, all should have access to it, at all times. I would take a housing rework over another dungeon, gs mini-game, raid or primal atm...it is equally important to me and would be to many others who have a creative bone in their body, if it was engaging and allowed for actual player creativity.
/support op concerns 100%
One thing I do wish they would implement for private chambers is a little hydroponic table top garden that has maybe 2 slots for very minimal crossbreeding.. but still SOMETHING for people to try out gardening with.
Well, I made a thread about it
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...t-do-you-think
It was not well received
Seems I'm an odd one out then. Ah well, nothing new there.
Still, housing in this game is pretty much a failure compared to some others. I think most of us can agree on that.
Funny timing: Someone in my FC this morning just announced that they saved up enough gil for housing but they couldn't find any available >.>
I feel bad. Such a frustrating situation. SE should really have planned better and should be adding plots on a regular basis - even if only to higher population servers. SE is entirely to blame for any population disparity - as a paying customer I hold them responsible for managing the game's balance and resources. Some of it is up to me but the playing field should be somewhat level.
TBH I would have left my server a long time ago but two things stopped me. First was the dollar amount, second was the fact that I would have lost two thirds of the gil I had saved towards a personal house. SE doesn't make it easy ; ;
It is not. However it is, your ''own fault'' (choice) of being on a high population server. Let's be realistic here: plot availability is most of a problem for the high population servers. However larger population means you get a lot of advantages we don't have. (IE: easier to find groups, FCs, LS)
Personally I'm not sure why SE didnt implement more houses for larger servers.
It is still your own choice to be on a larger server, with its advantages and disadvantages tho.
If all of your wards are full, then SE should be implementing additional districts. That was the plan from the get-go. Maybe they will bring us some new wards in 2.55?