Why is Housing even desired?

Housing is running out in all of the cities and I think it would be cool for them to add housing in the new area (Dravanian Hinterlands). But also they need to either expand the land in the housing areas or make new areas. Also it wouldnt kill them to lower the prices either. 41 mil is a bit steep even for a free company.

They don't need to keep adding land, they need to just make it instanced. Using the current model they'll never have enough plots to go around between every player and FC that wants one, especially when plots have set sizes. Or at least keep FC houses in the wards and move players into instanced housing.

I want it because its a product offering... (as per the FFXIV website).
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There are myriad benefits to being part of a free company. Each company has a chest whereby members can jointly store items and gil. There are also company actions which grant members bonuses such as increased experience points. Perhaps the most sought after of all perks, however, is the ability to purchase estates and build residences to serve as a base of operations.

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And aparently its an ability that only 1440 individuals (FCs) per server have, so houses are not for everyone it seems.

I don't see the whole point in having a "house" and I'm very vocal about it.

What does it do to help you get better at this game? Does it give you a buff? Does it give you extra exp?

It does absolutely nothing for you. People even buy houses for the sake of it and NEVER get in it.

Just a waste of money and space. Same goes to this ridiculous "eternal bond" business. It does not contribute to anything that help u in this game.

Each to their own I guess.

Housing gives you gardening -> crafting mats not obtainable otherwise (at least in 2.x)
And Chcobostables -> bonus exp and cooring for our feathered friends

But yes, the rest is just fluff

Those gorgeous clothesline swaying by the desert wind. Whole yard, full of them.

Basically RP reasons if you don't get what I mean.

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I don't see the whole point in having a "house" and I'm very vocal about it.

What does it do to help you get better at this game? Does it give you a buff? Does it give you extra exp?

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Well aren't you just a ray of sunshine?

Actually, some of the furnishings do give a CP buff to crafters under level 50. The Chocobo stable allows you to level up your buddy a lot faster (lemme tell you, a rank 20 Chocobo kicks some serious ass). The garden lets you grow rare(ish) crafting components, chocobo food, and chocobo dyes. There's also the airship content; my FC's airships have brought back a veritable fortune in materia and items.

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It does absolutely nothing for you. People even buy houses for the sake of it and NEVER get in it.

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*shrug* There's something to be said for building your own space. I use both my FC house and my personal house many times a day. If other people just want to own it, that's completely up to them.

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Just a waste of money and space. Same goes to this ridiculous "eternal bond" business. It does not contribute to anything that help u in this game.

Each to their own I guess.

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I use my Eternal Bond ring when I'm grinding FATEs with my partner and have to run back to town, or I die and there's nobody to res me. Poof! Once per 30 minutes, I'm right back on the front line with no fuss.

they need the housing in LOTRO, use to love killing new bosses and filling my house with their random body parts to show off.

LOTRO was the only game that I've played that I actually wanted to spend time messing with housing.

Because I have gil and need to sink

Idk cause some of us get a kick out of designing their own in game house