Major adjustment to housing

The "problem" will never go away with the current system. Everyone wants a large and there is not even close to enough to go around. Nobody wants the small houses. People grab them because they want to decorate something and there is nothing else left. Most people couldn't care less about the wards and having neighbors because it's a ghost town 90%+ of the time anyways.

Solution 9 is the perfect time to introduce a form of instance housing tbh. Call it digital housing or something. There would even be an excuse to make it so the rooms could be changed in size from small, medium, or large since it would all be digital. Will that happen? Doubt it. We will keep doing the same song and dance and probably be having this same discussion for the next decade lol.

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Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979

They got no chance at housing.

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Nothing stops them from occupying one of the many smalls available on every server while they hope to get lucky for their medium..

There's no reason for anyone who doesn't have a house to not occupy the available smalls.


When I won my medium - My old small remained unoccupied for almost 2 months.

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Originally Posted by NightHour

Nothing stops them from occupying one of the many smalls available on every server while they hope to get lucky for their medium..

There's no reason for anyone who doesn't have a house to not occupy the available smalls.


When I won my medium - My old small remained unoccupied for almost 2 months.

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The issue on Mateus, Balmung and any ''big'' server is that even smalls are won, and then not collected by the person who wins. And such it's even hard to get a small for people who does not have houses. I.E i've not been able to get a house over 178 tries.

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Originally Posted by Yuniko

The issue on Mateus, Balmung and any ''big'' server is that even smalls are won, and then not collected by the person who wins. And such it's even hard to get a small for people who does not have houses. I.E i've not been able to get a house over 178 tries.

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Unlucky I guess.

I was bidding every week for almost a year before I got my medium.

Good luck in your future bids, hope you get somewhere!

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Originally Posted by NightHour

Unlucky I guess.

I was bidding every week for almost a year before I got my medium.

Good luck in your future bids, hope you get somewhere!

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I'm sure i will! <3 Just got to keep hopes up hun! <3

i guess you lost your week bid on a house again now you come to the forums wanting instant housing. when i got my house on siren it took alot of clicking pain , i want that back. since it has not stop the crying from the defeated Warriors.

SE really should just Hydaelyn kick both Balmung and Mateus into 3 pieces each so we stop getting Balmung and Mateus people crying over their issue thinking it is entire FF14 community's issue
It is not like SE has never force split servers before and they have done it in FF11

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Originally Posted by Divinemights

SE really should really should just Hydaelyn kick Balmung and Mateus into 3 pieces each so we stop getting Balmung and Mateus people crying over their issue thinking it is entire FF14 community's issue
It is not like SE has never force split servers before and they have done it in FF11

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Did i say IT WAS MAJORLY Mateus and Balmung <.<

I've said it's housing in general, and im not talking just mateus. A lot of other big worlds have the same issue. Stop taking it so personaly XD

I mean, I know hindsight is 20/20, but they should have just initially added the Dynamis worlds to the already crowded NA DCs. Then they could all que for duties together, and travel between them is a little easier. I think it would’ve been a lot easier to get people to spread out more that way. The problem with Dynamis is that, legit or not, it’s gotten a rep for being a dead DC that people only have as their home world for the real estate and “have” to DC travel for everything else. And that isn’t appealing to a lot of people.

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Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra

I mean, I know hindsight is 20/20, but they should have just initially added the Dynamis worlds to the already crowded NA DCs. Then they could all que for duties together, and travel between them is a little easier. I think it would’ve been a lot easier to get people to spread out more that way. The problem with Dynamis is that, legit or not, it’s gotten a rep for being a dead DC that people only have as their home world for the real estate and “have” to DC travel for everything else. And that isn’t appealing to a lot of people.

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Purrcicely!

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Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979

So we all know people constantly yell for more housing. This is nothing new and the devs keep dropping the ball. Started back in stormblood with the new rules but they allowed ppl to keep extra housing. Then as of late the alt loophole that they never closed. Just a bandaid put over.

I also know they want the community feel but I got a few suggestions.

1) actually move to instanced housing. Charge a few dollars more on ppls subs and people will gladly pay it for a guaranteed house. Now this would make those mad who won multiples and the buyers/sellers but who cares. You make so much more money off this and make thousands happy.

Now, if you did this, would need a cap of 200-250 visitors for venues.

Then I would suggest modifying the fc workshop so that you can build up your private and fc plots and house sizes utilizing builds to add to said plots but don't have the items insta finish the build. Give a timer so it looks like real building is going on.

I also realize this could result in account selling. You would need very strict rules in place to combat this.

2) ungrandfather peoples extras and get rid of people's extras they got via the alt loophole. Not to mention, take away housing from people on dynamis who just made an alt there for a house. You got xbox coming and they won't have a fair shot because ppl greedy over virtual property.

3) scrap the system altogether. You failed already with it. Allowed this shortage to continue. People won't stop asking and you either will be forced to do instanced, keep people whining or scrap it.

Ask yourself this. With 10 years left in the game. Do you want to do something to make the community actually happy with you in one aspect or do you want them to continually cry while the few charge absurd amounts for a fc house

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People don't want to pay extra for a feature they can get for free inside the game already, people will not gladly pay for it as it is, they would pay for additional active content that goes in other directions if anything.

And running these servers is not something one do in ones mothers basement either, it is way more complex than that.

And it is already stated that they want to be able to keep the neighborhood feel to the system as we got now.

If you want to move anything move the workshop outside of playerhousing entirely and make it work through the Grand Company your FC stand allied with at Limsa/Uldah/Gridania instead.

Where is the downvote button. I hate everything you said

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Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra

I mean, I know hindsight is 20/20, but they should have just initially added the Dynamis worlds to the already crowded NA DCs. Then they could all que for duties together, and travel between them is a little easier. I think it would’ve been a lot easier to get people to spread out more that way. The problem with Dynamis is that, legit or not, it’s gotten a rep for being a dead DC that people only have as their home world for the real estate and “have” to DC travel for everything else. And that isn’t appealing to a lot of people.

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They could always move it later lol. Brynildr was one of those worlds (Ex- Brynildrian 2014-2016) It was on the primal data center but it got moved.

(population troubles is why I left the server)

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Originally Posted by Solowing

They could always move it later lol. Brynildr was one of those worlds (Ex- Brynildrian 2014-2016) It was on the primal data center but it got moved.

(population troubles is why I left the server)

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When I started in the STB patches, it was a preferred world with the xp bonus. Now it’s almost as full as the other Crystal worlds. So maybe that is a thing that could happen. lol

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Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra

When I started in the STB patches, it was a preferred world with the xp bonus. Now it’s almost as full as the other Crystal worlds. So maybe that is a thing that could happen. lol

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Indeed! Also your FC room needs a book. I thought it was really nice and cozy.

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Originally Posted by Solowing

Indeed! Also your FC room needs a book. I thought it was really nice and cozy.

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Aww thank you for visiting! :D I’ll have to put one in there!