I don't give credence to posts like Geekgirls.
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1st Server stability. If you think for a damn second dropping 10s of thousands of houses all at once per server just to "please" the population so everyone can have houses wouldnt create server stability problems then you need to rethink your argument. Its pretty clear the reason they delayed the housing release a week after it was added to the game so that they could monitor the servers and see how they would react to that much space instantly dropped onto them considering each house has its own map that can be customised as well as each ward has its own map that can also be customised depending on furniture the type of house the look of the house the stuff added in the yard the gardens everything between the ward and the interior of the house is able to be customised if they were to just "add" as much stuff as they want to without a single problem then god that would be great.
2nd Server space. Yeah space this stuff actually takes up space ya know? Data as well as physical space to store the data. Not that long ago they did a big move because they had very little physical space to expand on the servers any farther im not sure if you remember it but it was a Data Center Relocation. Could it possibly be that they are working on other expansions and content for people to do with some of that new space in stead of dedicating half of it to supply your "needs" for housing just so that people will complain about lack of content a little while down the road and then they have to relocate again because they dedicated so much space into housing.
Stop defending them, theres possibilitys, years in the past ppl wouldnt believe in things like phone, light bulbs! planes! yet they happened, you are way too gullible if you dont think theres a way to make it happen, unless you are just against it
ppl can buy lvl 60 shire gears / heavensward clears nowaday i dont want to hear that crap, i just now made it past that myself with a new character & it took a looong time, theres a lot of content, lots of savages & ex fights to wipe 1000 times or weekly restrictions, i personally would rather have a housing fix than a new expansion atm, new content should never be a defensive excuse versus fixing broken & retarded/delayed content that was half-assed for several years as ppl have been complaining for a loooong time
I don't know about advertising housing for everyone, but SE certainly advertises housing as one of the features of the game: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/
To also add to this, Shirogane was advertised as one of the major features of Stormblood. Which is another reason why, after its release in 4.1, there was such huge backlash over, not only the shortage, but also the response of the servers to the massive amounts of people trying to get in and obtain a house.
The only issue with this suggestion, is that its going to dissatisfy someone. Not everyone in the game is interested in housing; they would rather have more content elsewhere, be it raids, dungeons, DoH/DoL content, etc.. If SE chose to spend the vast amounts of time that it would take to redo server infrastructure and fix the housing system, they would have to sacrifice a lot of other content, potentially angering other customers that care more for said other content than about housing. Thus, they’re working on remedying the system bit by bit, as much as they can without taking away too much from the rest of the game.
I would like to see a permanent fix, but it’s going to take time. Since ARR launched, the developers have said repeatedly that they are working little by little to get rid of the 1.0 Legacy code that was left behind from the game’s first incarnation (and which ARR was basically built upon). But that’s a lot of code, and it’s not as easy (or as fast) to fix and restructure it as a lot of people think. 4.2’s Housing was a step in a good direction. They added 6 new wards, and have started implementing restrictions to stop house flipping and to curve those who want to own multiple houses. They could have just left the system as is and done nothing.
There were originally only 6 wards, but they added 2 wards later in 2.3/2.4 (I think it was 2.4, but I can’t remember), 4 more in 3.3, and then 6 more in 4.2. Is it enough to give the majority houses? No, but it’s better than just the 6 wards per server the game’s Housing system started with.
The devs aren’t without their faults, but they’re at least trying.
IMO, if you're married and own a house, your partner should be able to reset the auto-demolish timer by entering the house.
That way, if I take a break for a couple of months, my wife can keep my house from being demolished so we don't lose everything.