4.2 housing my experience

Matues: I and several FC members got in only a couple minutes after servers were up, and literally every large in Shirogane was taken. We were only planning to relocate, so no major loss. I went to bed not long after that (around 7-8am ish) and there were still larges in the other wards. Last time I took a peek through (LB and Mists at least), there were no larges left, but a surprising about of mediums, and a ton of smalls, in both new and old wards.

Here is hoping some mediums stay open, would really like to get one for a personal house. ;_;

I think it’s kinda bs that we can’t buy any personal houses if your a first time buyer also they haven’t even given a timeframe for when they’ll put back up individual housing

I logged on today in the afternoon because I was in no rush to get anything. I had a private house in the Mist, but my goal for *years* has been to own a small house near my FC house in the Lavender Beds. I bought that house for my FC back when the ward first launched in 2.3, so this was looooong before private houses were a thing. Eventually, people snagged up all the houses in the area and I thought I'd never be able to get one. I dreamed of owning a small house in the same 'neighborhood'. Well, today, when I logged in after maintenance was over, there were not many plots available (and none too close to my FC house), but when I logged in during the afternoon, I noticed that a close house had gone vacant. I was able to relocate with ease. It wasn't THE closest house, but it was basically the second or third closest, so I was okay with that. Overall, I was happy.

I know that the closest house is owned by what I can only assume is an alt. I've had my eye on that plot for a while... I know it's an alt because they didn't have any jobs over 50 last time I checked, and yet they still pay for a sub... and I never see them around. So I assume they're an alt of an active player. (It confuses me because I never see them using the gardening plots for anything, which is usually why people hoard plots... but to each their own.) Maybe if that one ever gets released, I can relocate again for another 3mil. Hahaha.

I managed to log on before the server icon went green but loding into the map gave an error and kicked me into a 400 que. Still several minutes later I managed to grab the house I wanted, but it was close, some dude was on a mount and had gotten off to try and beat me to it. It was literally like a 1 second difference. Also, I passed on two large plots thereafter so I think there was ample time for most people. The goblet larges were the last to go, no surprise there.

In mateus my bf and my brother were both able to log in before me. My bf managed to get the shirogane large plot I wanted for our fc and I managed to relocate to the plot I wanted in the goblet with ease. Around 11am shirogane larges were all gone while there were still sprinkles of larges in all other places. Before I went to sleep there were still lots of mediums and smalls in every district.

Just checked all the new wards on Famfrit a day after launch and the starting city states all have multiple large and mediums left with shirogane only having mediums left but that's no real surprise. Goblet even has multiple sub divisions that are 100% empty. I think I can say for at least small population servers that this was a success and hopefully they lift the personal housing restrictions in a week or so.

I myself had a personal small house in Shirogane, and my FC had a small in Goblet. I donated all my gil to the FC so I can try to relocate us to a large instead of trying for a bigger house myself. I had no plans to move at the time.


I spent days beforehand practicing, planning. I rehearsed my run from the ferryman to the aetheryte with my /busy /sprint macro. I was fully prepared but still shaking like a leaf at 1:55 AM PST. I planned to go to plot 28 in Lavender beds.

I logged in as soon as the clock struck the hour. Hit an 8 person queue, sat in panic for several seconds, then I got disconnected. OH THE HORROR! I quickly logged back in and didn't hit a queue this time. I remembered my rehearsal, hit my macro and decidedly clicked the aetheryte to the area I needed. I mounted and raced up to the plackard of the large house I had hand picked for my FC and relocated. Such a wave of relief washed over me.

I then realized there were far less people running around, and the medium/small houses were not being bought! I suddenly got the urge to move my small house to one of the nearby empty plots so I can live right by the FC. After 5 mins of standing in front of it debating, I ended up doing it. I loved Shirogane, but I never saw a soul there. It was really lonely, and worst of all was the ugliest chocobo house I've ever seen directly next to me.

I have no regrets. I'm so happy. My new neighbors are awesome, I've met several of them so far.