Adressing the roots of the housing problem

it sounds like it's a bunch of things to stop bad behavior since just telling people not to do it doesn't work

like demolition timer to stop people from rushing houses to flip at exorbitant prices, even a few hours or a day or two of the housing list saying "being demolished" would be enough to make buying a house from another player unworkable

and no more multiple houses, the translation sounds like if you already own multiple they won't be taken away but you won't be able to relocate or buy a new one until you get down to 1/0

fc's have functionality requiring a house to use but markets get flooded by solo so hard that fc's can't get anything so fc's now get priority

they left relocation alone probably because it won't actually consume houses and also make houses available all over the wards for people looking to buy

The relocation feature is the same for both Company and Private Estate, so its no wonder that both can relocate without limitation in this update.

This update will bring an end to reselling private plots, but i can still see Free Company (with housing) being sold, how would they stop this? Unless of course, its then impossible to elect another character the Master, if they already have another Company with a house on an alt on the same world.

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Originally Posted by Nihility

the translation sounds like if you already own multiple they won't be taken away but you won't be able to relocate or buy a new one until you get down to 1/0

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From what i read, it is said that, you keep all your houses you currently own prior to the patch, and you can in fact relocate any of them at will, but you cannot ever buy another plot until you have no private Estates left.

I won’t change my mind in that I still say the people with multiple houses on one account, which I guarantee is but a tiny fraction of the playerbase, should have their multiple houses removed with due compensation. I also find the “people will unsubscribe!” Argument to be hollow. The reason I don’t concern myself with it, besides how trite it is, is that it would help far more people than it would hurt. Besides if they unsubscribe that’s just more free real estate as far as I’m concerned. But I’m really annoyed with the band aid fixes they keep doing. To me, the housing issue will never be solved unless they make it so that anyone can purchase any house they want, assuming they have enough gil of course.

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Originally Posted by Nihility

and no more multiple houses, the translation sounds like if you already own multiple they won't be taken away but you won't be able to relocate or buy a new one until you get down to 1/0

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It seems like relocation didn't receive any adjustments, just purchasing additional plots. Someone with multiple personal houses will still be able to transfer them to any open plot as I understand it.

It's just my personal opinion, but they should of at least left small houses be available for purchase from both FC's and player's seeking personal housing from the get-go. It makes sense to apply the "FC's first then individual housing second" to Larges and Mediums, but as there are far more Smalls than the other two in any given ward, it makes more sense to at least leave Small plots to both options of purchase the moment it is available to buy. Other than that, I have no other complaint with the system changes for housing.

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Originally Posted by CopperFawn

It's just my personal opinion, but they should of at least left small houses be available for purchase from both FC's and player's seeking personal housing from the get-go. It makes sense to apply the "FC's first then individual housing second" to Larges and Mediums, but as there are far more Smalls than the other two in any given ward, it makes more sense to at least leave Small plots to both options of purchase the moment it is available to buy. Other than that, I have no other complaint with the system changes for housing.

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ultimately i think your going to see a ton of micro fc's pop up so people can buy fc houses as personal plots

I think it's going to be too easy to circumvent the FC-only restriction by just forming a FC using someone's alts when you only need three of them. There are tons of people who care more about owning a medium/large house then being in a proper active FC.

If the number were higher, like eight or more then it would work better as a deterrant.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

I think it's going to be too easy to circumvent the FC-only restriction by just forming a FC using someone's alts when you only need three of them. There are tons of people who care more about owning a medium/large house then being in a proper active FC.

If the number were higher, like eight or more then it would work better as a deterrant.

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There was some sort of weird hint you'd need 4 people to purchase one? I'm not sure if it meant having them THERE or maybe just online. But that may help.

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Originally Posted by Youkulm

Greedy.

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It's not greedy. I know more than a few players who bought multiple houses and started FC's on their alts (mainly for airships) because wards were empty for months and they had the gil and time to sink into such projects.

Telling those players to go screw themselves because they worked and purchased land with in the rules is beyond selfish.

If anything the whole Apartment system should be reworked so that apartments function just like houses but as a personal ward/zone. Allow players to pick any size plot they want for the current cost of plots and allow players to assign apartments as personal or FC so they can have airships and submarines.

I'm extremely disappointed. I love housing. I REALLY love housing. I have 2 characters in the same world, in the same FC and in the same family. I also love role-playing and my two characters are quite different: a sinister and rude Au-Ra male and a kawaii and childish Au-Ra girl. The first one has a medium house, decorated with dark themed furniture. The second one has an small plot in Uldah decorated with colours, plushes and hearts everywhere.

1. Which house should i leave? Ok, I can share my account house but... it destroys 100% my game dynamic, my friends in-game role gaming. But sounds ridiculous sharing the same space for two very different characters.