How do people play for 3 years without a house?

How do people play this game for 3 years without managing to find an open house from auto-demolish?

I used to find 2-3 every week on Faire, and later when I transferred servers I went to Mateus, because they were low-pop. (who needs to be in the big-city server when you can commute with party-finder).

So how do people endure 3 years without a house suddenly "need" one right meow?

I was thinking this same thing, I started playing last January. Bought a small in about a month and a medium in the summer. Relocated to a large yesterday. But I play in a lower population server I think, which probably is the difference.

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Originally Posted by Alyanna_Elingval

But I play in a lower population server I think, which probably is the difference.

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There have been a few threads started about people finding houses on Balmung (before 4.2 went live). Even though it's harder on a higher population server, it's still completely possible depending on how much you're camping the wards.

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Originally Posted by JackHatchet

So how do people endure 3 years without a house suddenly "need" one right meow?

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Most of them have wanted one, just when the issue comes up again, the complaints are renewed. And, you know, SE markets housing as a major game feature in their material, which new players and probably returners will be seeing.

FWIW I got mine, but I'm not about to say "screw you" to those that didn't. It's still a crap system.

4 years, the best i saw available was smalls on gilgamesh... but now i am set :)

Houses are not everything.
I have an fc room. Thats it. Rather happy with it. But nonetheless, i'd be happy with a house too.

February 2015 started

Most of the people complaining are on high pop servers.
Well, you can play on a high pop server, or you can have a house.
I've only played for a little over a year and I've already moved to a different house a half dozen times.

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Originally Posted by MizArai

There have been a few threads started about people finding houses on Balmung (before 4.2 went live). Even though it's harder on a higher population server, it's still completely possible depending on how much you're camping the wards.

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I used to check every day when I logged on before I got my first house. I got the medium just because one day I decided to run through the ward instead of using the aether and there it was.

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Originally Posted by JackHatchet

How do people play this game for 3 years without managing to find an open house from auto-demolish?

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The first auto-demolition happened in December 2015, so it's only been 26 months. Of those 26 months, auto-demolition was inactive for 9.

Even if you were actively looking - even if you were present on Christmas 2015, during the first ward expansion and during 4.1's Shiropocalypse - it's still pretty likely that people couldn't get houses even before factoring in server sizes. Especially if they could only play during weekends and prime time.

it's not that hard really it's all about timing. I use to sell my FC's until I decided to stick with a large on that I created. I'm in a legacy server and if I was able to find housing it was more do to luck I guess. That and I know how to bargain lol. If you think about it ost people that complain are usually the ones who make the least effort. 3 yrs.... well people must of been doing something right if people still got houses.