I actually had enough Gil for a small plot...

... But then I had to finish my day at work and go back home before I could log in.

All small plots on Masamune are sold out.

Thank You, Square Enix. That really made my day.

I don't think doubling the number of wards is going to be enough, you'd need about 10x that to even make a dent in the total demand. For reference, patch 2.38 added enough Small size plots for 0.1% of the estimated number of players: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...large-image%29

You should have just gone with a system like FFXI's Mog House: one small instanced plot on its own, and not a piece of a persistent zone. Sure, it wouldn't have been as charming as being able to walk around an actual neighborhood, but I sincerely believe this would have made a lot less people unhappy. Your current system is not able to deliver, and most likely never will, and you probably need better advisors if you actually believe it'll work out nicely in the end.

I did too! I couldn't wait to at least get my plot, but every small plot on Phoenix is now gone too!! I can't believe they didn't add more wards with this update since the demand is so high; clearly. I mean, I'd love a medium house but I fear by the time I save they'll be gone too!! Totally disappointed. Personal housing has been the thing I've waited for and wanted the most!! :(

Get personal chamber and wait till you will get gardening added to it.

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Get personal chamber and wait till you will get gardening added to it.

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That's only a solution to people in a Free Company, more importantly a Free Company with a House.

Private Rooms should never have been tied to Free Companies to begin with. Probably would have taken a lot of the heat off this update if they did that, shame they lack common sense.

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Get personal chamber and wait till you will get gardening added to it.

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Our FC has a medium house already, though my personal chamber serves as a meeting hall for our Free Company. I relinquished my chamber for everyone to use because I intended to get a personal house.

I got mine about 3 AM Eastern Time (US) on Siren and it was 2.1 million Gil. I'm hoping for the gardening plot in the private chambers as well.

Heck, I woke up and got online the moment the servers were up. I had plenty of gil and still didn't get a house because on Balmung they were all sold out of smalls in under five minutes. I watched people crowd around placards just as I arrived at them in a mad race to click "purchase." Sigh.

My servers still have many small plot of lands available. I think there will be no lands left if the price is cheaper.

According to supply and demand, maybe the land price could be considered as too attractive in some servers? ^^;

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Heck, I woke up and got online the moment the servers were up. I had plenty of gil and still didn't get a house because on Balmung they were all sold out of smalls in under five minutes. I watched people crowd around placards just as I arrived at them in a mad race to click "purchase." Sigh.

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/war flashbacks

Well they could have pushed back the launch till 2.4 but you would still be in the same boat.

Putting FCs and individuals in competition was probably the biggest mistake. Can't find a personal plot? Well, you're not any worse off than before the patch. But if a FC wants to buy a house and finds that all the plots are taken up by individuals...

I would not be surprised if, after the new wards are added, rich players start buying up all the plots and selling them to FCs/individuals for insane markups.

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That's only a solution to people in a Free Company, more importantly a Free Company with a House.

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Making a FC doesn't cost anything, and if you can buy a personal house, that shouldn't be a problem if you're in an FC then either.

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I would not be surprised if, after the new wards are added, rich players start buying up all the plots and selling them to FCs/individuals for insane markups.

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They should've just implemented a cap on the houses you can own. Someone on my server has like 8 houses, all small/medium. And put a minimum level requirement of 50 to buy them, and a quest chain involved, so people can't just infinitely spawn alts to get around that cap.

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And put a minimum level requirement of 50 to buy them, and a quest chain involved, so people can't just infinitely spawn alts to get around that cap.

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That's nearly in place already, except the level requirement is 47 rather than 50. Purchasing a house requires being a second lieutenant in your Grand Company, and unlocking that promotion requires a level 47 quest (as well as a few previous quests and several dungeons to complete the GC hunting logs and whichever content you use to earn all the GC seals needed).

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That's nearly in place already, except the level requirement is 47 rather than 50. Purchasing a house requires being a second lieutenant in your Grand Company, and unlocking that promotion requires a level 47 quest (as well as a few previous quests and several dungeons to complete the GC hunting logs and whichever content you use to earn all the GC seals needed).

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Actually it is level 50.

Requirements to buy a House

Character with level 50 in 1 of the classes.
Second Lieutenant in 1 of the Grand Companies.

Each character that met the requirements can purchase 1 unowned plot of any size, within any Ward.

So technically Sensu, the level requirement is 50 and there is a long quest chain involved which is your Grand Company quests.

What they should have done was limited the housing to 1 house per SE account per server.

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Actually it is level 50.

Requirements to buy a House

Character with level 50 in 1 of the classes.
Second Lieutenant in 1 of the Grand Companies.

Each character that met the requirements can purchase 1 unowned plot of any size, within any Ward.

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Well, when I reached Second Lieutenant at level 48, the game told be that Personal Housing has been unlocked (with the fanfare music and big yellow lettering across the center of the screen that it uses on feature unlocks). And the next time I entered a housing area, it repeated that statement (though smaller and by the chat box this time). I haven't tried actually buying one as I'm still saving up money, but I'm pretty sure I could if I had the gil for it.

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Well, when I reached Second Lieutenant at level 48, the game told be that Personal Housing has been unlocked (with the fanfare music and big yellow lettering across the center of the screen that it uses on feature unlocks). And the next time I entered a housing area, it repeated that statement (though smaller and by the chat box this time). I haven't tried actually buying one as I'm still saving up money, but I'm pretty sure I could if I had the gil for it.

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From the official 2.38 Patch Notes - http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...6869b10e012e57

- Purchasing Land
In order to purchase land, a character must first have attained level 50 in at least one class and also have earned the rank of second lieutenant in one of the Grand Companies. Each character meeting these requirements can purchase a single unowned plot via the placards found within the residential districts.
Plots of any size and within any ward may be purchased.

Interacting with a placard and selecting Purchase Land will bring up an option to buy the plot as either an individual or free company purchase.