I can't afford a house, but I want a pretty chocobo

Can we get a Chocobo Stables NPC who will let me shack up my chocobo in his stable for a nominal fee; and then I can feed my bird bro some paint berries?

I don't really care about having a house, but I want to force feed some color into my chocobo. I don't see why that should cost millions of gil.

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Originally Posted by Destous

Can we get a Chocobo Stables NPC who will let me shack up my chocobo in his stable for a nominal fee; and then I can feed my bird bro some paint berries?

I don't really care about having a house, but I want to force feed some color into my chocobo. I don't see why that should cost millions of gil.

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If you aren't in an FC, I can invite you to mine so you can do that. Then you can leave if you like, or stick around. :) Free, of course. You would have to provide your own fruit though.

But more on topic, I do agree.

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Originally Posted by Shyluv

If you aren't in an FC, I can invite you to mine so you can do that. Then you can leave if you like, or stick around. :) Free, of course. You would have to provide your own fruit though.

But more on topic, I do agree.

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Decent work around; and plenty are willing to do this, but it speaks to the larger issue of a hulking gil gate in front of coloring up your chocobo. I'd rather see something more sensible than FC hopping every time I want to change my chocobo's color scheme.

I agree. It's ridiculous that something like coloring one's chocobo is locked behind the absurd nightmare that is this game's housing. That's not even an FC-related activity; it's entirely personal.

Really not happy that I'm gonna be stuck with plain ol' yellow for the foreseeable future. :/

This isn't a real fix for the inflated price of housing(and I have a house and fc house, so I'm sure my words don't help much), hopefully the new roommate system combined with the decay timer and the transfer system will help more people have access to these features. None of those are real fixes to the problems with housing(and housing features), but hopefully it does ease the burden on players. If not, I think we should probably urge everyone who is unhappy with the system into making a forum post and add their opinions into it; I know most of my friends in game avoid the OF like the plague, and most of the player population does too, so their opinions don't get heard.

Its one of the few things I still don't get either
To color it you need access to the stables (either by FC or own house)
To get the berries you either buy them of the AH or grow them yourself but you need access to a gardening plot therefor access to an FC or own house

We are talking about painting a bird here? >_>
Why couldn't they add 2-3 flower pots to your inn room? or your personal FC room at least so you can do some gardening your self.

The stable could have been resolved by putting a public stable in Ishgard (where the current stables are now)

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Originally Posted by Malackai

The stable could have been resolved by putting a public stable in Ishgard (where the current stables are now)

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Bentbranch, too, please. :/ Don't suggest gating chocobo dyeing behind Ishgard.

Or there's that chocobo stable on the north side of Gridania, that's only used for a couple of low-level sidequests at the moment.

Then also could be some chocobo coloring items for use anytime from mog-station ;)

Honestly you have to work for what you want- that's how MMORPGs work. If you don't want to work to buy your own house or find an FC you want to join, you really are playing the wrong type of game.

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Originally Posted by crc0427

Honestly you have to work for what you want- that's how MMORPGs work. If you don't want to work to buy your own house or find an FC you want to join, you really are playing the wrong type of game.

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Exactly how do you propose people work for their own house, when there are no plots available?

Just curious...

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Originally Posted by crc0427

Honestly you have to work for what you want- that's how MMORPGs work. If you don't want to work to buy your own house or find an FC you want to join, you really are playing the wrong type of game.

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Talk about tunnel vision.

seeing as how the last lala got shot down in a burst of flames lol... i'll try and tread lightly.

Is it really that hard to find a FC in a massive multi player game? No ones even saying you have to become some extroverted personality and chat up the place all the time. Just put a application in and go use the stables. Hell just walking around in one of the starter city's would sooner or later warrent you an invite from someone noticing you don't have an FC, at least thats what I do :P

Have an FC... don't have a house.

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Originally Posted by Pterois

seeing as how the last lala got shot down in a burst of flames lol... i'll try and tread lightly.

Is it really that hard to find a FC in a massive multi...you an invite from someone noticing you don't have an FC, at least thats what I do :P

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You're missing the point. It's not that there isn't a work around, it's that there is a need to have a work around that effectively amounts to stable begging. Locking away chocobo colors behind millions of gil is silly. That's like needing a special house room to use the glamour feature; it's a very individual feature that has nothing to do with the FC.

Can I log in, right now, talk to my FC leader, ditch my current FC, join an FC with a stable, use it to get the color I want, then ditch that FC and join up with my original FC? Yes, but why the hell is that the working "fix" for coloring a chocobo?

... but since it apparently is, if anyone needs a stable for a couple of days on Brynhildr, poke me when I'm online, and I'll invite you to Solitude.

I thought there was talk about changing the housing "use" rules. Meaning people on your friends list could use your garden, stable, etc.. if you allowed it. I thought I read that somewhere.

I'm pretty sure it's in the works for 3.1.

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Originally Posted by Destous

You're missing the point.

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and i completely agree with you my friend, i am not missing your point. The issue here isn't anything but the housing situation not have enough places. I wonder if SE will ever back the Devs to get more server space but sooner or later they will be shooting themselves in the foot not to. In order to keep things the way they are and not waste man hours revamping the entire housing system they're gonna have to dedicate several servers just for the housing areas.

While joining an FC is a convenient solution, not all FCs have houses or are capable of getting one. So let's say you're in a smaller FC, probably one that's just a few friends together. You can't get a house. So each of you needs to do the "workaround" every time you want to do something with stables or gardening.

The upcoming changes will alleviate the pressure certainly, but the only real permanent solution is instanced housing.

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Originally Posted by crc0427

Honestly you have to work for what you want- that's how MMORPGs work. If you don't want to work to buy your own house or find an FC you want to join, you really are playing the wrong type of game.

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I don't understand why people always jump to these conclusions and think that they could make those kinds of snap judgements. Lots of FCs right now are homeless, either because lack of funds or having the bad luck of joining the game after all the plots had become occupied.

I was telling a friend how great it would be to be able to rent stalls from the cities' stables (because what else is their purpose; they're freaking stables you can't interact with). We do have access to inn rooms, so why can't we grow our own foods for our chocobos? Even in FFXI you were able to grow plants. I honestly don't think it's very fair to force such unreasonable restrictions on something like caring for the very companion you work hard to obtain and raise.

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Originally Posted by yeobo

I don't understand why people always jump to these conclusions and think that they could make those kinds of snap judgements. Lots of FCs right now are homeless, either because lack of funds or having the bad luck of joining the game after all the plots had become occupied.

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If there were anything close to a reasonable amount of housing for the demand, he might have a point, but there is not. What if you are the leader of an FC that literally cannot get a house right now? Should you disband?

The housing situation is ridiculous and a bit of compassion for the players affected is called for.

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Originally Posted by Isondre

If there were anything close to a reasonable amount of housing for the demand, he might have a point, but there is not. What if you are the leader of an FC that literally cannot get a house right now? Should you disband?

The housing situation is ridiculous and a bit of compassion for the players affected is called for.

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I agree - housing should be a top priority as it is a bit of a mess right now, which is sad because it is a really fun casual oriented part of the game. All I can say is to people looking for a house, be persistent in looking for plots that open up due to transfers. I looked religiously 4-6 times a day at EACH housing district for weeks and last night on my server (Behemoth) a medium plot was open in the Mists - needless to say I frantically raced to my retainer for gil and then quickly made my way to the plot to snag it. Now my GF and I just need 3.1 to hit for shared housing...