Apartments coming September 27th.

Patch 3.4 coming September 27th.

For those that don't have a house and interested in apartments they will be available September 27th.

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Apartments
Introduced in the past, this apartment-style housing will cost 500,000 gil for a room.

There will also be a shared space in the apartment building. While there will be no garden, there is a chocobo stable.

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What I would like to know is if this is just another fc room without being in a fc and also why they are only doing 500 some per area. Yes that is 1500 some apartments but I thought this was going to be an unlimited option. These are going to go fast on Balmung just like housing.

I hope these are like a small house on the inside or a different floor plan because if its only the size of a fc room whats the difference between one of those vs a apartment.

While I don't think they were ever meant to be unlimited, I had thought they would have more than that. I expected one per ward/subdivision. The official translation doesn't state that there's only going to be one apartment building total for each of the three current housing areas so back to waiting on more information to be released or simply waiting out the patch to see for ourselves.

I truely hope there is one per ward, that would make it a lot easier to obtain on some of the full servers. I know personally I have been waiting for them and will be crushed if they go the same route as houses.

If there's only one per housing region and not one per ward, I wonder which ward they're going to put it in then, how would that even work?

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Originally Posted by cuatx

if its only the size of a fc room whats the difference between one of those vs a apartment.

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It's not attached to a FC so you can move FCs as much as you want without losing your room, and also you don't have to worry about your FC just kicking you out at any point for any reason (not saying yours in particular would, I just mean in general)

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Originally Posted by Myon88

If there's only one per housing region and not one per ward, I wonder which ward they're going to put it in then, how would that even work?

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From what I understand (based on what other people have said) it sounds like it'll be in ALL wards and all entrances lead to the same fixed structure. But that might be completely wrong!

SE uses servers made of poptarts apparently, so their inability to manage data really should not surprise me. And yet...

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Originally Posted by Naunet

SE uses servers made of poptarts apparently, so their inability to manage data really should not surprise me. And yet...

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Even if poptarts, why make players angry? Every customer is paying a monthly subscription and should have equal chance to enjoy housing content. If balmung is several times bigger than maltheus and generating several times more revenue.. well then balmung should be given a lot more server budget and shouldn't have identical number of housing available compared to malteus.

Bad servers is no excuse, its just punishing paying customers and hurting the bottom line by not properly addressing the issue.

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Originally Posted by cuatx

What I would like to know is if this is just another fc room without being in a fc and also why they are only doing 500 some per area. Yes that is 1500 some apartments but I thought this was going to be an unlimited option. These are going to go fast on Balmung just like housing.

I hope these are like a small house on the inside or a different floor plan because if its only the size of a fc room whats the difference between one of those vs a apartment.

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I do hope it's different from FC rooms, but even if they're exactly the same, the main purpose of apartments was always to provide a housing option to people that didn't have a FC (or were in a FC that doesn't have a house).

At 500,000 gil a piece, everyone and their alt can buy one. Such low prices may also make a very tempting re-sale market. With an inconsistently applied policy on re-selling homes, the launch of 3.4 could devolve into an ugly affair. Providing an adequate number of rooms would spare both the players and the GM's a great deal of grief. Let's hope the people in charge are not sadists.

I may share a house with my sister, but it is in the Goblet; which is not the ideal place. We really wanted one in Lavender Beds or Mist, mainly LB because we hardly go there; FC is in Mist. So here's to hoping, I can get one in Lavender Beds! :) I also just want to check it out.

I hope they aren't just FC rooms. It would be great if they were a bit bigger than that. It would also be nice if the item limit is more than 50. Even if it was just 60.

With them being so cheap I hope I'm able to get one before they are all bought out. I've been waiting for the apartments for awhile since all of the houses on my server are taken.

So I had two quick questions about the upcoming apartments and housing situation in general and was hoping someone could shed some light.

I've gathered that no one knows yet what the interior will look like (not even square-footage or item limit) but has SE said anything about releasing that info prior to the actual patch?
I would like to start brainstorming decor ideas and stockpiling furniture, but it would help to know what we'll have to work with.

Also, about housing reclamation (if it doesn't get pushed back again,) will the 40 day countdown timer re-start with 3.4, meaning there will be houses up for sale in November, or will houses that have already been vacant for 40+ days be up for sale immediately?

Thanks for any help! ^_^

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Originally Posted by Rymm

So I had two quick questions about the upcoming apartments and housing situation in general and was hoping someone could shed some light.

Also, about housing reclamation (if it doesn't get pushed back again,) will the 40 day countdown timer re-start with 3.4, meaning there will be houses up for sale in November, or will houses that have already been vacant for 40+ days be up for sale immediately?

Thanks for any help! ^_^

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Can't answer the first part but the reclamation timer is "paused" meaning that if the house was at 35 days, 10 days after 3.4 drops it would be reclaimed. It doesn't reset unless the owner has set foot in the house while the timer was paused.

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Originally Posted by OliviaJ

It doesn't reset unless the owner has set foot in the house while the timer was paused.

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I don't know for sure either, but I feel fairly confident that it'll actually reset/start at 0 when 3.4 comes out. Because otherwise there's no warnings being given (either in game or via email).

My guess is it'll be like FC rooms or the inn. They've already said cottages will be bigger. What I do wonder is if they'll make it so people who have houses already can't purchase an apartment. Sure, many have alts, but without some block, those apartments will be resold almost instantly on high pop servers.

All i want is for them to be bigger than an fc room with big windows like the ones at the inns and to allow sharing permissions!!!! .....Yes, at least with another player bc how awesome would it be to share it with your EB (or a bestie), i know this would be more focused on rp but would be nice! n.n'