How? Why? I'm so disillusioned.

I have lost every clicking battle. And have lost every lottery result. Twice now I've lost to a 50/50 result, the new lots just got all filled and will only be harder now. I've waited years for a house in this game. I've played since 2.0 but back then housing was boring and not exclusive. THIS NEEDS A PERMANENT OVERALL FIX BEFORE 7.0

I CAN'T CONTINUE PLAYING.

And yes, this is that important to me. The housing, decorating, it's very important end game content. It's one of the only things to spend gil on. It's horrible to feel locked out of.

Come to Halicarnassus, Maduin or Marilith. We have cookies.

Oh, and we also have lots of available house plots. If ownership of a house is truly that important to you, the free transfer will be more than worth it.

If you're not willing to transfer, then a house isn't as important to you as you think.

Yes, the new servers (other than Seraph) on Dynamis still have a lot of housing. You can easily find an FC there, make new friends and keep up with your old ones with DC travel. And achieve house ownership. (Unless you're after prime plots, then I have bad news for ya...)

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I CAN'T CONTINUE PLAYING.

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Ok bye. :rolleyes:

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Yes, the new servers (other than Seraph) on Dynamis still have a lot of housing. You can easily find an FC there, make new friends and keep up with your old ones with DC travel. And achieve house ownership. (Unless you're after prime plots, then I have bad news for ya...)

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I transferred day one to Marilith and managed to get a prime plot with no competition.

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I transferred day one to Marilith and managed to get a prime plot with no competition.

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But that means you put in the effort to actually do something about your pixelated homelessness. Most people want the house handed to them.

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But that means you put in the effort to actually do something about your pixelated homelessness. Most people want the house handed to them.

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Conveniently forgets that by doing a server transfer, you leave your FC and friends behind. Sure you can visit from time to time but it’s not exactly the same. Not everyone wants that. I did because I wanted a medium and got it. Now trying to upgrade for a Large.

But again, it’s not an easy decision especially if you’ve been on the server for a while with friends.


Also what face do you use on your Elezen, looks great.

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Conveniently forgets that by doing a server transfer, you leave your FC and friends behind. Sure you can visit from time to time but it’s not exactly the same. Not everyone wants that. I did because I wanted a medium and got it. Now trying to upgrade for a Large.

But again, it’s not an easy decision especially if you’ve been on the server for a while with friends.


Also what face do you use on your Elezen, looks great.

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You gotta decide what your priorities are in life. You can't always get what you want right?

Wildwood face 4. jaw 4, eye 6, iris large, brows 3, nose 4. mouth 2. ears 1, length 30

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You gotta decide what your priorities are in life. You can't always get what you want right?

Wildwood face 4. jaw 4, eye 6, iris large, brows 3, nose 4. mouth 2. ears 1, length 30

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I know, made my choice but it’s a pity you have to do that in a game we play to chill after work (most of us at least).

And thanks for the Elezen data, my Elezen retainers always looked derpy. Now just need to find something to hide the neck lol

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And thanks for the Elezen data, my Elezen retainers always looked derpy. Now just need to find something to hide the neck lol

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Redbill scarves. If you've done the HW alliance raids, it can be found with the calamity salvage people.

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Come to Halicarnassus, Maduin or Marilith. We have cookies.

Oh, and we also have lots of available house plots. If ownership of a house is truly that important to you, the free transfer will be more than worth it.

If you're not willing to transfer, then a house isn't as important to you as you think.

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This, I made an alt and got myself a medium. If it's content you really need to continue playing, you must make some compromise.

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Redbill scarves. If you've done the HW alliance raids, it can be found with the calamity salvage people.

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Still too short, has to be coming from the chestpiece but I’ll have to take time to search a good one.

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This, I made an alt and got myself a medium. If it's content you really need to continue playing, you must make some compromise.

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Same, I moved an alt over to Hali and was able to get a small house there, though I am going to let it auto-demolish since I was lucky and grabbed a medium on my main.

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Still too short, has to be coming from the chestpiece but I’ll have to take time to search a good one.

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Heavy metal flanchard covers the neck pretty good!

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Originally Posted by CheshaSolttiri

I have lost every clicking battle. And have lost every lottery result. Twice now I've lost to a 50/50 result, the new lots just got all filled and will only be harder now. I've waited years for a house in this game. I've played since 2.0 but back then housing was boring and not exclusive. THIS NEEDS A PERMANENT OVERALL FIX BEFORE 7.0

I CAN'T CONTINUE PLAYING.

And yes, this is that important to me. The housing, decorating, it's very important end game content. It's one of the only things to spend gil on. It's horrible to feel locked out of.

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Go to another server, why not bid on a small house first? higher chance? If all you do is bidding on a medium or large you will lose and if all you play for is decorating houses, then I would suggest playing a game that is fully dedicated to that.

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I have lost every clicking battle. And have lost every lottery result. Twice now I've lost to a 50/50 result, the new lots just got all filled and will only be harder now. I've waited years for a house in this game. I've played since 2.0 but back then housing was boring and not exclusive. THIS NEEDS A PERMANENT OVERALL FIX BEFORE 7.0

I CAN'T CONTINUE PLAYING.

And yes, this is that important to me. The housing, decorating, it's very important end game content. It's one of the only things to spend gil on. It's horrible to feel locked out of.

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Stop bidding on plum plots if your goal is decoration - Your on Zalera which is the LEAST competitive crystal World perhaps second to Goblin.

This past round of lottery shows that over 40 Goblet plots remained with 0 bids. It would have been possible to ensure a virtually guaranteed house in the first round in Zalera if you had waited til near the end and chosen a low demand Goblet plot. It is no longer possible to get a guaranteed house for the second round, but the odds will still be far better than on a regular day - hopefully similar odds to the empyreum launch.

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Yes, the new servers (other than Seraph) on Dynamis still have a lot of housing. You can easily find an FC there, make new friends and keep up with your old ones with DC travel. And achieve house ownership. (Unless you're after prime plots, then I have bad news for ya...)

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Speaking of finding an FC...

SHIVA on Maduin would love to have you OP. I've personally gifted my FC mates houses in shirogane and lav beds with guaranteed bids.

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Conveniently forgets that by doing a server transfer, you leave your FC and friends behind. Sure you can visit from time to time but it’s not exactly the same. Not everyone wants that. I did because I wanted a medium and got it. Now trying to upgrade for a Large.

But again, it’s not an easy decision especially if you’ve been on the server for a while with friends.


Also what face do you use on your Elezen, looks great.

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No one is left behind because data center travel exists. You can visit as much as you want, it's not a "you can only data center travel once a week" type system. The more socially active FCs also tend to have Discords so you can be in constant touch (or at least as much as you want) that way then data center travel when the FC is holding an event.

In the end, the player has to decide if having a house is worth the small inconvenience of having to data center travel to play with friends/FC on their old world. The OP sounds like one who would find it worth it.

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No one is left behind because data center travel exists. You can visit as much as you want, it's not a "you can only data center travel once a week" type system. The more socially active FCs also tend to have Discords so you can be in constant touch (or at least as much as you want) that way then data center travel when the FC is holding an event.

In the end, the player has to decide if having a house is worth the small inconvenience of having to data center travel to play with friends/FC on their old world. The OP sounds like one who would find it worth it.

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When you’re not a direct member of the FC and left for housing, things tend to go quiet. It’s just not the same, world travel or not.

I still have contacts with a few friends but, once you’re out, outside of close friendships it’s radio silence.

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When you’re not a direct member of the FC and left for housing, things tend to go quiet. It’s just not the same, world travel or not.

I still have contacts with a few friends but, once you’re out, outside of close friendships it’s radio silence.

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Must not be good friends then. I moved a Gilga alt to Hali and DC travel everyday to PVP with fiends on Siren. We have crossworld linkshells so we can all talk to one another. I did that on Gilga (this alt was born on Siren) and do it on Dynamis now. Sure FC chat isn't there but my friends are in those linkshells and the only thing I can say is missing is a FC buff but leveling is so easy nowadays those buffs aren't really much of a factor to begin with.

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When you’re not a direct member of the FC and left for housing, things tend to go quiet. It’s just not the same, world travel or not.

I still have contacts with a few friends but, once you’re out, outside of close friendships it’s radio silence.

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Linkshells, CWLS, if they truly are your friends, they'll join in a heartbeat. If they won't, then that says quite a lot about your 'friendship', doesn't it?
I am on Gilgamesh, but so many of my friends are on Crystal, so I spend a lot of time over there. I have absolutely zero troubles keeping contact, communicating, etc with my Crystal friend group.

Sorry to hear that OP. :( It must be a server thing. Lots of available plots left here in Zodiark (at least in Ishgard). Me and a friend both bid on neighbouring plots and had 0 competition...

Alternatively, just make an alt, pay like 20 dollars to boost him through the boring MSQ reruns, and then pay some sprouts in Limsa to sign an FC petition. Then have a friend to invite some of your alts in to pad the numbers until you're at the quota, tell the sprouts they can leave or stay if they want, and wait a month. Literally what I did. Took several hours, dispersed over a few days, of grinding to get the FC to rank 6 from an alt with nothing on it, but I was able to get an uncontested FC plot that way. When the new wards released, I placed a bid on my main in a mixed ward on one of the plots with 0 bids towards the end of the cycle, but had a second guy come in and snipe it from me at the last minute despite plenty of 0 plots still existing :))) thanks @ that guy, I hope you step on a lego every day for the rest of your life :)))). Meanwhile, the FC alt pulled through and I finally got a stupid house.

Is it absolutely ridiculous that I had to go this route? Yeah. Am I inconvenienced by not being able to decorate on my main? Completely. Do I hate the fact that my friends can't just warp there easily by right clicking my main's name and going in? Yup. Am I often tempted to leave the FC I'm in now, to assume full leadership of my shell FC just so I can have travel benefits and ease of decoration? You bet. But it's better than nothing, and this is what we've gotta do in this wack-ass system if we don't want to move to a dead DC for one. Or you could just become one of the many, many Dynamis commuters who has a home on dynamis but spends the majority of his playtime congesting crystal. Up to you. Also this advice assumes you're in an FC that you don't want to leave for personal reasons; if this isn't true, you can far more easily make a solo FC on your main instead of an alt. As long as you're not gunning for a medium or a large, you'll get something in time if you take these steps. It's a pain in the ass but it worked for me and I'm on balmung which is like housing hell.

For whatever it's worth, I agree that the system basically brings out the worst in people and is utter trash. You could pluck a man off the street at random and he'd probably come up with better solutions than the ones we have now. Even first come first serve was better than this "wait a week just to lose" bullshit.

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Alternatively, just make an alt, pay like 20 dollars to boost him through the boring MSQ reruns, and then pay some sprouts in Limsa to sign an FC petition...

... It's a pain in the ass but it worked for me and I'm on balmung which is like housing hell.

For whatever it's worth, I agree that the system basically brings out the worst in people and is utter trash. You could pluck a man off the street at random and he'd probably come up with better solutions than the ones we have now. Even first come first serve was better than this "wait a week just to lose" bullshit.

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CONGRATULATIONS! Balmungs mark is the "Ultimate" of housing purchase on Crystal.

This is soooooo true and really should be changed. The idea of FC lots is stupid to begin with; which I still do not see the point in the grand scheme of things because you can only bid once per lotto anyways. There should have never been "FC bid only" or "Private bid only" wards and the lotto duration should be a lot lower and without the added insult of the walk of shame. Getting rid of the FC only lots would reduce shell FC's a little; while enforcing the limit of "maintaining" one FC plot per service account would go even further to free up a fair bit of supply. (Maintaining in this context being that you may only have 1 FC owner per service account per world)

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I have lost every clicking battle. And have lost every lottery result. Twice now I've lost to a 50/50 result, the new lots just got all filled and will only be harder now. I've waited years for a house in this game. I've played since 2.0 but back then housing was boring and not exclusive. THIS NEEDS A PERMANENT OVERALL FIX BEFORE 7.0

I CAN'T CONTINUE PLAYING.

And yes, this is that important to me. The housing, decorating, it's very important end game content. It's one of the only things to spend gil on. It's horrible to feel locked out of.

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Sorry you haven't earned your house yet OP, I earned a beach house myself this last lottery so keep practicing and eventually you'll be good enough to win.

Round 2 begins. Zalera has more houses available for personal bids than it did at the launch of Empyreum. Furthermore, the competition pool should be significantly smaller due to all the houses that were sold last round. Play it smart and wait until the last day to assess the distribution of the bids. Don't do something ridiculous like bidding on a super popular plot that's going to be targeted by relocators.

definitely did not wait until the last day.........

I can never wait that long… after being first on the plot and losing twice in a row, I forced myself to wait until lunchtime and now I’m number 6. Which is the number I lost to last time, so hope it ends up being lucky for me this time!

I bid on my favorite small again, for probably the 10th time. I'm a glutton for punishment, and I'm well aware that this is why I'm still homeless.

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I bid on my favorite small again, for probably the 10th time. I'm a glutton for punishment, and I'm well aware that this is why I'm still homeless.

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Wishing you luck!

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I can never wait that long… after being first on the plot and losing twice in a row, I forced myself to wait until lunchtime and now I’m number 6. Which is the number I lost to last time, so hope it ends up being lucky for me this time!

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thats funny, i lost a plot to someone who put their ticket in first so i made sure to wake up early to put my ticket first into a different small plot.

I did just that. Someone else came and it was 50/50 change. I only have gil for a small, and I love the goblet.

Every player should have a house not just a handful of elites.

Convert all wards to FC only and allow all players to purchase an instanced small/med/large house

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Every player should have a house not just a handful of elites.

Convert all wards to FC only and allow all players to purchase an instanced small/med/large house

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This. If houses were strictly cosmetic, it'd be one thing, but things like cross-pollenating crops and training chocobos are mechanics that players should not be locked out of just because they're unlucky, solitary, or on congested servers. Even being willing to ignore the endgame of decoration and furnishings, if you are going to lock actual game mechanics behind a wall of RNG, you need to make an alternative available to players who don't want to participate in that rat race. Even if it's just an instanced gardening plot and stable.

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Wishing you luck!

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That must have been some kind of luck, because I finally got my LB 17/47 after bidding every opportunity since April!
I was #1 out of 6 bidders.

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That must have been some kind of luck, because I finally got my LB 17/47 after bidding every opportunity since April!
I was #1 out of 6 bidders.

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Congrats and enjoy!