An Open Letter to Yoshida-san: Please Slice One Zero Off the Housing Prices

[Mjollnir]

So they add content that BY DESIGN won't be accessible for three months.

On the plus side, I should have just about saved up enough gil to contribute my portion of my FC's housing cost by the time that personal housing is released...

[AmnesiaHaze]

So they add content that BY DESIGN won't be accessible for three months. He also expects everyone to farm gil for this and this alone, forget all the other things gil is needed for as well.

How out of touch has that guy become?

yes, the average player wont get that much gil before his subscriptions ends... but whatever , SE made a useless feature nobody can afford, but what would one do in the house anyway, starring at the fireplace ? they should have rather implemented the casino so everyone could have some fun

[jetsette1]

So they add content that BY DESIGN won't be accessible for three months. He also expects everyone to farm gil for this and this alone 24/7, forget all the other things gil is needed for as well not to mention farming gil is unlikely to be content most people want to do for progression.

How out of touch has that guy become?

^This. They just added a whole bunch of content. Are we not supposed to be trying that out? We're all supposed to be farming gil like a bunch of gil sellers? He's also completely wrong. People just need to boycott the housing so they get a clue.

[InjaTheNinja]

I'm surprised they didn't think of some kind of renting system to go alongside the lump sum purchase. What happens when an FC buys a lot and maybe a year or two from now the FC no longer exists or has barely any members around.

This gives me an idea. 10% of the original cost as a down payment, and then rent would be however much it would take to pay off the rest of the cost through monthly payments for five years until the property has no rent left.

It sounds complicated, but it would come out to under five million Gil a month for the most expensive property on my server which is much more reasonable for a group of 50 active people to farm up each month. This would slowly draw money out of the players since even the cheapest property on Balmung would now be affordable at 2 million Gil at the start and 300 thousand each month for the next five years. Surely even a Free Company of five active people could afford that much.

[mbncd]

Great post Abriael.

I support your feedback and suggestions 100%. I feel exactly the same way and really hope your post gets translated and Yoshi-P reads it himself in full.

[Ezarel]

Im somewhat everyday player, but there are those also even myself that have work, and my fc houses about 30 players all trying to be active and all is try hard for guildhouses, but really.. 80 millions way to much, even though guilds active and would work hard reaching say the L size land of 80 million my server or 680 million about for a legacy, is a bit way to much ,especially since nothing really sells on markets, 2 star or anything and if it sells its a 20k profit on top, to get 80 million for l size simply by farming, it would need to grind 2100 potash/coke and sell hq things to make that summ, which by itself points to how rediculous the prices are.

Drop the prices, if this would be free to play game i understand pricing, as in dragons prophet, but atleast there you could lease a appartment and have your own secret hideout plane where you could invite your friends.

Its not like i can go out to fc say, hey all send me 3million gill will ya?....

[Bitty]

Thank you for the well thought-out post Abriael.

[Malakai]

Wonder how many ppl in FC's that donated gil towards housing are now wanting their gil back since it's pointless to try to pool money for over 90% of the player population. Better off just saving every gil earned now towards player housing. Then again if that's the case and players horde gil towards personal housing. Then player housing might cost triple the FC housing costs by the time it's introduced.

[WHS]

Does the save up your gil for 3 months and buy a plot of land only apply to FC that are larger than 10 people? My FC is small and has less than 10 right now. We do plan to grow and get bigger eventually. I still do not see housing accessible by smaller FC is 3 months time. Why is SE so worried about housing plots being bought up as they just said if its virtual? Can't they just make more? They gave reason in the patch notes live was to keep lots from being bought out. It's air. Why not do a poll as to how many of each type house people are looking for and then make housing districts for that instead of all 3 types.

[Cubester]

Well, I guess I don't have much right to complain since I'm on one of the cheapest servers, but still. I believe 4 million for the tiniest plot is still pretty ridiculous. And that's not even including the house itself.
We're a small FC that consists of 8 - 10 active people, but I doubt we'd even be able to afford the smallest plot of land after pooling all our gil together since I know some people don't even have 100k to their name.

I've been saving for this ever since I got to 50, and I've been lucky since the materia market was still healthy at that point. I managed to get 1.8 mil for myself which I consider to be quite something, given that I've other things to do besides playing FF XIV. But recently the markets have started to die, materia doesn't sell anymore, philo mats don't sell anymore, crafted gear hardly sells anymore either. Nothing really sells anymore, mostly because everyone has access to everything themselves thanks to the armoury system that's in place.

I believe the only people on our server who are going to be able to make money towards housing from this point onward are those who stoop down to selling Titan HM kills, asking for a lvl 50's entire savings and then some more. And it's not like they'll need to, since they've been leeching off of other players since the beginning of time.

I was really looking forward to 2.1, and especially housing, but I'm really disappointed now. Gutted, even. But I guess SE doesn't want us to enjoy things while we play a game for fun.