New Live Letter: YoshiP Comments on Housing Prices

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

what is a role bonus? how can i earn a role bonus?

[frostmagemari]

So you'll be lazy and not work on other ways to get money? I make 200-300k a day (Just about every day, sometimes 150k area just depends on what am selling and such)

You do realize that with the housing being released, your profit margins will drop considerably. A lot of people will want the housing, but at the moment barely anyone can realistically afford it; What does this mean? It means that everyone will be attempting to -sell- to everyone, but the amount of buyers in the market will be severely reduced because they won't want to set themselves back days/weeks worth of Gil.

edit: sorry, realized i somehow double-posted.

[cloverkitty]

20,000g per day. So an FC with 10 members will make 200k a day, the cheapest house on Durandal is 40,000,000 . 40,000,000 / 200,000 = 200 days to obtain the smallest house. 30 days (roughly) in a month, 200/30 = over 6 months to obtain the cheapest house on Durandal.

20,000 per day, the most expensive house is 645,000,000, so it'll only take 32,250 days for that FC to obtain that, or with 100 members, 3,250 days, or with 1,000, a year.

"Let's introduce content that most people will not obtain"
"Why?!"
"Why not?"
"Oh, okay, let's go for it!"

He did say good sized FC.
So if everyone makes 20k a day * 300 members * 90 days = 540,000,000 then you could buy a large house even on Riddill, with gil to spare after the 50% reduction, assuming noone buys it sooner.

Now if you have a a 300 member FC I don't see the above as even close to realistic.

[flamds1]

So many tears.

Its happened with every major patch to every mmo ever. When it's all said and done some will leave, some will stay but complain forever, the rest will carry on like nothing happened.

[Tupsi]

You have to take into account this game is being developed by a Japanese company. Japan's society is based on collective values, they will naturally develop barriers that take teamwork to overcome.

True - Except living in a house isn't this insurmountable challenge that's equivalent of slaying the embodiment of a Mother Crystal (Provenance Watcher) the first time no one knew what to do in XI.

[Naunet]

YoshiP is saying it was set this way so players don’t buy out all the lands right away and end up in situation where none is available.

Is he seriously trying to tell us that they didn't design their system in such a way that, should they so choose, everyone could access housing? That is just...


... not entirely unexpected but still absolutely infuriating. Their incompetency with servers is staggering.

[PapesseLudovique]

You have to take into account this game is being developed by a Japanese company. Japan's society is based on collective values, they will naturally develop barriers that take teamwork to overcome.

So take a deep breath, let it out slow. Get together with your FC and come up with a plan on how you'll get your free company COMMUNITY house.

Hey look at the cultural expert! Its a Japanese thing! From someone who has no idea what the Japanese players are doing or saying.
and what's this? You're being patronizing about it too?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...e-in-agreement.

The Japanese thread this links to, the one that complaining about the prices? Has over 2000 'likes'.
The Japanese players HATE these prices as much as we do!

[Raagnar]

You have to take into account this game is being developed by a Japanese company. Japan's society is based on collective values, they will naturally develop barriers that take teamwork to overcome.

I think you are confusing Japanese players with ants. This is a video game sold all over the world, we can leave out made up stereotypes.

[PapesseLudovique]

So many tears.

...including yours.

[Tupsi]

Is he seriously trying to tell us that they didn't design their system in such a way that, should they so choose, everyone could access housing? That is just...


... not entirely unexpected but still absolutely infuriating. Their incompetency with servers is staggering.

Tanaka never charged me a 625 million entrance fee to enter my Mog House in XI >:

I think you are confusing Japanese players with ants. This is a video game sold all over the world, we can leave out made up stereotypes.

This kind of proves you know nothing of JP society...especially when it comes to gaming lol.