"Why does SE make content not obtainable by everyone?" Huh?!

[TrystWildkey]

Housing was promoted HEAVILY for months upon months before the content was scheduled for release. We have been looking forward to it. We have been scrimping and saving since open beta.

Now, before I say the following, please rest assured that I understand that plans change. We were initially told that 4-5 people going through the storylines could save enough gil to buy a small house. We saved gil based on that initial assumption. We assumed that it would still take us a few months after 2.1 to afford the house, we didn't expect to get one right at launch, let alone the biggest plot available. Plans change, yes. But, to go from 4-5 people with main storyline rewards to 40 million for the crappiest house available is a bit much.

My small, family free company has saved almost every penny. We broke 1 million a few weeks ago. At that rate, it will take us 5 years before we can afford the smallest house at the steepest discount. That is what is meant by locking people out of content. Would you expect to have to play a game for 5 years before you could see some content?

Now, tell me how wanting the price reduced is entitlement? Tell me how waiting 5 years is going to give me a sense of accomplishment.

Ok, so you say housing is a vanity option. Let's make a new hairstyle cost 4 million gil. It's a luxury, a vanity item, if you want it, you have to work for it.

Vanity gear? Each slot costs 2 million. It's a luxury, a vanity item, if you want it, you have to work for it.

[Fira_Bug]

Ok, so you say housing is a vanity option. Let's make a new hairstyle cost 4 million gil. It's a luxury, a vanity item, if you want it, you have to work for it.

Vanity gear? Each slot costs 2 million. It's a luxury, a vanity item, if you want it, you have to work for it.

Comparing a haircut (which by the way, 2 thousand for a haircut, he better be DaVinci with scissors) and a house, is so far off the spectrum it's not even worth the effort to calculate. I'm sorry you don't understand how that works.

[Gemma]

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^^ I agree with you Tryst. I've been saving since 1.0 and same with a good amount of my 1.0 friends.
Since we have a good amount of ppl we were shooting for at least a Med size house.
Now we can barely afford a small & if we did buy a small we would all be broke!
So needless to say we aren't touching housing till prices are more reasonable.

And I love that you made the same examples I did hehe
Yea make barber shop and vanity slots cost tons of gil.
Forums would probably rage harder then they are now ^_^; lol