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

[Gumbercules]

hmm 15-20k a day does that mean they lowered the gil drop in wp by alot? i normally make 6k a wp run meaning the amount of gil i make in a day is equal to the amount of runs i did in a day..hm idk guess we will see

I think he means it as "whack mobs and get this" :P and maybe even as a "for doing your beastribe dailies" i.e the minimum you can make in a casual play day. even atm if your really trying you can make 250K+ a day with just sb, full clears and selling crafting items.

truth is whatever they say he is not gonna win. He hinted at adjusting the lower plot costs for smaller FCs, but those 8 man FC want the big ass mansion. It is a game, you do pay a sub, so yeah you do have the right to feel entitled to the absolute best any game has to offer in a timely fashion. Just be ready to not be accommodated when your wants conflict with the direction of said game.

hell worse case scenario there is that "one game" coming out with "that one xpac" that is gonna give you a whole frikkin city with minimal effort :P (not bashing imma prolly be playing both :P) Again though, "my old mmo did it so should this one" is rarely a good argument though.

[joshsecret]

I really don't understand all the QQ regarding housing, specifically why people even care.

please take this in the best way... but just because YOU dont see the importance in housing does not make the content trivial to others. housing is to me as coil is to others!

[Yuumei]

What a disappointing answer from development team/community rep!
Please continue to dismiss our feedback on the pricing and feelings of injustice for legacy players (and new players that joined those servers)!

Looking forward to Yoshi P's apology a few months down the road! (same as how he had to eat humble pie for insisting warriors were perfectly fine before 2.1)
Except this time it won't be simply players using PLD instead of WAR, it would be loss of subscriptions from frustrated players while the development team remains in denial!

[WhiteDragon]

please take this in the best way... but just because YOU dont see the importance in housing does not make the content trivial to others. housing is to me as coil is to others!

If it's that important then you should be happy to farm and work for your important goal.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

please take this in the best way... but just because YOU dont see the importance in housing does not make the content trivial to others. housing is to me as coil is to others!

Exactly this.
My FC leader and I were donating tons, and our members were donating very respectable amounts since launch, but once I told him the prices, he was crushed.
Mind you, he made the company board "3.2/125 million gil towards our mansion! Let's do this guys" so he's none the less enthused to get a house xD

[Naria]

This response from the dev team is reminding me very much of XI, where the philosophy seemed to be "you will play the game the way we want to play and be grateful". Its not an attitude that I'm used to seeing from Yoshi's team, and its very disheartening.

[Vantwan]

If it's that important then you should be happy to farm and work for your important goal.

The funny thing is that there are a lot of smaller FC's out there who have been saving gil for housing since the game launched but I doubt they expected something like 30+ million gil for medium sized land, which doesn't even include the cost of the actual house.

[YuriRamona]

he said on average, not capped at. why is reading comprehension before these kinds of panicked assumption threads so low?

I never said that these rewards are capped. Where is your reading comprehension?

Sure, the total bonus is probably higher for level 50 or for the most desirable classes (healers?), but it's still a one-per-day bonus, after which the rewards will (likely) drop precipitously (obviously, this is speculation, but the average figure has been generated by the devs for good reason I would assume). It's not a cap or a hard limit, but the difference between the daily bonus and participation afterwards is probably stark (otherwise, why would there need to be a distinction and call it a bonus?)

And for lower level/less-desirable classes, you can add on other things such as treasure hunting and levequests (both of which are, ding ding ding, locked by timers!).

[Descend]

How about you implement small cardboard boxes, with jars of old pickels inside, and a urine scented blanket with holes for 1 - 2 million that we new players on legacy servers might be able to save up for? this way we arent homeless... or how about making a shelter, where we can stay, as long as we arent drinking...

[Mihael_Longclaw]

This response from the dev team is reminding me very much of XI, where the philosophy seemed to be "you will play the game the way we want to play and be grateful". Its not an attitude that I'm used to seeing from Yoshi's team, and its very disheartening.

I fully believe Yoshi is as passionate about the game as he seems, doesn't change the awful company that makes great games he works for has changed as well though.