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

[ZohnoReecho]

^ I think you need to already change FC if you have such distrust.

As said above, it's a common long term investment, an objective. Not something that you gotta get in few weeks. It may take 6 months, even 1 year. By then the prices will be halved.
If you want it, now is the moment to start gathering resources.

[Sapphidia]

^ I think you need to already change FC if you have such distrust.

Oh no, as I said, I'm in a tiny FC with people I adore. But the point is, the bigger your FC gets, the more likely there is to be a sense of drama and distrust and cliquiness. Some FCs avoid it, a lot don't. The more people you have, the easier it is to pool money for a house, but the less invested you'll feel in the final product. I guess it's a change in expectations primarily. I think a lot of us assumed that the fun part of housing would be furnishing it and being creative, rather than the binary state of Do We Have One Yes/No. When you're player #97 in a 100 player FC and contributed 1% of the money for a house, I doubt you'll get much fun factor out of that after the first week.

There's also the fact that we know Player Personal Housing is coming at some point. That -will- be a place for people to express their personal creativity and grind for something permanent they can be proud of. Seeing the prices of FC housing, how many people are going to be worried that if they don't start saving selfishly right now then they'll give up the chance for a Personal House when 2.2 arrives?

[Nephandi]

I have to agree, I am in a Small FC too, and we would't be able to effort a House at any point soon. We already agreed not to go for it and consider it a non-excistent feature ;-)

[Omedon]

I have to agree, I am in a Small FC too, and we would't be able to effort a House at any point soon. We already agreed not to go for it and consider it a non-excistent feature ;-)

Honestly, it's not "a feature" to me at all until I have my own house. If personal housing will be "affordable," then clearly "overdoing" the saving of gil with the new gil fountains apparently in the game now will just lead me to a bigger house, and spending cash to boot...

As opposed to a communal house, and being broke after handing over most of my money. I love my FC, but they're understanding of the reality here, and the core unit that plays and funds a game is the player, not the FC/guild.