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

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@Lucian: You can put all the posts in one - just edit the first one and paste the other bits there - will make it easier to read for others

[Cor_Dirge]

[*]roughly 80% of all existing free companies will be able to purchase at least a small-sized plot in three months’ time.

oh shit son, I just sussed the whole thing! 3 months of subs from a game this big is a lot of money, people are already packing their bags and saying goodbye to eorzea. this is a final attempt to keep players around and get as much money as possible before everybody leaves.

3 months my left testicle, I've paid for content so unless it happens in the next month, I for one wont be paying my next sub as there's nothing new to pay for.

[Karnyboy]

It's a FC house, not a single player dwelling, you have two options here, be a guild with a large amount of people to divvy the costs or just deal with it and live your virtual life without feeling you "need" this stuff to enjoy yourself and wait until personal housing.


I don't know about you, but you got by just fine before it, why did that suddenly change? God you babies complain about anything these days do you?

[Psychosamm]

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The fact of the matter is we are PAYING to enjoy this content, and the vast majority of players will not be able to. Then they have the audacity to say "Oh well if you grind your ass off for another 3 months then you can finally start enjoying this content you paid for!" It's a pathetic and shady way to try and get people to sub longer, and if they don't handle the situation appropriately, many players will be angry enough to leave. I can understand having a grind for Housing, however these prices are ludicrous, and i'm not even on one of the more expensive servers!

[Krystalynn]

oh shit son, I just sussed the whole thing! 3 months of subs from a game this big is a lot of money, people are already packing their bags and saying goodbye to eorzea. this is a final attempt to keep players around and get as much money as possible before everybody leaves.

3 months my left testicle, I've paid for content so unless it happens in the next month, I for one wont be paying my next sub as there's nothing new to pay for.

I know right? "We want everyone to pay us 45 dollars, once you do that, then you all can have your house."

[Raydeus]

I'm glad to see so many players agreeing with using CP instead of gil being the best alternative for land distribution. Many players have contributed with good ideas and reasons why doing it that way would be so much better for the game.

And in the end this is a big test for the dev team. It will show whether they are actually capable and willing to take criticism and to change their plans about the BIG game systems and content if the community has a strong opinion about it, or if they will just soldier on with their mistakes because they think they "know better".

Either way it will be interesting to see how this issue unfolds, because Housing was one of the key features SE based their sales pitch on when trying to convince the players to give the game another chance. And since even Wada-san took an active role in promoting this feature (earning the nickname Housing Ojisan in the process) it's just sad to see so much disappointment about something that was supposed to be a reason for celebration. And even sadder would be if the feature ends up being used only by a small fraction of the FCs in the game months from now.


PS > Also, remember the well intentioned FCs that actually got people Titan and other fights for free just to help, while Merc FCs complained about it? If things remain like this it will just prove that Mercs were just playing as intended by Yoshi-P, since making money is rewarded while playing the game and trying to build a community is not... unless said community is focused on making gil that is.

And that's not even counting the boost this situation will give to RMT.

/sigh

[Sleverin]

Woo, fellow Balmungians unite! See you in game from time to time Krysta, just running around, like everyone else. We all see the writing on the wall though...it's clear that these are stalling tactics. I thought it was just an issue with the myth lockout, the BC lockout...I had hoped they were going to be few of its kind, but it's not. Once I saw the prices of housing, I was amazed. Between trying to just hurt their more devoted customers the most and just stalling us to pay for the game, I'm a little confused as to what their plan is otherwise.

[MortalWare]

So basically, Housing isn't actually coming to the game for another 3 months? Why didn't they just say that in the beginning?

Vote for this being the worst MMO design decision of all time here: http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/12...n-of-all-time/

Although, I voted for the SWG NGE myself :P

[Talimore]

Hello Everyone, I am in a FC with only 4 Members. We are all real life friends who enjoy FFXIV ARR and this is our stance on the matter.

We believe the pricing is a little high but we aren't upset at it. We actually want a medium or large house (they are just cooler looking). We honestly wont be able to afford one before they add more wards . We are very broke but we are working to get up there. We are casual players and like having fun together. I wish we could change our FC name though, a friend just said it so we went with it lol (Mushroom Genocide). It relates to mushroom based mobs (its an old name from Maple Story days).

Anyway, our feelings behind it are basically, we feel its something to work for and come together as a small group and pool our money. We are currently sitting at ~1mill combined. I just want them to add inf. wards or something because we defiantly arent getting one of these wards.

Best of luck to all of you in earning your monies.

[Altonfenri]

I mean its really such a disappointment to me. Please don't hold us back so you can slow the selling of housing. You spent so long making something that i will now never bother to use. woot...