A Suggestion for Housing: Saving the Economy

[DarkDedede]

Didn't they originally give the impression that housing was going to be something like this suggestion? I remember them mentioning that all types of classes would contribute to housing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've seen, I see nothing of the sort.

[Ashodai]

This might save the economy.

[Tyreck]

+1
this should totally be a thing, if not as an added option for FC housing then for player housing.

I would love to be able to have a player house, but if it is priced anything like the FC housing that will never happen for me, this would be a way that it could be worked for.

They do need to be high numbers though, something that is not easily attainable quickly. something that even if you resolved to purchase the mats would be huge.

Also, it would need to be changed so that you could not purchase the house outright - otherwise EmiliM is correct, it would not be of any benefit to the game economy. by requiring a huge amount of each type of material you would create a situation where rich people are spreading their money across several small purchases most likely to several people.

Introduce wear and tear to the housing components so they need to be maintained.

[EmiliM]

Also, it would need to be changed so that you could not purchase the house outright

Ahh, I haven't thought about it that way. Yes, by sacrificing the option to simply buy housing with just gil, you will solve the issue with crafters/gatherers being underutilized right now, as well as make money flow again (assuming there is a critical mass of rich people/FCs who would prefer to purchase their materials rather than farming those themselves). There will probably be complaints from those who prefer the outright purchase option, but from an economical perspective, tying housing price, at least partially, to a server's commodity market makes far more sense. It will also at least allow some of those gil stockpiled by the wealthy to return to the economy instead of leaving the game permanently via the housing sink.

This is all assuming, of course, there are enough gil in the game to facilitate a healthy flow to start with. There are still indications that gil fountains (non-player based income sources) are still not quite where it needs to be and the majority of players are still quite cash strapped. But removing or at least reducing the housing sink will certainly help.

I like the maintenance idea too although Yoshida specifically said he doesn't want to do that.