NEWS: Personal Housing, Limit Break Changes etc

[CYoung187]

I have a large number of alts I would like to get houses on for RP reasons but have pretty much zero desire to level them any further than they already are. I am 100% capable of transferring money to them so that they can buy their own house if they can't afford it on their own.

Besides, if housing is more than 1 mil gil (and it shouldn't even come close to that), then SE has really f'ed up. They justified FC housing prices because multiple people were contributing. Personal housing should be maybe 100-500k tops.

Perfect example of a way to waste server space. I don't want to be in an empty neighborhood because houses were given away to every character and alt. Houses will be abandoned by players who rarely play and alts. If they feel like the current 15 housing wards stressed servers, can you imagine if they pretty much gave it to everyone?

[Naunet]

Perfect example of a way to waste server space. I don't want to be in an empty neighborhood because houses were given away to every character and alt. Houses will be abandoned by players who rarely play and alts. If they feel like the current 15 housing wards stressed servers, can you imagine if they pretty much gave it to everyone?

If their infrastructure is really that shitty, perhaps I should consider taking my money elsewhere to a game that actually provides both accessible housing and a great deal of housing upgrades to work towards.

Limiting fluff content is really unacceptable.

[Starlord]

If their infrastructure is really that shitty, perhaps I should consider taking my money elsewhere to a game that actually provides both accessible housing and a great deal of housing upgrades to work towards.

Limiting fluff content is really unacceptable.

I rather them use money to put content in the game than worrying about that. Housing is just something to look at atm ( outside of gardening).

[Senfei]

If their infrastructure is really that shitty, perhaps I should consider taking my money elsewhere to a game that actually provides both accessible housing and a great deal of housing upgrades to work towards.

Limiting fluff content is really unacceptable.

If player housing and the design decisions behind player housing is truly that important to you, than I would honestly suggest just packing up right now and hitting the road. Not trying to be a jerk, but you are placing a massive amount of importance personally on a feature that is at best a small side project for most players and seems to be treated as such by the developers. Personally, I would love for housing to be expanded on to the level of the Sims myself, but I know that it never will be. The focus of this game is killing monsters for loot, and that will always take priority over things like housing from a developer standpoint.

[Naunet]

that will always take priority over things like housing from a developer standpoint.

There's certain things taking priority over others and then there's just restricting content needlessly.

You want them to go all out on fluff, instead of using their resources on primary content?

I've played MMOs with nothing to do outside of running dungeons. They are not fun. Fluff content is content just as important as any other. Running dungeons day in and day out gets really old, really fast.

[Senfei]

There's certain things taking priority over others and then there's just restricting content needlessly.

Needlessly? What lvl 10 character has any sizable amount of gil to purchase a house? An alt, that's who. As someone else pointed out, having neighbors is part of the fun of having a house. I personally would be upset if I purchased a personal home, only to find out that one guy with an army of alts bought up every other lot in my ward rendering it a complete ghostown. I understand you personally don't like it, but take a step away from what -you- want and perhaps look at the situation from the perspective of a potential owner of every other home in that ward.

Also, this isn't a game where alts are really common or important. The developers aren't catering to your desire because not many people use alts for anything. You can do -everything- on one character, hence the lvl 50 limit since everyone who actually plays this game is guided safely and quickly to lvl 50 in no time. Seriously, if you just look at this logically you will see why these restrictions are in place and why they make sense.

[Naunet]

Also, this isn't a game where alts are really common or important. The developers aren't catering to your desire because not many people use alts for anything.

So which is it? Either alts are going to take up all the housing spots, or no one uses alts.

[Senfei]

So which is it? Either alts are going to take up all the housing spots, or no one uses alts.

Right now, no one really uses alts except perhaps for retainer space. Personally, I'd prefer to keep it at that instead of allowing people to create 7 more characters and fill up a neighborhood just because they have money and can.

Meanwhile you can respond at any time to how you view other people's potential desire to spend their in-game assets on a player home in a ward that is populated by people instead of alts, and whether or not you think that is rational or irrelevent.

[CYoung187]

If their infrastructure is really that shitty, perhaps I should consider taking my money elsewhere to a game that actually provides both accessible housing and a great deal of housing upgrades to work towards.

Limiting fluff content is really unacceptable.

You want them to go all out on fluff, instead of using their resources on primary content? Reality check, they don't have infinite resources, and housing is not at the top of the list. You are setting yourself up to be extreamely disappointed when housing comes out. This isn't Housing Fantasy.