Why can't we all have housing? does SE have to skimp on servers that much?

[Gnova]

I knew people in EQ2 that subbed primarily because of the housing system.

Put in a housing system with decently large spaces, no limitations on placement and a large variety of items and it increases the time a player will stick with a game.
Some people care more for their house than their character.

I never got the whole housing thing but still probably wasted over 100 hours on it.

Also, purchase plus upkeep fees are a great Gil sink.

[KenzieLynch]

I'm a little disappointed with the housing thing aswell to be honest, although I did having a feeling it might end up like the inn system I was still hoping that it wouldn't. This was the next big feature I was looking forward too in FFXIV and i've pretty much been doing nothing but raising gil in the past couple of months to make sure I could afford a house.

IMO having a 'place to call home' is important in an MMO, and I don't think it should be reliant on you being in a free company. If they couldn't host individual houses for everyone, then an apartment system would have been better than a room in a FC house. I'll wait to see more before completely writing it off but at the moment it seems very meh.

[HakuroDK]

I think it'll take time for the money to generate to optimize the servers for the game enough to get optimal housing options. But honestly, I do understand why it's taking so long and, as much as I want to get my own house right now, I'll take the FC Private Rooms for now and make do.

Though if SE doesn't increase ARR's budget within the next year, then they're probably gonna lose a fair amount of business from folks waiting so long for servers to get fixed and optimized so that these 90k errors stop happening all the time, we get additional wards for housing, and more servers open up overall to lighten the load on the other pre-existing servers, maybe with like, say... discounted server transfers for the first seven days after new servers open?

I dunno, something like that. But I'm the last person who's going to blame Yoshi and the rest of the ARR dev team because of the faulty servers. It's just not their fault.

[JemC]

Housing falls under the role playing category. I personally have owned and played Sims 2 for years so I pay FFXIV as an additional game to my main game. I will never expect an mmo to have what I can get from Sims because mmorpg's are not simulations. A fantasy simulation mmorpg would be bliss. That isn't FFXIV's game design. FFXIV is a themepark; killing mob is it's design. I can't kill mob in sims so I play this. I am pretty sure that one day someone will make a simulation mmorpg. We don't have the tech for a game that advance right now. Of course when that day comes everyone will be upset the npc's don't have the most advanced artificial intelligence.

FFXIV-ARR is graphically pretty (anyone know what engine?) but I don't think it's made to hold much. The more SE adds the more this game will lag.

[Spy]

As a player who plays XIV, and has been in (and will play) Wildstar, I can see your point. And don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a bigger limit on housing (I want to touch up our fc house so bad! But we've already hit cap...wish we had more storage...) I know they'll be adding individual housing soon, and it's weird, but I'm one of the only ones in my FC excited about that XD (Most of them are content with their rooms that will be coming) I believe Yoshi did say that he wants to let us do chocobo breeding, which will tie in with our homes. (I think/hope), As well as building airships from our fc homes. (I dont remember the source for that one, but correct me if I'm wron), but I do agree that I wish our homes had more re-visit value. :/ I hardly ever see anyone at the FC house anymore..now that it's initial appeal is gone. I hope they find a way to help players want to spend more time in their homes. (Not that I want the population to disappear, just...well, you know XD....)

blah I was all over in my comment. I agree, yet I'm content atm. I'm ok that it doesn't have QUITE the level of customization as Wildstar (even though that'd be cool) I'm sure it'll all come in due time.

[ReiszRie]

But why is it taking so long to simply add additional wards? I agree with the OP it's ridiculous how they have went about housing.

I'm not sure if adding wards are a necessity right now, not all plots are filled even on Tonberry, an ultra populated server.

Increasing the relevance of FC housing and what it can offer seems to be more important than simply adding new wards.

[Zarath]

WoW had practically nothing promised at start. I still have my original box which promotes player housing, and epic quests, neither of which existed at start (and I think they still don't). There was a plethora of stuff that did not make it for WoW launch, which they said would be there.

[ForteXX]

WoW had practically nothing promised at start. I still have my original box which promotes player housing, and epic quests, neither of which existed at start (and I think they still don't). There was a plethora of stuff that did not make it for WoW launch, which they said would be there.

Sounds like GW2. While small, they said it'd have Polymock Chess (too lazy to look up the name right now), and the entrance to teh area has been in since Beta, yet nothing has ever been said other than a couple times near launch where they said it wasnt ready.

[Diavolo]

I'm still trying to figure out why I should want a house. It seems like a gil sink with no real purpose.

[Gnova]

I'm still trying to figure out why I should want a house. It seems like a gil sink with no real purpose.

What is the purpose of anything in the game?
To have fun and kill time.

Someone that spends 3 hours decorating their house has fulfilled as much purpose as someone who has run dungeons for 3 hours.
It's all relative to how someone wants to spend their time.