Quote Originally Posted by swordrain View Post
You understand my point, do you not? I'm not saying I literally believe they should reduce my sub. I'm saying that this is a product I've purchased for entertainment. I'm not a business owner. I'm a customer who's paying for something that they refuse to give to me.

It's like buying a sofa only to find out right after swiping your card that it won't be in stock for 5 months, and then being told no refunds. Is it legal? Sure. Does it make you angry? You sure bet it does.
Yes, I do understand where you're coming from, and SE may have been wiser to just not even bother implementing personal housing this update, but they're not required to allow all players to experience everything in the game. This particular MMO is a lot better about letting each player do everything than most are, but the idea that there's competition for something shouldn't make you eschew the game or anything.

It's annoying, but they've said that they will double the amount of land in 2.4 (meaning anyone willing and able can buy a house then). I did just see that you're from Balmung though, so I suppose that is perhaps a special case with the housing situation. Over in Behemoth, for instance, I might be lucky enough to buy a small plot for 1.8M in ward 1 Ul'Dah tomorrow. From what I can tell the situation is not so grave in most places, though with individuals buying houses there won't be any small houses left at all tomorrow night.