New Housing Patch Makes Sense - Serious Discussion Only

[Izayoichan]

Just read on reddit that all the small plots on Balmung have already sold out.

They are.. only a few large/Medium ones left

[ExiaQuanta]

Guess ill just post here since i don't want to make another thread.

The prices for plots on the older wards (1st to 6th) have not changed. On Coeurl and I just bought a plot for 2.2m in Lavenders bed. though thats on Coeurl. dunno bout the other servers.

[Jican]

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It was absolutely a lie. The only thing he said that had any room for play was WHEN it was going to be released.

[Adler]

Ahh, nerd rage. I feel it in the air.

[HaroldSaxon]

They are.. only a few large/Medium ones left

Then wait till 2.4 where they are doubling the amount of plots.

[TheodoreMcIntyre]

Too much text here for me to post anything

Personal housing should not equal FC housing.
FC housing is meant to be a fund contributed to by several people.
Player housing should not be on the same fiscal level as Free Company housing.

[Izayoichan]

Then wait till 2.4 where they are doubling the amount of plots.

And by the time I get back from work, they will be sold out on small ones again, its not enough with doubeling it

[Gralna]

Then wait till 2.4 where they are doubling the amount of plots.

30 plots per ward, 16 wards, 3 cities = 1440 plots

whew, good thing none of the servers have more than 1500 subscribers...

Oh wait, reported 2 mill active subscribers, 64 servers = 31250 average subscribers per server

even after doubling what we currently have, we'd still need about 22 times more housing space, on average, the higher population servers would need even more space.

Edit: and that isnt even including plots already taken up by FCs

[ExKage]

It seems to me that Square Enix don't -want- everyone to have an individual house.

[ZodiacSoldier]

Currently the housing available is like this per server:
30 House per Ward (3 Large, 7 Medium, 20 Small)
8 Wards per City (6 Old Wards, 2 New Wards that just started deflation process, will still be another 3 months before prices at lowest, but chances are houses will be bought before price drops)
3 Cities (Limsa is probably the most popular, followed by Gridania then Ul'dah, at least based on my server)

So there are 720 Houses Available, however there are 3 Large houses and 7 Medium Houses per Ward, and its not often an individual can afford one, not to mention that they probably aren't available.

So the there is 480 small houses available per server, then we have to probably divide that number to include all the houses that are already owned by FC. So there will probably be about maybe 100 to 400 houses available per server depending on server population, hardly enough for the amount people playing. Even with patch 2.4 where they will double the wards, there will only be 960 small houses per server.