The over reaction is on fire in here. SE did a horrendous job explaining their choices and should of gave people a heads up. The bottom line is this. They saw that there was no way to get enough personal housing areas for 2.38 hell from the sound of it, it might not be for 2.4 either. So instead of giving folks nothing in housing and getting bashed. They decide to release a few new areas and also just open up all the current in game housing to individuals.

To combat everything getting bought in 15 min they left the pricing the same as fc housing to get some gil out of the game at the same time. They know who has the gil and who doesn't.

People need to take a step back and breathe.