Quote Originally Posted by Waffles View Post
Housing is a personal achievement. Do you know how I have come to that conclusion? The game's director said it is. People really need to understand that. This game's housing is a gil sink and something you're are supposed to dedicate TIME towards getting it. If you want casual housing this is not the game for you.

But Yoshi also said this in the Letter from the Producer:


Quote Originally Posted by Gildrein View Post

Q: I've noticed a lot of the systems recently introduced to the game require a lot of time to complete (The Hunt, Zodiac Weapons, etc.). Do you plan to focus on such time-consuming systems and features in the future?
A: Considering that both patches 2.2 and 2.3 introduced new systems to the game that require considerable amounts of time to complete, I understand how it may appear that the game's direction is steering toward overly time-consuming activities. However, just as I've mentioned in previous interviews, we consider FFXIV: ARR to be akin to a theme park, and we're working to provide a wide variety of activities for players to enjoy............... it may seem as though we're shifting focus toward time-consuming systems, but rest assured this is not the case, and we plan to strike a balance with party-based activities as we move forward.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...809-11-2014%29

How are theme park MMOs supposed to be grindy? And the buying of housing shouldn't be used as a gil sink. Expensive paintings, furniture, interactive decor sold from npcs are proper gil sinks.

And if you decide to get a house for bragging rights, how would people without access to gardening plots get their own gardening stuff (and other future content linked to housing) if they are gated behind the high gil prices or the lack of housing lots available?

If SE wants housing to be a personal achievement, they're gonna end up with many beautiful but unused houses eating up space on their servers. It's better if they make it more affordable and increase the variety of activities that can be done in there. That way the server space will be put to good use.