Latest comment from Yoshida regarding Housing + Inventory space issue

[HEC-]

Sorry but I do mean be rude here!

'We have come to the decision which is 2.38 in housing, by thoroughly checking the market and gil retained by players. We know how much each player has. Though it is expensive, I think housing should be an achievement where players work hard to earn the gil, it should take some effort to buy a house. Players who laze around should make some effort to make gil.
'

I take this as a direct insult to all the players out there who where saving for a long time (prior the release - first for FC housing and now for "personal" one) based on the "vague" and IMO intentionally missleading pricing info just be slapped into face a find out that their very hard earned savings caused the house prices to increase 10 fold. Sorry Yoshi - you've FAILED!

'If we make it anymore cheaper, it would cause problems to the game and market with RMT etc'

This is stupid "excuse" ala blame-da-RMT - WHAT exactly will support RMT if the houses would be cheaper? If anything then more expensive housing supportsRMT ... *rolleyes*

[Vaer]

This is stupid "excuse" ala blame-da-RMT - WHAT exactly will support RMT if the houses would be cheaper? If anything then more expensive housing supportsRMT ... *rolleyes*

Maybe they actually think RMTs would actually buy up houses, hold the plots hostage and sell the accounts with the house if they were cheaper. Who knows.

[Kaeda_Valentyne]

Edit: Removed do to reading error of RMT site.

[NyneAlexander]

Actually I just did some research, cheaper housing cost would promote RMT sales more than expensive housing cost. On the 2 websites I looked at "by just googleing Gil for sale in FF14 and picking the first 2" the real world cost of buying 5 mil in Gil was from site #1: 21,657 dollars and from site #2: 24,000 dollars.

That being said Holy crap!!!

It didn't make since to me at first because I never looked into buying Gil but now it does. I don't know about you but I don't have an extra 20,000 real life dollars laying around to by a fake house. If I did I would use it as a down payment for a real house and not live in an apartment. If you don't believe me google it your self and dye of sticker shock.

*also as a joke: I think I'm in the wrong line of work *

huh? I just did a google search and the first site I saw offered 2 million gil for $9.12.

[SummonerSenah]

The exploits they are afraid of RMT doing in regards to housing can be done by rich players already.

[Souljacker]

I just looked as well (using that post's exact string) - 50 bucks will get you 10,000,000. Someone needs to recheck their google-fu

[odintius]

I'm starting to wonder why they put everything behind a gil currency when they are so worried about RMT's maybe they should have a different currency which we have already grand company seals which you have to earn and cannot be trade like gil can. Cut off the supply and the demand to use RMT will go away making easier for them to implement content and not worry as much for RMT activities unless SE are the RMT's and its an unoffical cash shop for them lol.

[Souljacker]

I'm starting to wonder why they put everything behind a gil currency when they are so worried about RMT's

It goes back to Crafting. Everything in this game is built around Crafting. Take out the currency and things to use it on, and watch the forums ASPLODE as the crafters come out en masse to torch all of us lowly, PvE players.

[Kaeda_Valentyne]

huh? I just did a google search and the first site I saw offered 2 million gil for $9.12.

Opps. Your right, now I feel dumb lol. I had a blond moment and didn't notice the K in the Gil amount. So I did my math on it being 2,000 Gil instead of 2 million. Durdadur.

I'm going back with my original thought that I posted previously in this tread about how it doesn't make sense.
For 20 dollars I can buy the Gil for a house. That's a little bit over my monthly sub how is that supposed to deter anyone.
I guess they can just hope more people are like me and feel like its cheating to buy Gil.

[odintius]

It goes back to Crafting. Everything in this game is built around Crafting. Take out the currency and things to use it on, and watch the forums ASPLODE as the crafters come out en masse to torch all of us lowly, PvE players.

Not saying everthing go to grand company seals, gil would still have it uses but putting everthing behind just gil currency to me is what creating this mess with RMT's and SE over fear of them preventing them to add cool stuff instead of the lack luster we currently have. I don't mind the prices more so over the implentation of the housing system in general but just questioning the reason placing everything thing with gil instead of using a alternate approach.