Another Housing screw-over.

[odintius]

Maybe they'll put a cardboard box up for sell in cash shop soon only $15.99.

[Mugiawara]

No problem, we'll get an exclusive house for $50 via cash shop at the bit.

[Kaeda_Valentyne]

Last patch, I was mad that I didn't get a house in the Lavender Beds or Mist as they were all sold out. I was complaining to a friend of mine who doesn't play and they asked me why the location mattered. All I could say was it doesn't really but I want to live in the woods not the desert. After they convinced me I was being a baby I caved and bought a house in the goblet. And you know what these last few months its really grown on me. The goblet has such a calming beauty to it that I never really appreciated before. I even visited the lavender beds recently and the scenery is just so busy, I don't even remember why I wanted my house there in the first place.

TLDR: You might not get your first choice in location, but it might surprise you to find out that a place you thought you would hate you can end up loving. Especially with personal touches added.

[Ryuukishi]

Maybe they'll put a cardboard box up for sell in cash shop soon only $15.99.

Would buy.

[Shougun]

After they're done draining the economy (as their current system is clearly designed for), can I have a personal instance house? All this bind to house of size, stuck in location, limited supply bonanza has me really uninterested investing more than "oh passive gil revenue" (gardening). Housing is still not a system I would tout as SE's good quality.

Edit: Apparently this issue is only prominent on the old fat servers.. yay? xD.

[AlexionSkylark]

I may be missing something but... am I right to guess that this whole shebang is happening cuz the personal houses are sharing wards with the FC houses?

If that is so, then... OMG, SE, Y U DO THAT? ¬¬

[ApolloGenX]

Why would they "fix" it? They are setting up a market to sell houses (vanity) in the cash shop.

Look forward to it.

[RockGodOne]

Really? I play on Behemoth, logged in 2.5 hours after the patch (the time I normally wake up for work), and there were still a bunch of small plots available. Not only that, but that was just the first ward of the subdivisions. I didn't even check the other wards... And that was The Mist. Didn't check Lavender Beds or The Goblet. No interest in either.

[Dyvid]

{desirable small plot}{Lavender Beds}

Sorry but had to break it down to the important parts. It's not that all the housing lot are gone, just the ones you wanted specifically.

[Fatestorm]

Sorry but had to break it down to the important parts. It's not that all the housing lot are gone, just the ones you wanted specifically.

No. Again, I don't know why people are trying to "critically deconstruct" my motives. I had 3 simple points:

1. The Dev Team is not meeting demand, at all, for housing on crowded servers.
2. The technical issues in getting the servers that had difficulties online prevented several players from getting their desired house, even if willing to wake up early and pre-patch.
3. This housing system is forcing players to compete against each other ruthlessly, even "IRL" in a sense, when it should be community-building.

For me personally, as I said earlier for those who read the thread:

• I have no desire to purchase a house for myself this patch.
• 80 percent of ALL the small houses in Balmung were gone 2 hours into patch, not just "the desirable ones."

I just did another check on Balmung now that I'm home, 5:25 pm EST, 13 hours after patch. Of 480 new houses added:

Oasis: 54/160 left.
Lavender Beds 0/160 left.
Mist: 0/160 left.