Housing--The One Stain on FFXIV

[Niwashi]

Their intent so far has been to keep it among the elite.

I do now have a house myself. (Coeurl isn't in as bad of shape as some servers. It ran out of small plots initially and again after the first housing upgrade, but I don't think it ever ran out of medium or large ones, and by the second upgrade even small plots lasted a long time and I was able to get one.) But I still find the whole design so inadequate it's practically an insult to their customers. Major game features like housing shouldn't be something that's kept among the elite. It should be something available to everyone, instanced so that availability isn't even a question to consider, and provided at a reasonable cost while players are still in the middle of the game. (I'm thinking unlocking maybe around level 20 or 25, and needing to have joined a GC rather than needing to reach GC rank of 2nd Lt.)

If you want a house, have quite a bit of cash on hand for the expac launch and be sure to grab it quickly whenever it arrives. It's worth noting that some servers sold out within minutes of going live.

Due to variations in download speed, some of the busier servers were sold out by the time a lot of players could even finish the patch download to be able to get online.