I wouldn't really call it a waste of money.


I made a fortune selling Thavnarian Onions, Glazenuts, and Chocobo Feed from 2.x Gardening. Made even more selling Grade IV Materia, Dusk Leather, Iron Giant Cores, and Airship materials from Airship ventures in 3.0 (66 Gathering IV Materia in a single airship trip.) Not to mention buying and selling plots themselves was extremely profitable. Buying Mediums for 16mil selling for 30mil etc.


Monetary value aside it's nice having a market board, summoning bell, FC chest, mog mail, Grade 6 Dark Matter, low level crafting mats, and an NPC to sell stuff at within 20 meters of your personal teleport. There's a lot of convenience that shouldn't be taken for granted. Getting to an Uldahn market board is kind of a chore. Those who live in The Goblet have that market board in their front yard. And sure playing Barbie and Ken may not be for everyone but your opinion of role playing doesn't make the system invalid.


Housing is a great avenue for people with creativity and great imaginations to have fun in. A private, customizable, location on the server where you can hang out in with buddies is far more valuable than minions, mounts, and raid gear in my opinion. A real complaint would be how poorly they managed Housing at it's release. This topic sounds more like a bitter complaint towards lack of housing availability.