Why isn't housing priced higher? (why is housing random luck)

[ToasterMan]

For the sake of argument, doesn't that just reinforce the problem? If more people decided to migrate to a low-pop server, it would decrease congestion on the big servers, and increase playability on the smaller ones, right? Is it bad to strive for balance, rather than having a handful of servers everyone wants to be on because everyone else is already there?
Of course, yeah, true, housing isn't much of an incentive when the price is probably longer queue times or whatever.

Just a thought. Personally I enjoy the quiet servers.

I understand wanting a balance, but I have not gotten one single RMT tell since the moment I started playing on Balmung. I also love the RP, as well as the community events that go on in the server, I cannot get that on your server or anywhere else. SE needs to offer BIG (VERY BIG, HUGE) incentives for players if they want them to tolerate a ghost town and less opportunities. Housing (Which is a feature that should be available to everyone no matter what server they're on) and free transfers are not enough. Why should I move to your server? What does your server offer that Balmung does not? Besides available plots for housing, nothing according to the Aether data center

[birdy_reene]

-snip- Why should I move to your server? What does your server offer that Balmung does not? Besides available plots for housing, nothing according to the Aether data center

That's where your wrong, On Zalera a lot of the major FC's host Hide and Seek competitions open to the public for prizes. Cosplay contests, fishing contests. ect ect. Community hunting linkshells, you name it. A Server is what you make of it. We don't need a big server to mooch off what others provide. As your post implies. We provided it for each other. So in the end, enjoy your rat race for housing. Your wide scale homeless is a server issue you picked.

[ToasterMan]

That's where your wrong, On Zalera a lot of the major FC's host Hide and Seek competitions open to the public for prizes. Cosplay contests, fishing contests. ect ect. Community hunting linkshells, you name it. A Server is what you make of it. We don't need a big server to mooch off what others provide. As your post implies. We provided it for each other. So in the end, enjoy your rat race for housing. Your wide scale homeless is a server issue you picked.

EVERY server has hunting linkshells. I'm sure your server holds events (Like ALL servers do) but I bet they aren't as populated or frequent as Balmung or Gilgamesh. What's your population? What's your raid scene like? Are there enough opportunities for the raiders to find like minded people? And why are you saying that people on my server are mooching? We all provide things just like you do. Having enough opportunities to find people to play with and not feeling like I'm in a ghost town is more important than having a house (To me anyway) Like I said, I can always buy a house off of someone else once I get enough gil, because really, what else am I going to do with all of it?

Honestly, I agree with you saying that people shouldn't be huddled up on a couple of servers, but right now, there is no incentive to play a low population server rather than a largely populated one. Well actually there is ONE but that's housing plots, and as the community has proven for years, having more opportunities to play with people is more important to them than housing. That's why I'm saying the community of the game and SE needs to come up with ways to entice players to play on low populations servers, and maybe fill them up. Housing and free transfers aren't enough.

[birdy_reene]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FFXIVZalera/ We advertise events all the time here, FC Fury, Alive, Demon, Oath and several others all host events as well, that are open to the public. If you browse that FB group, you'll also find that a foot race across Zalera event, jus ended, with several Zu whistles, and primal minions being the prizes. Chantel is always advertising for events along with Zeromus of Alive. As far as raiding goes, Zalera is a social server. Most raid groups on Zalera are tight knit groups who bring in outsides where they need to fill a open spot, or are seeking extras for when someone cant show. As far as statics, ppl are forming them every other day. we have plenty of people who have cleared up to A6s, and I believe FC Meow,is currenty working on getting A7s on farm.

[Zamatron]

What's dead just let it die. People are mass leaving zalera btw so don't sugar coat it.

[birdy_reene]

Having enough opportunities to find people to play with and not feeling like I'm in a ghost town is more important than having a house (To me anyway) Like I said, I can always buy a house off of someone else once I get enough gil, because really, what else am I going to do with all of it?

Then why are you here in a thread where people are gripping about housing? You just said yourself its not important to you, You traded one thing for another. and what is your idea of Frequent? daily? no, weekly? yes.

[ToasterMan]

Then why are you here in a thread where people are gripping about housing? You just said yourself its not important to you, You traded one thing for another. and what is your idea of Frequent? daily? no, weekly? yes.

I'm here to tell people why I think others don't want to give up everything they have and move to a low pop server where there is next to nothing for them just so they can get a housing plot like some people here are suggesting they should do.

[birdy_reene]

I'm here to tell people why I think others don't want to give up everything they have and move to a low pop server just so they can get a housing plot like some people here are suggesting they should do.

And im telling you that's your choice to live with. Not S.E's. Other Servers offer exactly what you asked for, just with lower population.

[ToasterMan]

And im telling you that's your choice to live with. Not S.E's. Other Servers offer exactly what you asked for, just with lower population.

There are no other servers that offer a good sized role playing community, did you even read my earlier posts?