Did you get your house?

[Roegadyn_Bear]

Stupid is as stupid does... so they'll probably get caught again the next time wards are for sale

I can only hope so.

[Melorie]

Not the one I wanted, and in a subdivision, but I did. I think that when I actually decorate it I'll like more, but now I'm feeling really bittersweet about that.

[Nayout]

People returning or leave the game for this...?
Really? lol
PD: Cactuar have several spots.

[BARDS_ARROW]

You haven’t known true panic until you race a pack of Lalas through the Mist to get that one mansion on the cliff that overlooks the beach area. Just sayin’ XD Speaking of that mansion though, yes, I got it and the Lala FC managed to get the same plot in a different ward, so win win for us.

[VerityCalantha]

Was able to grab a Small Personal and Small FC in the Lavender Beds. It wasn't our main choices, but they were still quaint little plots.

My first time owning housing here. I do agree, considering how populous we are on Balmung they should have considered adding additional wards for our server. Seems like the logical step.

There were some underhanded tactics going on as well. People working in teams while one wouldn't initiate a trade with someone blocking them from buying the plot while their partner swooped up and purchased it right from under them.

[Zelas]

There were some underhanded tactics going on as well. People working in teams while one wouldn't initiate a trade with someone blocking them from buying the plot while their partner swooped up and purchased it right from under them.

Ugh, this.
A good idea to counter this is to /busy before trying to purchase a house.

I'm pretty sure that's reportable, though.

[DevilsDontFly]

Was able to grab a Small Personal and Small FC in the Lavender Beds. It wasn't our main choices, but they were still quaint little plots.

My first time owning housing here. I do agree, considering how populous we are on Balmung they should have considered adding additional wards for our server. Seems like the logical step.

There were some underhanded tactics going on as well. People working in teams while one wouldn't initiate a trade with someone blocking them from buying the plot while their partner swooped up and purchased it right from under them.

While I do agree the more wards would be necessary that wouldn't solve the problem. SE could add 5 aditional wards to Balmung and Gilgamesh and it would still be not enough. Because the servers are completly overpacked. Unless housing is something guaranteed to every single player there's always going to be a huge parcel of people that will be frustrated because the game favors whoever has the best PC paired with the best connection.

I only got my house because the night before I logged out I put all my settings to low and made the game show up to 10 people at max. And even so it was a matter of seconds between the moment I got my plot and five people sprinting towards it to click the placard like crazy. So in the end it doesn't matter how many wards SE adds if the number of people wanting a plot isn't the same as plots avaliable.

I'm really sad about everyone that couldn't get a house, and all those homeless FCs out there. I hope SE fixes that problem.
Even if Balmung and Gilga are overpopulated, or Leviathan, Cerberus and Odin are high population servers, no one should be punished because of that. If SE adopted a system like Guild Wars 2 allowing players to visit other servers as guests but remaining on the chosen one as "main server" (mostly for PvP aspects), the housing system, parfy finder, progression and community interaction would be leagues better than what it currently is.

But at this point a guy can only dream. I wish all of you good luck when Ishgard housing becomes avaliable, because if it follows the ward system we're going to see this thread all over again with more frustration than joy.

[Nightroad]

I managed to get a small plot even when not on the starting blocks for the race

It was 3 minutes after the hour when I tried logging in.
I managed to get in on my second try after a 420ish queue and did a return to Gridania.
A random pick of the wards and i choose a small plot which was not prime location , and jumped to the closest aetherite.
Sprinted straight towards it on my lonesome and bought it.

I never though I had a chance......

[Acantha]

I'm on Phoenix and when I was on last night there was still about 4 med plots in the goblet, but I really want to be in Gridania :'( (and I don't have enough for a medium plot yet...) will have to wait again & hope.

[Celef]

Why does everyone seem to hate Goblet ? I find it kind of nice and original ^^"