We need more wards

[OMG]

They need to stop people from buying multiple houses with alts. >:E

[Genaxx]

Apartments will be limited too. They will be resold just like houses. Good job SE.

[Lexia]

Apartments will be limited too. They will be resold just like houses. Good job SE.

Anyone to buy a instanced apartment like people do houses will just be

[Naunet]

But...they would still sell out. Until the reclamation timer starts again it would solve nothing. Once bought there is zero incentive to not just leave it idle. I feel for those that missed out especially on servers like yours (didn't have a snowballs chance) but more wards, unless it was an ongoing thing, will not solve the problem.

Reclamation timer won't solve much, either. The only thing that will fix supply problems is a rework of how the housing system is structured on a whole.

So many good housing systems out there - it's a shame SE can't seem to figure this out.

Apartments will be limited too. They will be resold just like houses. Good job SE.

If this is true, it is quite possibly the most hilariously sad news I've heard about this game in a while.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

If this is true, it is quite possibly the most hilariously sad news I've heard about this game in a while.

Where did they say limited? I am sure I read that these would be unlimited instanced apartments.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

They need to stop people from buying multiple houses with alts. >:E

This shouldn't even matter the system is already in place to stop characters being created if a server is too full. If there is not enough houses for the server then technically it is too full.

I personally wouldn't buy a house on an alt but some do. If they started limiting things on alts then what's the point of the standard plan?

[OliviaJ]

They need to stop people from buying multiple houses with alts. >:E

Making that a rule for those that have already done it would be unfair to them though. Can't take away what someone has already bought. It would be a very sticky situation to implement that. What would need to happen to make that even feasible is to prevent future purchases by alts from happening and in the same breath letting alts use your main's.

[Elleia]

Where did they say limited? I am sure I read that these would be unlimited instanced apartments.

From this thread:

"We'll be increasing the number of plots for existing housing areas in Patch 3.3. After we expand those areas, we'll add apartment-style housing in Ishgard areas afterwards, starting with one apartment-style building which will hold about 512 residences. We’re also planning to make chocobo stables available for use to residents of apartment-style housing. Gardening patches are still proving somewhat difficult, but we’re currently developing new “planter pots” that will allow gardening."

[Genaxx]

A: We'll be increasing the number of plots for existing housing areas in Patch 3.3. After we expand those areas, we'll add apartment-style housing in Ishgard areas afterwards, starting with one apartment-style building which will hold about 512 residences. We’re also planning to make chocobo stables available for use to residents of apartment-style housing. Gardening patches are still proving somewhat difficult, but we’re currently developing new “planter pots” that will allow gardening.

As per demand, we are also looking into the prospect of increasing the number of indoor furnishings which can be placed in residences.

Yup, so depending on how many of these building's they do, it's still going to be a limited resource. I doubt there will be anything to prevent someone who already has a house from buying one, you might even be able to buy multiple rooms from the same building or different building. Thus creating the same problem we have now with houses.

Last I checked my server had around 20k players, I highly doubt they will cater for everyone.

[Naunet]

After we expand those areas, we'll add apartment-style housing in Ishgard areas afterwards, starting with one apartment-style building which will hold about 512 residences.

Hahahahaha... oh god. SE, please, please step into the modern age.