Praising the apartments! 3.4 is great! Some feedback and suggestions to consider..

[MaikoRaines]

Are you asking for widespread drama? So much drama was (and still is) still going on people getting stuff "stolen" out of a community chest (which I won't go into the specifics of what community means since some still don't understand the meaning. Maybe a different time or place) in a FC. I could only see this end in a devastating disaster. Just kill (or catch on fire) this idea now.

Asking me if I am looking for drama can be considered drama in itself to some, you know. My risks are my own and it's extremely minimal as my FC mates are also my friends and family in the real world. Because people abused privileges, the rest of us are made to suffer for it? The risks are there in the open - I don't need to be "protected" or blanketed because someone else in another FC, in another server made a mistake in judgement.

Nonetheless I appreciate the concern you are directing, but I won't let the potential "what if's" and others experiences change my opinion. Don't punish myself or others like me because of the mishaps of others. That's my risk to take.

Concern B) Apartments are meant to be for individual use, not FCs. (and should stay that way)

Concern C) You can already grow things inside your apartment even if it is limited.

Concern D) Change your access to allow people to come in, but no roommates. The places are small enough as it is. If someone wants a "feel" for the game, they can join an FC with a house and pay a lower $300k price for a private room. There is no limitation on getting an FC room except money.

I am aware that Square Enix deigned them for individual use. How much change has happened when many are opinionated in the same way? I'm allowed to have my opinion and I'm not alone with them. Weather or not Square Enix listens or considers, that's another story. But for now, just because it's suggested and designed that way now doesn't negate my right to feedback or an opinion on it, thanks.

If you scroll up, I already addressed that, thanks to Dustytome well before you commented in regards to the gardening.

Again, see my first paragraph reply to you in regards to the apartments. To me, it sounds like you're echoing that of the printed restrictions that Square Enix have put into place. With respects to this, and I mean this full well in terms of respects, if you don't agree with me, fine, but please do not base your argument solely on what S-E laid out.

Also, for all intense and purposes, maybe I don't want to join a populated FC with people that I don't know. You propose easier said and even easier done rhetoric, but given your tl;dr reply of what S-E has already said, I've built trust with the people that came over with me and we want to be free in of our own community. Many other communities and FCs like us who don't have a house make do with what we have, and we enjoy doing it. You sort of make it sound like "well too bad, that's how it is, eat your bologna sandwich and smile because you're belly's full" well sooner or later you kind of get sick eating it. You want to do things like mass gardening, design houses, airships and have a hang out spot where you can all craft together and have the same priority - whatever your FC's priority would be. I shouldn't be restricted to at least airship building and deployment just because S-E didn't fully think the housing situation quite properly.

If you read my post initially than just skimming it, you'll see that I was praising the apartments and S-E's effort to Band-Aid it until they get a permanent solution. In the meantime, what's wrong with suggestions? At least if you're going to argue, have some individuality on that subject.

You can put down the white knight shield and stop reading from the manual. Guidelines, manuals, rules and regulations gets changed all the time.