You want people to return - please add housing and

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Isn't housing ingame already?

Not for anyone who wasn't around with millions of gil in the initial land rush or don't camp the housing sales board 24/7 to try to grab one of the very few 'demolitions'.

SE DESIGNED the housing system to only be available to 0.000001% of players, in a game which is the follow-on from a 14-year-old game where EVERY CHARACTER gets a hose FOR FREE the moment they enter the world.

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And no, Apartments are not housing, they're a very poor substitute for what you can do with them compared to even a Small Cottage.