[Balmung] Server Issues, safety, and overcrowding

[TaranTatsuuchi]

They are talking about buying them from other players.

I think theres an FC currently trying to buy up LB ward 2 apartments so that ward might be more pricey, but otherwise the most common price in PF looks like 850k-ish for Gob/LB.

Admittedly I don't think I've seen Mist apts go up as often, so those are probably be more expensive :x

I specifically recall the devs mentioning they had set it up to be able to increase the amount of apartments available...

So...
Why hasn't that happened yet...
:/

[Rinari]

Why hasn't that happened yet...
:/

A better question might be why are apartments even limited to begin with?

Storing the type, location, rotation, and state of 50 furniture objects along with some apartment configuration options (walls, floor, lighting, ect) would take a few kb of data... practically nothing, even with millions of players, it's not a lot of data. Aion, among other MMOs, already has an infinite apartment style housing system.

Clearly houses with buildable yards have to be limited. It should not be that difficult for the housing system to expand with larger apartments as well though, even manor sized... like those richy rich people that own several floors in a skyscraper... so all players could eventually own expensive manor size housing, even if they don't get a nice yard to work with. I can dream at least! It'd be a nice gil sink... just sayin!

[Rokke]

I specifically recall the devs mentioning they had set it up to be able to increase the amount of apartments available...

So...
Why hasn't that happened yet...
:/

I'd imagine its because there are very few servers that have zero vacancy. Low pop servers still have open housing plots.

My big point is from a new player looking in, Balmung looks like a rough option with its crowding and locked character creation. So even some of us that might want to RP aren't going there and that splits the RP community by effectively limiting the new blood.

I guess our priorities were different when we were new (I actually came form Faerie too!). I wanted to be on a larger server to have more opportunities to rp/make friends. To me, housing was a bonus then and still is kind of a bonus now. My eb and I have apartments in the same ward in our fav district, so we’re happy enough with what we have.

[Rinari]

I guess our priorities were different when we were new (I actually came form Faerie too!). I wanted to be on a larger server to have more opportunities to rp/make friends.

I was a bit worried that I'd find the population on Faerie would feel low, but it hasn't. From the census, it's #10 of 24, which puts in the medium range. I've made many good friends and I wouldn't leave them. There may come a day when I get tired of FFXIV and come back from a long break to find them gone, making a server move feel like an option, but that isn't going to happen in the foreseeable future. The only thing I wish Faerie had more of was RP, but that goes back to priorities. Occasional light RP suits me just fine and I really enjoy housing systems. I guess, a huge RP scene is a bonus for me, whereas easier access to housing is a priority. I'm probably spending about an hour a day hanging around friends houses and apartments engaging in half-RP chatter as is... going IC and OOC without markings in a way that would make Balmung players cringe. As long as I'm having fun!

[jameseoakes]

I specifically recall the devs mentioning they had set it up to be able to increase the amount of apartments available...

So...
Why hasn't that happened yet...
:/

I'd guess they need to do it to all servers at the same time and after having a quick look on Phenoix we've still got lots free so it's only a issue on the servers with an unhealthy population

[Kosmos992k]

I'd guess they need to do it to all servers at the same time and after having a quick look on Phenoix we've still got lots free so it's only a issue on the servers with an unhealthy population

No, I believe it can be eased on a per server basis. It is perhaps something that needs to have some noise made about.

[jameseoakes]

No, I believe it can be eased on a per server basis. It is perhaps something that needs to have some noise made about.

In that case yeah it should just be increased to meet demand.