New Housing Zone + Moving existing house

[Anzaman]

I think the fair game is let people/fc without house to buy one, and people/fc that already own one being second in line.

People who transfer houses wouldn't have multiple houses tho. It'd simply change location, so currently homeless could grab the open slots in currently available housing areas.

I'd be really pissed if I'd miss the chance to get house from Shirogane.

[LalaRu]

People who transfer houses wouldn't have multiple houses tho. It'd simply change location...

You made me think the moving feature may have a critical flaw: it assumes there is a free slot somewhere

I think if an empty slot is needed (and cannot think anything other, unless it "swaps" two housings), the feature is gone and done in first 5 minutes the slots will be for sale.

[Thagyr]

People who transfer houses wouldn't have multiple houses tho. It'd simply change location, so currently homeless could grab the open slots in currently available housing areas.

I'd be really pissed if I'd miss the chance to get house from Shirogane.

Think a large part of the population would be pissed if they missed a chance to get a house, again, period.

At best, there should be no favoritism for either homeowners or homeless in land grabs. Though the whole idea of new open slots in the old wards will be tricky as homeowners can give an advantage to their mates if they say their intentions of moving so someone else can be ready to buy the plot before anyone else.

[Anzaman]

At best, there should be no favoritism for either homeowners or homeless in land grabs.

Aye, I just don't want to be locked out (like LalaRu suggested) of it simply because I managed to grab 5th class house when they earlier added more wards.

At least they already have delay on opening the Stormblood housing plots, so people don't exactly need to rush there at release.

[Altena]

Oh, and OP. Is that a medium or large plot? I adore the outside look.

Here you go! http://imgur.com/a/kuYge

I think the fair game is let people/fc without house to buy one, and people/fc that already own one being second in line.

Err no? That is pure favouritism toward those who hadn't spent the gil early, and a kick in the face to some home owners that actually paid up to 300 million gil for a mansion on release. Nothing fair game about that..
Those that are currently homeless had the same opportunity as those who currently have a house. We didn't do anything special other than login at the right time, and have the gil saved up and ready for it.

Might not be an issue on a lower populated server, however those current single-home owners on Gilgamesh/Balmung/Excal/Leviathan/any other popular server would be slapping you right now.

Why penalize those who managed to get a house when it's the system that's at fault for not meeting the demand?

You made me think the moving feature may have a critical flaw: it assumes there is a free slot somewhere

I think if an empty slot is needed (and cannot think anything other, unless it "swaps" two housings), the feature is gone and done in first 5 minutes the slots will be for sale.

The free slot is there when the housing ward first opens. You have to be on the ball and nab it up immediately.

Just because you own a house currently, does not give you an advantage over players who don't - it simply means you don't have to throw away the cost of an extra house in order to move to a more desirable plot.

I am not sure if I entirely understand what you are trying to say here, however the idea of a house moving feature is that you relinquish your current plot (lets say I have a house Large house in Lavender Beds) it would allow me swap that large house with an available plot in Doma.

Therefore the old plot in Lavender Beds would be up for grabs to those new home owners that want a plot specifically in Lavender Beds - and not Doma.

Aye, I just don't want to be locked out (like LalaRu suggested) of it simply because I managed to grab 5th class house when they earlier added more wards.

At least they already have delay on opening the Stormblood housing plots, so people don't exactly need to rush there at release.

On the flip side of this, I really hope the "house moving" feature doesn't relinquish your house - give you some "token" that allows you to buy a new house of the same value.. Then you end up relinquishing it and getting this token - teleport to the other ward only to find both the new house and your old house get gobbled up.. Then you're stuck with a 50 mil token..

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Here you go! http://imgur.com/a/kuYge

I really do love the aesthetic. You did a great job.

[Altena]

I really do love the aesthetic. You did a great job.

I originally had more lights and finer details but I ended up adding bigger items (more trees etc) and ended up having to sacrifice the lighting for the other items

[Anzaman]

On the flip side of this, I really hope the "house moving" feature doesn't relinquish your house - give you some "token" that allows you to buy a new house of the same value.. Then you end up relinquishing it and getting this token - teleport to the other ward only to find both the new house and your old house get gobbled up.. Then you're stuck with a 50 mil token..

Aye, it'd be way too risky. I can somewhat imagine current house owners having additional option in open plot -menu that shows "Move" instead of "Purchase", maybe with small fee and cooldown on it.

[Seig345]

I only managed to acquire a house a few months ago, in the same ward as my FC's house. Personally I'm hoping they open it to purchase and moving so I can move my house from the sub ward to the main ward and possibly closer to my FC.

That aside, I feel like they should just give everyone, new and old, the same chance. As long as you have the gil saved up, a homeless player would be at odds with fellow homeless players just the same as they would be with those looking to move their homes.

[Domeric]

Those that are currently homeless had the same opportunity as those who currently have a house.

That's not true.

Also, it was my understanding that moving is intended for free companies, as he specifically addressed them.