Questions regarding house moving feature

[Altena]

I love it how people assume the appreciation of Japanese architecture automatically makes those people "weebs". It just shows how little those people understand the term to begin with.

[Domeric]

I didn't call anyone weebs. I said they were weeb houses.

[ErryK]

There SHOULD be no cost, as the player is not gaining an additional house but simply switching locations.

SE has proven they have zero interest in designing a player-friendly housing system, though...

The whole point of housing is it is a Gil sink. It certainly meets this requirement with how it's set up.

[Final-Fantasy]

The thing is, if you got a free transfer/move from one housing area to another, and it was 1 for 1 as you want, then you only have a limited selection for that 1 for 1, your plot is graded and you payed a set price different from other plots of the same size.

You can't have that with a tiny selection of plots... and if they let you skip the grade and just pick any plot of the same size, you could buy the worst plot at the cheapest price and move to the best plot for no charge, and for large houses there is a much bigger gap in pricing of grades, 40,000,000 start for the worst and 50,000,000 for the best (LB plot 6 vs Mist plot 5), right there you saved 10,000,000.

Plus we would then have people buying plots to resell for 100% profit, they could then sell you a plot, then move to a new one for free, see? someone just made lots of Gil from you and you bought them a new house too.

[Naunet]

The thing is, if you got a free transfer/move from one housing area to another, and it was 1 for 1 as you want, then you only have a limited selection for that 1 for 1, your plot is graded and you payed a set price different from other plots of the same size.

I don't think you're understanding my post at all.

1-1 transfer - no cost.

Want a more expensive plot? Pay the difference.

IMO, that would be a decent way to manage things.

The whole point of housing is it is a Gil sink. It certainly meets this requirement with how it's set up.

Gold sinks work a lot better when it comes in the form of many, smaller purchases of unlimited amount. With housing as limited as it is, that alone neuters the gold sink aspect.

IMO, the gold sink should come from actually decorating the house, not getting past the gate of obtaining it. Other MMOs have this worked out in a much better way.

[Final-Fantasy]

I don't think you're understanding my post at all.

1-1 transfer - no cost.

Want a more expensive plot? Pay the difference.

IMO, that would be a decent way to manage things.

Your way is flawed and open to exploitation. Exactly why it wont happen :P

The best way is the way they choose, you can move without the fear of loosing out altogether. Many of us lost our plots at the last update when Wards 9 - 12 were added, we had to relinquish our plots at the plot itself, then we had to teleport to closest city, then move into the ward, then run to the plot we want only to find for example, plot 11 in LB was taken in 30 seconds, in each new ward and subdivision. So we lost our old plots and had to get ones we didn't even want.

Now it will be fixed so at the least, we wont loose anything.

[LaylaTsarra]

Anyone have a link to where they said you'd have to pay for a transfer?

[Final-Fantasy]

Anyone have a link to where they said you'd have to pay for a transfer?

As for the feature itself, the steps in which the players need to take is pretty simple. When accessing the sign board of the plot to purchase, players will be presented with an option to move, so they will just need to select that option. You will then be required to purchase the land.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...285-18-2017%29

[Naunet]

Your way is flawed and open to exploitation.

How so? Provide actual reasons that are based on my actual suggestion, not what you imagined it to be.

[Domeric]

How so? Provide actual reasons that are based on my actual suggestion, not what you imagined it to be.

Objects are are desired by the many are intrinsically worth more than objects that are not. If you lose nothing, you'll have people who currently own houses who didn't put in work to buy the new ones competing with the people who actually put in the work. If you refuse to put in the work, you don't deserve it.