Shirogane Houses, for FC only?

[Nixxe]

it's not supposed to be fair. FC houses have additional features and FC houses in theory are supposed to be used by more people.

More people who could more easily come up with 3, 4, or even 5x the funds to purchase a house than an individual can. After all, they have more people.

[SendohJin]

More people who could more easily come up with 3, 4, or even 5x the funds to purchase a house than an individual can. After all, they have more people.

ok? this has nothing to do with funds. or are you saying FCs should be charged more for the same exact plot?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

People voiced their concerns about the fact that, on populated servers, FC might still not be able to get access to housing even with Shirogane, because of individual housing.
Yoshi-P said that they were still in the process of deciding what the best course of action would be. So yes, Shirogane might be FC exclusive for a short time.

No. When Yoshi said they were "deciding what the best course of action should be" he was not referring to making the new residential zone FC only. He was merely indicating that the issue of FC's not having access to housing was on their radar. Making Shirogane FC exclusive would do little to nothing to address the issue of FC's lacking housing nor would it prevent single person FC's from scooping up those houses.

Shirogane will be no different from any othe residential zone as far as access and costs. Trying to stir up a phantom issue is only going to get people scared over nothing.

Any action they take in regards to FC's having access to housing will in all likelihood be in the form of providing some sort of apartment-style FC instanced housing.

[Fluffernuff]

oh man. It's almost as if SE SPECIFICALLY locked off shirogane in the first place so EVERYONE would have a fair shot at a plot.



...the heck is up with the doom and gloom about what kind of housing will come first? none of them will. Shirogane is locked off for a reason guys. No one gets special treatment

[Rymm]

It would take quite a lot of prep time beforehand. You can't just create an FC and buy a house with it. There's also the step of getting that FC up to rank 8 first, which is a significant undertaking with only one player's activities to contribute to rank points. Possible, of course, but I suspect that the majority of those who could do it already have their FC anyway.

I'm well aware that you don't just register an FC and then immediately buy a house, but you don't have to get it up to rank 8, either. It's actually very easy to do, hence why so many people already do it. Either way, my point stands that if they make the new ward FC only at the start, they need to hold off announcing it until the very last minute. Otherwise it would completely negate such a restriction.

Again, I highly doubt it's going to be limited to FCs anyway, so the argument is likely moot.

[Fyce]

No. When Yoshi said they were "deciding what the best course of action should be" he was not referring to making the new residential zone FC only. He was merely indicating that the issue of FC's not having access to housing was on their radar. Making Shirogane FC exclusive would do little to nothing to address the issue of FC's lacking housing nor would it prevent single person FC's from scooping up those houses.

Shirogane will be no different from any othe residential zone as far as access and costs. Trying to stir up a phantom issue is only going to get people scared over nothing.

Any action they take in regards to FC's having access to housing will in all likelihood be in the form of providing some sort of apartment-style FC instanced housing.

Dude, please, stop making statements if you didn't even read the LL digest.

Q: Is the timing for purchasing plots in Shirogane the same for free companies and individuals?
A: We are currently in the middle of investigating how much of the population owns housing, so this hasn't been decided yet. We will look into this a bit more before making a decision.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

Dude, please, stop making statements if you didn't even read the LL digest.

Sounds to me like you're reading far more into that than what is actually being said.

[Nixxe]

ok? this has nothing to do with funds. or are you saying FCs should be charged more for the same exact plot?

I'm saying FCs are already have a pretty obvious advantage. They don't need a further advantage just because there's extra stuff for FCs.

Regardless, the moment they mentioned it was even a possibility, people started preparing solo FCs just in case.

[Paladinleeds]

I'm saying FCs are already have a pretty obvious advantage. They don't need a further advantage just because there's extra stuff for FCs.

Regardless, the moment they mentioned it was even a possibility, people started preparing solo FCs just in case.

But let's say the cost was upped to 5 billion gil for a small FC house, 50 billion gil for a medium FC house, and 500 billion gil for a large FC house, would that negate said advantage in your eyes? Remember we're talking British billion here, so 5'000'000'000'000 gil for a small. Do you think that would stop the problem with regards to solo FCs?

[Niraves]

I made a personal fc and had it up to rank 6 in two hours. If I can do it that quick, you can bet there's a lot of people that already did it too.

Locking Shirogane to FCs only won't solve the housing problems.