1 account buying 14 houses in 1 ward.

[Sonikku13]

I am not in favor of instanced plots. I think people who want a house in this thread either don't have the time to play, which can be legitimate (work, school, etc.) or do have the time but aren't putting in the work to find a house.

First of all, the abandonment timer just works for those who are diligent enough to check aetherytes at the right time. That right time has been stated multiple times by many people, so no point in mentioning it now. I have found abandoned large plots on Gilgamesh (10/12/2016) and Leviathan (7/13/2017), both of which I got. I am no longer on Gilgamesh, but it was the second biggest server before congestion reduction happened, at which point I left for Leviathan. No idea whether that is still the case.

Second, housing feels more realistic in FFXIV. Neighborhoods have some people instead of one house and only NPCs. It's great to meet people to socialize.

Third, the alt problem shouldn't be a problem. They had gil to do it when the server was dead. So, no reason why he can't have them, because it's honestly not his fault there was an influx of people to Mateus. However, I know it should be one account, one personal house, and blah blah blah. But it's not happening until SE decides it's for the best. And so far, it hasn't happened.

Fourth, there are responsible people who own multiple FC houses, and use them. Why should the FC I'm in be punished because one person decided to buy up 28 houses on a different server?

[Elamys]

I am not in favor of instanced plots. I think people who want a house in this thread either don't have the time to play, which can be legitimate (work, school, etc.) or do have the time but aren't putting in the work to find a house.

I have a house. This is false. Most people who want houses have the gil. There are no plots available. You can't just say "well they can buy off a reseller" because 1.) it's against the TOS so we shouldn't be supporting that and 2.) even then, there might be nobody selling.

The neighborhoods are dead there's no reason to keep them around because they look nice.

[Enla]

I have a house. This is false. Most people who want houses have the gil. There are no plots available. You can't just say "well they can buy off a reseller" because 1.) it's against the TOS so we shouldn't be supporting that and 2.) even then, there might be nobody selling.

The neighborhoods are dead there's no reason to keep them around because they look nice.

This, I have enough for a small right now and am slowly working my way towards perhaps affording a medium at the rate I'm going. I WANT a house and I play every day due to my chronic conditions making it impossible to currently work. However I'm also on Balmung which almost /never/ has open houses and if they are they're far beyond the base price, to the point that it isn't uncommon to hear of a small house in the Mists selling for over 20 million depending upon where it's located. Sometimes even more. What's more is that in the ward my FC is a part of I NEVER see half of my neighbors, nor do their houses EVER change. We had a large house above us that was barely furnished and left to rot for TWO YEARS and only recently was bought out because someone managed to track down the owner who was holding onto it on his alt - never even getting to 60. (I watched his profile religiously, he'd ONLY log in to keep the house and never did anything else with that character.)

That's a broken system. It's not laziness that's making it this way either which is highly conceited to even suggest.

[Claviusnex]

Second, housing feels more realistic in FFXIV. Neighborhoods have some people instead of one house and only NPCs. It's great to meet people to socialize.

Other than the rare FC party the wards on my system are dead. I have seen one player in my ward since I bought my house and to be honest it was kind of creepy as they sat down beside me without a word being said. Going to instanced housing with a common area that contains all of the amenities would actually make it feel more alive as you would see people much like you see in the cities.

[Enla]

Other than the rare FC party the wards on my system are dead. I have seen one player in my ward since I bought my house and to be honest it was kind of creepy as they sat down beside me without a word being said. Going to instanced housing with a common area that contains all of the amenities would actually make it feel more alive as you would see people much like you see in the cities.

I would honestly prefer this going forward. Ideally with the old wards being retained a 'legacy' systems but frankly at this point I'm find with people just being reimbursed plus interest and them scrapping the whole system.

[Besame]

Other than the rare FC party the wards on my system are dead. I have seen one player in my ward since I bought my house and to be honest it was kind of creepy as they sat down beside me without a word being said. Going to instanced housing with a common area that contains all of the amenities would actually make it feel more alive as you would see people much like you see in the cities.

My ward in the beds is full but void of people. been the same since I joined the game. Instances housing would make it so everyone could have a house and keep it open or not too public viewing.