Is Housing a major feature of the game?

[akaneakki]

There is absolutely no reason why I get to pay a 15 dollar a month subscription and have a house while someone else pays the same damn subscription for the exact same services and perks and has nothing. Period. I cannot understand why it is so difficult to wrap the mind around this seriously simple concept.

The housing is made for gil sinking more than anything. When the housing was out at first, the very first patch back in 2014, the house I got for the fc was at 79 million gil. Some were even higher than that. The lowered the cost as economy got more stable but the gil sink is a huge part of the reason. And also many people can't raid or have the skills to do it as well, what makes you think they have the right to clear the content as well? It goes as an example btw, not saying it's part of the subject here.