Middle-ground solution to housing

[Dragonrage53]

I agree with the one personal house , one FC house per account per server. However, I would change the instanced house idea with a deluxe apartment. The apartment system is already there so its less fuss modifying that when compared to making a whole new housing mode. Each Deluxe apartment could cost 1 million gil after the initial purchase to upgrade an existing apartment. Each apartment could be 1/3 to 1/2 times larger containing an outside balcony with enough room to support one 8 slot garden plot or a small number of outside decorations. Also Possibly adding one additional service NPC and planting pot as well a higher limit on placed item restrictions would be a welcome addition. Same rules as now with the apartments non demolition policy with adding the option to effectively share the apartment between other characters on the account including the Chocobo stables outside. But, no matter how you look at it there needs to be a common man/woman housing that's instanced and somewhere between an apartment and a small plot standard house.

[DioK]

...But, no matter how you look at it there needs to be a common man/woman housing that's instanced and somewhere between an apartment and a small plot standard house.

If I'm understanding the idea of "instancing" the housing, the issue I see is limited server resources. Increasing server resources to allow everyone aninstance of housing would increase real-world maintenance costs for the game. This cost increase would be passed on to players as increased subscription fees. Not sure if many would agree to that for the sake of housing.

The problem, as I see it, is that the current system is not really allowing equal opportunity due to a few, very rich players being able to hoard plots. Eliminate the hoarding and the problem should be more resolvable.