Allow house buying by veteran status

[Lambdafish]

I don't mind the idea, but in practice it really doesn't work. It's not early access when the long term players are guaranteed to snatch up all the houses. They might as well just give houses as a veteran reward at that point because the result is the same

[Mikki]

I don't mind the idea, but in practice it really doesn't work. It's not early access when the long term players are guaranteed to snatch up all the houses. They might as well just give houses as a veteran reward at that point because the result is the same

Basically this. I get where OP is coming from... but in the end, it would just leave people out and that's a bit unfair. Ultimately, I think everyone deserves a fair shot at housing with us all on equal footing (and I say this as someone who has been playing since closed beta). Those people who have been around for a long time already have the advantage of being established enough to have the money. New players who wanted a house would have had to work very hard to make that gil in a shorter span of time and I think their efforts deserved to be acknowledged, too.

Besides which, servers like Balmung are overflowing with long term subscribers and legacy players. I'm pretty sure many would still miss out even among the veterans on servers like that...

[Arixtotle]

I don't mind the idea, but in practice it really doesn't work. It's not early access when the long term players are guaranteed to snatch up all the houses. They might as well just give houses as a veteran reward at that point because the result is the same

Well it should of course be implemented with other new features such as one house per account or server.

This would be very punishing on the older servers because not only are they very highly populated, they have an enormous amount of long time players. It also punishes newer players. Just because someone isn't a veteran doesn't mean they will appreciate housing less nor does it mean they are less deserving.

I'm on Balmung and I think it would work out fine. And I actually am of the opinion that older players are more deserving. They've paid to keep the game going for a long time.

[Penthea]

I'm on Balmung and I think it would work out fine. And I actually am of the opinion that older players are more deserving. They've paid to keep the game going for a long time.

I know some players who have been playing for far longer than me and they're not particularly attached to their houses. One of them had a warning for the demolition timer. I enter my house every day. Are you going to argue that they're more deserving of a house than I am simply because they paid more real money to SE? Even though I love and use my own house significantly more than they do?