Adressing the roots of the housing problem

[illgot]

Please explain to me how owning several houses isn't selfish.

It's no more selfish than you. If you farm mats all day and craft a lot of HQ materials and equipment, is it selfish of you to sell them on the auction house instead of giving them away to any random player you meet?

Is it anymore selfish than you saving up millions of Gil to buy something like a pet instead of giving all your Gil to the first person you see?

It's not. There was no rule saying players couldn't own 2 houses per character and there is no rule saying you have to give up everything you gain to random players.

You both follow the rules of the game. The only difference is the few people who own multiple houses were better at the game than you and they have something you want.

[Youkulm]

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You underestimate my generosity to the people I care about... there is a reason I lose gil so quickly ( not mention the random strangers I have given 1mil too when they ask for teleport money or petty cash to buy new NPC gear. )... So no sorry I still I don't understand your backward reasoning. I didn't realize my helping friends and strangers was such a selfish act. I'm clearly a monster.

We'll just leave it at that ( no point in going around in circles, since we will never see eye to eye ). Have a lovely day!

[illgot]

You underestimate my generosity to the people I care about... there is a reason I lose gil so quickly ( not mention the random strangers I have given 1mil too when they ask for teleport money or petty cash to buy new NPC gear. )... So no sorry I still I don't understand your backward reasoning. I didn't realize my helping friends and strangers was such a selfish act. I'm clearly a monster.

We'll just leave it at that ( no point in going around in circles, since we will never see eye to eye ). Have a lovely day!

You are just as selfish as any player in game. Don't fool yourself into thinking you are just super generous and above others who also play the game with in the confines of the rules.

People who were able to buy multiple houses have no social requirement to give away the properties they worked for and purchased. The fact that you think so just shows how selfish you really are.

[Flashgordon1975]

You underestimate my generosity to the people I care about... there is a reason I lose gil so quickly ( not mention the random strangers I have given 1mil too when they ask for teleport money or petty cash to buy new NPC gear. )... So no sorry I still I don't understand your backward reasoning. I didn't realize my helping friends and strangers was such a selfish act. I'm clearly a monster.

We'll just leave it at that ( no point in going around in circles, since we will never see eye to eye ). Have a lovely day!

It is not backwards reasoning. You are advocating something being taken away for a "want", not a "need". That is selfish.

[Beelhi]

It's no more selfish than you. If you farm mats all day and craft a lot of HQ materials and equipment, is it selfish of you to sell them on the auction house instead of giving them away to any random player you meet?

Is it anymore selfish than you saving up millions of Gil to buy something like a pet instead of giving all your Gil to the first person you see?

It's not. There was no rule saying players couldn't own 2 houses per character and there is no rule saying you have to give up everything you gain to random players.

You both follow the rules of the game. The only difference is the few people who own multiple houses were better at the game than you and they have something you want.

The difference is that houses are LIMITED, materials, pets, equipment and whatever else you could come up with is not. Stop trying to defend a selfish act. Doesn't matter if you followed the rules or not.

[TheCurls]

Those examples are in no way similar. There isn’t a finite number of minions or loot or gil in this game.

What IS there a finite number of? Houses.

So yes, it is extremely selfish to hoard houses, locking other players out of certain contents in doing so. No, it isn’t selfish to earn gil to buy pets, give to friends, or even buy savage wins. There isn’t a set amount of any of those.

Here’s hoping SE takes away toys from the selfish people.