Quote Originally Posted by Darrcyphfeid View Post
Nope, the opposite on both points. Prior to Jan 30th, they can (will and should) charge more than usual because they're now not selling you just any plot, they're selling you access to the whole shebang on Feb 6th. They're selling you the best chance you ever have of getting your ideal plot.

At the same time, they should be in the process of creating and ranking up as many dummy FCs as possible.On Jan 29th, any personal houses in their possession should be relinquished and picked up by those dummy FCs. On Feb 6th, those dummy FCs will then relocate to more coveted large or medium plots in Shirogane/Mists/Lavender Beds, which the reseller can then sell as per usual whenever they find someone desperate enough once all plots in the new Wards are gone.

This is the exact thing Square said they wanted to avoid, their reasoning for not telling us housing details too early, and yet here we are.
1 FC house per account. Which means if people want to flip FC houses (plural) they're going to have to pay for new copies of the game and subscriptions for as long as they want to hold 1 house. This is going to deter at least SOME FC house flippers. Also, there is that "4 people needed to purchase" req which we're unclear on. If this means 4 people from the FC have to be on at the same time, I can see this curbing purchasing even more, let alone if this means 4 people have to be PRESENT at the house to buy it. Eventually the house flippers that have several houses will either sell them or let them lapse if they're personal houses and we will have a balance of a sort. This is an improvement on the old system. Something needed to be done and I'm glad the first step has been taken.

They are also still withholding some details, "Further details will be announced on a special site which will be released later." . These could be anything from "you will not be eligable for a FC house purchase if your FC was created after (date)" to "FC leaders purchasing a house need to be past 3.5 MSQ and cannot have done so through level boost pots" . I'll agree these are fanciful requirements, but we have yet to see all their cards.