Adressing the roots of the housing problem

[Cylla]

This whole process is such a cluster.... I was thinking of relocation but I have decided to keep my Grade 2-medium in the beds.

I've been trying since the release of SB to get a large house. When the relocation system went in, I was like, "Sweet! Now can get a large hopefully." I didn't care where I got it. But nope, the servers bottle necked on the new housing release and Balmung was cleared out all over the board within five minutes.
Now coming to 4.2 and I have very little faith still in getting a large or even a medium. I'd settle for even just that but I'm on Balmung, so yeah...
Already people out to abuse the system by making FC's just so they can get their hands on a house.

Make me wish SE hadn't said anything at all until patch day.

[RayneLittlewinkle]

Make me wish SE hadn't said anything at all until patch day.

Exactly. They shouldn't of said anything until like the day or two BEFORE the 24 hour maintenance They apologized to us about 4.1 and then said they would would make it fair and withhold information. They've already broken that by pushing out personal people from buying a home and also from giving out info early.

People think 1400 homes is plentiful but I think they under estimate how quick they go on Balmung.

[Cylla]

Yep!
Now you got people leaving FC's to make their own by either gathering up 4 random people or friends and rushing to get up in the ranks and points to buy a house, only adding more to the chaos. I'm honestly getting tired of it. I know there more information their supposedly withholding until patch notes/patch day but unless it to tell us that a lottery system was put in or something, it just going to be the same bs all over again. What going to happen when they do let people start buying personal housing? There will be none to buy!!

[LaylaTsarra]

Yep!
Now you got people leaving FC's to make their own by either gathering up 4 random people or friends and rushing to get up in the ranks and points to buy a house, only adding more to the chaos. I'm honestly getting tired of it. I know there more information their supposedly withholding until patch notes/patch day but unless it to tell us that a lottery system was put in or something, it just going to be the same bs all over again. What going to happen when they do let people start buying personal housing? There will be none to buy!!

I would not be surprised that there will be an inception date for FC's that is at least a month old or more. I would hope if there isn't that they would consider doing that because the intent is to allow established FC's who didn't have a house to get one and not allow people to work around the system by quickly making one and leveling it before housing release.

[Cylla]

I would not be surprised that there will be an inception date for FC's that is at least a month old or more. I would hope if there isn't that they would consider doing that because the intent is to allow established FC's who didn't have a house to get one and not allow people to work around the system by quickly making one and leveling it before housing release.

I couldn't agree more. I hope that the case in some form or another. These FC that have been around the longest deserve it more than the few who are just doing it to cheat the system to get a house. I can just see the uproar and frustration if that wasn't the case and all these newly made FC's are able to buy a house also. It SE though and all these years with the housing battle, I'm weary over them doing something right for once.

[illgot]

I would not be surprised that there will be an inception date for FC's that is at least a month old or more. I would hope if there isn't that they would consider doing that because the intent is to allow established FC's who didn't have a house to get one and not allow people to work around the system by quickly making one and leveling it before housing release.

I doubt they are going to write up a whole section of code and alter a lot of existing code just to block people with new FCs for one patch.

[Cylla]

I doubt they are going to write up a whole section of code and alter a lot of existing code just to block people with new FCs for one patch.

I doubt it also, but there a small hope that they may still do something right. Again, we have to remember that not all the information is out yet. Their still withholding information about housing and iirc it was about house purchasing? So who knows, maybe they are getting smart about it now. I'd like to think that Yoshi, who supposedly acted like a normal player on the day of 4.1 patch release and tried to get a house, failing to do so, learned something from a player stand point. If not, well like I said before, incoming rage and frustration...yet again.

[illgot]

I know there more information their supposedly withholding until patch notes/patch day

found this information

"The promised housing update will come a week after the implementation of update 4.2 and will be rather extensive. Six new wards with respective subdivisions will be added to each housing zone.

Free companies without a house will be prioritized over everyone else. There will be plots designated for free company use, and those will be exclusive to FCs with at least four members.

Individuals will be restricted from purchasing a house for a certain period of time after implementation. The team will gauge the situation and decide when to lift said restriction."

This could be a poor translation or could hint at some additional restrictions few are talking about.

I am a little paranoid about the week between 4.2 and the housing update. I suspect that it is indeed a full week of having those new wards locked and everyone being blocked from transferring or buying houses. The paranoid in me worries that the first week will have random houses coming up on the market or have restrictions like prioritizing FCs without houses.

If all new housing wards stay locked until 5th of Feb, then no worries.

But the underlined statement has me very worried. Are mansions (L plots) going to be locked from private ownership from 4.2 on? It sounds like they want to keep mansions FC only and that will impact any private owner trying to transfer to a mansion.

[LalaRu]

Players will be permitted to own only one private and one free company estate

Owning a free company estate, how is it intended? The FC Master's account?

If master changes, the old Master can form a new FC and buy a plot?

If I am Master of a FC with the estate, can one of my alts be promoted to Master in another FC with already an estate?