Did the housing moratorium have to have THIS week?

[Kazrah]

Yes. Stops flippers from making money. Should have started years ago. Sooner better than later.

They could do that just with the sale delay timer without having to ban players from the ability to buy houses, so still doesn't answer my question.

[Ametrine]

They could do that just with the sale delay timer without having to ban players from the ability to buy houses, so still doesn't answer my question.

I believe the timer is somewhat randomized, as at no point did SE mention the timeframe of relinquished plots opening for purchase.

[Kazrah]

I believe the timer is somewhat randomized, as at no point did SE mention the timeframe of relinquished plots opening for purchase.

All they've mentioned is when the new wards come out (Tuesday). From that, it's pretty much speculation from there, but the best bet is still individuals waiting about another week. Would actually be pretty nice if they were able to isolate releases by servers and areas, but I'd be amazed if devs possessed such an ability.

[SoulsGuardian]

Is it me, or there are people using workarounds to buy houses, which in turns would cause less available house for most individuals?
It seems some people were creating new FCs in order to buy available houses,
there have been lots of recently created FCs with 4-5 members camping and buying houses.

[Enla]

Is it me, or there are people using workarounds to buy houses, which in turns would cause less available house for most individuals?
It seems some people were creating new FCs in order to buy available houses,
there have been lots of recently created FCs with 4-5 members camping and buying houses.

I've seen tons honestly and it just makes me scratch my head and frown. SE's attempt to 'fix' their broken system just seems to cause more issues.

[Airget]

I've seen tons honestly and it just makes me scratch my head and frown. SE's attempt to 'fix' their broken system just seems to cause more issues.

Agreed, when they explained the rules, that's where they messed up.

At most a FC house should only be purchased by at least 4 members ALL of which don't have a FC house.

As it stands now the current rules are just begging to be exploited. It's ok, just kick me out of the FC and have 3 alts join my new FC and I can buy another house. That's what a majority of players are doing now, because only 1 person needs to sacrifice their access to their origin FC housing to buy a house for themselves under the guise of a FC.

[Khalithar]

I really hope the houses don't go live immediately after maintenance, otherwise that's going to be another mad scramble and disgusting mess.

[Settiesama]

I really hope the houses don't go live immediately after maintenance, otherwise that's going to be another mad scramble and disgusting mess.

They are, and it's made worse by the fact they stated the finish time for maint is subject to change, so they aren't even making it end dead on time this time around.

[Lissandra]

They are, and it's made worse by the fact they stated the finish time for maint is subject to change, so they aren't even making it end dead on time this time around.

I thought SE wanted to avoid the mad rush of log ins since this was something people complained about before about not having a chance at a house. Aren't the housing wards going up 1 hour after the servers go live?

[Dustytome]

I thought SE wanted to avoid the mad rush of log ins since this was something people complained about before about not having a chance at a house. Aren't the housing wards going up 1 hour after the servers go live?

That was from an unofficial translation, there's no official translation where SE has announced the houses being available an hour beforehand so prepare for the login bloodbath just in case.