Quote Originally Posted by Cinno View Post
Let me adjust my statement: Within the current (bad) system the devs have designed, and without spending the necessary dev time and large chunk of the (presumably small) budget given to them by SE, this is the fairest thing they could have done.

We have to be realistic, they have invested too much time and too much money in the Wards system to justify scrapping it and starting over, and starting over is the only way they can fix the mess they've created. So, without them starting over completely, making it so the people that actually need the space (FC's) can get it over the people that simply want the space, was a fair choice.
Letting individuals who already have three houses relocate to better spots freely is "fair"? That's allowed right now, and in fact all this new space made it easier. While that's going on, tons of people are locked out entirely.

It's in no way fair. Arguably, this system is the most unfair thing in the entire game, because it's the only part of it where people can be completely locked out and told to sod off while other people hoard multiple properties and they're told "sure, go ahead and upgrade to the beach front version, there's no competition now!"

They did manage to fix it for free companies, kinda, except for all the individuals relocating to larger properties since those aren't locked to FC only. But to call it "fair" is abusive of the English language.

Individual players can function just fine without a house. FC's meanwhile, are hindered by not having access to basics like gardening, airships/subs, company worshop as a whole, and the use of the aetherial wheel for fc buffs (which is helpful for smaller fc's that are lacking in credits.)
Individual players can function just fine without lots of things, but none of them are rationed and restricted except housing. There's no other part of the game that says "oh you didn't get one during that mad scrable on a specific day, so too bad, now have some event rewards that you can't use because they only work on a housing exterior."

For how much this game costs, this is amateur hour. It's in no way acceptable.