Housing restrictions not fair for individuals.

[Besame]

I've seen this sentiment expressed before and yet it continues to elude me - how does an FC benefit more from a medium or large plot than a small one? You can have all but I think one vendor type in a small plot (actually might be able to have all since the change). Crafting stations are useless past level 60 and only provide a miniscule bonus to CP. The two extra garden plots are usually not an FC wide thing. In fact, the things that an FC would presumably benefit more from by owning a medium or large house are the same benefits that an individual owner would have over a small.

I don't give credence to posts like Geekgirls.

[MewoTM]

they can create as much virtual space as they want to(0)

1st Server stability. If you think for a damn second dropping 10s of thousands of houses all at once per server just to "please" the population so everyone can have houses wouldnt create server stability problems then you need to rethink your argument. Its pretty clear the reason they delayed the housing release a week after it was added to the game so that they could monitor the servers and see how they would react to that much space instantly dropped onto them considering each house has its own map that can be customised as well as each ward has its own map that can also be customised depending on furniture the type of house the look of the house the stuff added in the yard the gardens everything between the ward and the interior of the house is able to be customised if they were to just "add" as much stuff as they want to without a single problem then god that would be great.

[MewoTM]

they can create as much virtual space as they want to(0)

2nd Server space. Yeah space this stuff actually takes up space ya know? Data as well as physical space to store the data. Not that long ago they did a big move because they had very little physical space to expand on the servers any farther im not sure if you remember it but it was a Data Center Relocation. Could it possibly be that they are working on other expansions and content for people to do with some of that new space in stead of dedicating half of it to supply your "needs" for housing just so that people will complain about lack of content a little while down the road and then they have to relocate again because they dedicated so much space into housing.

[Ruf]

1st Server stability. If you think for a damn second dropping 10s of thousands of houses all at once per server just to "please" the population so everyone can have houses wouldnt create server stability problems then you need to rethink your argument.Its pretty clear the reason they delayed the housing release a week after it was added to the game so that they could monitor the servers and see how they would react to that much space instantly dropped onto them considering each house has its own map that can be customised as well as each ward has its own map that can also be customised depending on furniture the type of house the look of the house the stuff added in the yard the gardens everything between the ward and the interior of the house is able to be customised if they were to just "add" as much stuff as they want to without a single problem then god that would be great.

Stop defending them, theres possibilitys, years in the past ppl wouldnt believe in things like phone, light bulbs! planes! yet they happened, you are way too gullible if you dont think theres a way to make it happen, unless you are just against it

2nd Server space. Yeah space this stuff actually takes up space ya know? Data as well as physical space to store the data. Not that long ago they did a big move because they had very little physical space to expand on the servers any farther im not sure if you remember it but it was a Data Center Relocation. Could it possibly be that they are working on other expansions and content for people to do with some of that new space in stead of dedicating half of it to supply your "needs" for housing just so that people will complain about lack of content a little while down the road and then they have to relocate again because they dedicated so much space into housing.

ppl can buy lvl 60 shire gears / heavensward clears nowaday i dont want to hear that crap, i just now made it past that myself with a new character & it took a looong time, theres a lot of content, lots of savages & ex fights to wipe 1000 times or weekly restrictions, i personally would rather have a housing fix than a new expansion atm, new content should never be a defensive excuse versus fixing broken & retarded/delayed content that was half-assed for several years as ppl have been complaining for a loooong time

[MistakeNot]

What what? I refuse to believe that it was advertising housing in the first place.

I don't know about advertising housing for everyone, but SE certainly advertises housing as one of the features of the game: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/

[HyoMinPark]

I don't know about advertising housing for everyone, but SE certainly advertises housing as one of the features of the game: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/

To also add to this, Shirogane was advertised as one of the major features of Stormblood. Which is another reason why, after its release in 4.1, there was such huge backlash over, not only the shortage, but also the response of the servers to the massive amounts of people trying to get in and obtain a house.

ppl can buy lvl 60 shire gears / heavensward clears nowaday i dont want to hear that crap, i just now made it past that myself with a new character & it took a looong time, theres a lot of content, lots of savages & ex fights to wipe 1000 times or weekly restrictions, i personally would rather have a housing fix than a new expansion atm, new content should never be a defensive excuse versus fixing broken & retarded/delayed content that was half-assed for several years as ppl have been complaining for a loooong time

The only issue with this suggestion, is that its going to dissatisfy someone. Not everyone in the game is interested in housing; they would rather have more content elsewhere, be it raids, dungeons, DoH/DoL content, etc.. If SE chose to spend the vast amounts of time that it would take to redo server infrastructure and fix the housing system, they would have to sacrifice a lot of other content, potentially angering other customers that care more for said other content than about housing. Thus, they’re working on remedying the system bit by bit, as much as they can without taking away too much from the rest of the game.

I would like to see a permanent fix, but it’s going to take time. Since ARR launched, the developers have said repeatedly that they are working little by little to get rid of the 1.0 Legacy code that was left behind from the game’s first incarnation (and which ARR was basically built upon). But that’s a lot of code, and it’s not as easy (or as fast) to fix and restructure it as a lot of people think. 4.2’s Housing was a step in a good direction. They added 6 new wards, and have started implementing restrictions to stop house flipping and to curve those who want to own multiple houses. They could have just left the system as is and done nothing.
There were originally only 6 wards, but they added 2 wards later in 2.3/2.4 (I think it was 2.4, but I can’t remember), 4 more in 3.3, and then 6 more in 4.2. Is it enough to give the majority houses? No, but it’s better than just the 6 wards per server the game’s Housing system started with.

The devs aren’t without their faults, but they’re at least trying.

[Nerfworthy]

There i found myself back throught out my ramble

Dude just....stop. Please.

[k99]

I already share my house with my husband and my brother, but he likes to decorate houses, and he doesn't like my chocobo insanity design. And I won't let him change the chocobo-ness of my house, because chocobos are cool. Also, we'd like more gardening plots.

lol Isn't marriage about compromise? Imagine if every married couple had to get two homes because they couldn't share. Maybe SE should add some marriage counselling content in the next patch to help address these first world housing problems.

[KeyboardFacerollname]

IMO, if you're married and own a house, your partner should be able to reset the auto-demolish timer by entering the house.

That way, if I take a break for a couple of months, my wife can keep my house from being demolished so we don't lose everything.

[Elamys]

IMO, if you're married and own a house, your partner should be able to reset the auto-demolish timer by entering the house.

That way, if I take a break for a couple of months, my wife can keep my house from being demolished so we don't lose everything.

Tenants should be able to reset the timer in general. It's obvious the house is still getting used if they're going in.