Suggestion to SE (Housing)

[Enla]

Yet an another rant about housing from an overpopulated server.
Stop being picky...if someone relocates...they leave an open plot behind....start paying attention...get the first one that is available and then you can relocate later. Even if you hate the location.

Except the last time wards were added I got to watch a comedy of errors as each house people went to was relocated on, with a line of people heading to the new house like clockwork until finally it stuck. Just because the server is overcrowded doesn't mean this isn't a problem. Is the suggested solution the right one? No. However as players on congested worlds can attest it's hardly as cut and dry as you're presenting either.

[NephthysVasudan]

A house opened up next door to my FC on my server and I tried to give an FC member gil to purchase it but they were unable to because of the timer. While we were standing all over the placecard trying to plan our next move, some undressed miqo'te who was level 50 max, comes literally sprinting down the street, relocates instantly, and names their new house "My Ward, not yours". Not entirely certain what the message behind the name of the plot meant; but it was pretty obviously an alt with the intention to flip. That was two weeks ago and to this very day, the house has not been decorated. The same plot was later spotted on reddit for sale apart of an outrageous bundle deal requesting for 10 times the amount it was by default price just for relocation value. Yeah, it was a bit upsetting to see.

And this proves what? All I see is a failure to go locate the plot and buy the one that was left behind.

[NephthysVasudan]

Except the last time wards were added I got to watch a comedy of errors as each house people went to was relocated on, with a line of people heading to the new house like clockwork until finally it stuck. Just because the server is overcrowded doesn't mean this isn't a problem. Is the suggested solution the right one? No. However as players on congested worlds can attest it's hardly as cut and dry as you're presenting either.

Again.....relocation leaves an open plot behind.
Until you people actually wake up to this fact and bother to put some effort into it...you're not convincing anyone.
You want a house? You have to work for it.
They are not the kind of thing that just drop like apples from a tree.
And if you bothered to read my post...you'd see I suggested transferring to a non-congested world. Or making friends to find a plot to obtain otherwise.

[Singularity]

... names their new house "My Ward, not yours". Not entirely certain what the message behind the name of the plot meant; but it was pretty obviously an alt with the intention to flip.

A cursory poke around reddit and a few links followed indicate that the person in question is a major house flipper and has been doing this for over three years. They presently "own" (via alt FCs) as many as fifteen plots in the same subdivision, which they are trying to sell as a package for "more than the current gil cap", and have stated they also have others available in different wards/districts.

[KaivaC]

Again.....relocation leaves an open plot behind.
Until you people actually wake up to this fact and bother to put some effort into it...you're not convincing anyone.
You want a house? You have to work for it.
They are not the kind of thing that just drop like apples from a tree.
And if you bothered to read my post...you'd see I suggested transferring to a non-congested world. Or making friends to find a plot to obtain otherwise.

Why are you so unnecessarily confrontational 90% of the time? I'm curious.

[Dustytome]

Personally I think the timer should apply to both relocation and fresh purchases. You should not have to already have a house to go for an open plot you want. Of course none of this should be happening in a game in the first place.

[Okamimaru]

Marlboro server has at least small houses in every housing area except maybe shirogane...

[Vivi_Bushido]

And this proves what? All I see is a failure to go locate the plot and buy the one that was left behind.

Again.....relocation leaves an open plot behind.
Until you people actually wake up to this fact and bother to put some effort into it...you're not convincing anyone.
You want a house? You have to work for it.
They are not the kind of thing that just drop like apples from a tree.
And if you bothered to read my post...you'd see I suggested transferring to a non-congested world. Or making friends to find a plot to obtain otherwise.

The point is, we did work for it. We were both there and had the money to purchase the plot in question. Let alone a plot that was conveniently next door that we had a fighting chance for... that was until this flipper got a free pass to buyout the system for having already owned a home. Yes they had to give up a house, but it isn't the convenient plot we wanted. Now we have to go track down whatever plot they originally had, and still wait for a "newly" restarted timer to end before we can purchase the plot. It's one big giant headache and even if we wait at the new plot, someone else can come along and relocate that one as well. We shouldn't have to keep getting knocked to the bottom of the list just so current home owners can continuously keep ping ponging their homes back and forth each other.

I thought the point of the timer was to give players enough notice that a plot is open at all. Not camp it out for two days only to be snatched beneath you by somebody else deciding they want to move on a whim. No amount of "working for it" can address a flaw in the system such as that. Bottom line is, if you don't already own a house, you're pretty much out of luck, especially for sizes beyond a small. Goodluck getting a medium without acquiring some stepping stone small first.

(PS, even though it's one house per account on a server, if someone already owns a house with their alt, they can still relocate. Joy!)

[NewAgeDoom]

I just wish it wasn't as ungodly expensive to get into housing.

[Okamimaru]

I just wish it wasn't as ungodly expensive to get into housing.

Several houses on Marlboro are under 2 mil