Ideas for fixing house ownership

[Claviusnex]

i think we should fix FC system first before fix housing system... like increase minimum FC members to 15 (we need to recruit 14 member within 1 month or FC will auto disbaned). it prevent from "ghost FC" or something like that.

I don't belong to an FC here but something like this would have killed the family and friends guild I belong to on WoW. It has always been four or five of us who would get together to run dungeons or raids and just generally visit as we all live some distance apart. I'm not saying something doesn't need to be done but size alone doesn't define a legitimate guild.

[Keridwyn]

You can't prevent FCs from being inherited. In my case, I could afford to have the leadership being transferred automatically if they were to ever come up with a "solution" to this "issue". Even if it were to check how many members are in the FC when transferring leadership, it wouldn't change a thing. There's a workaround for the minimum amount of FC members anyway.

Don't shoot the messenger I was clearing up why the thread was made.

Hmmm. How does a person even get 22 FC houses? Even if they were grandfathered in, they would've needed.....3 accounts? That's alot of money per month. Lol. Wow

Not really. Three accounts monthly is 36 bucks. Don't buy fancy coffees for a week and ta-da.

[StouterTaru]

A rule of 1 Free company per world per account.

Why is it OK to hoard housing in different servers, but not the same server?

[OliverB]

Not really. Three accounts monthly is 36 bucks. Don't buy fancy coffees for a week and ta-da.

Someone once told me I was privileged for being able to spend $70 cad for my 3 active subs. I guess everyone with cable tv should check their privilege.

[Keridwyn]

Someone once told me I was privileged for being able to spend $70 cad for my 3 active subs. I guess everyone with cable tv should check their privilege.

It's perspective. That is a lot of money for some people not so much for others. Personally I would be more jealous of the time investment. I have just enough to spare one account, nevermind three.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

i think we should fix FC system first before fix housing system... like increase minimum FC members to 15 (we need to recruit 14 member within 1 month or FC will auto disbaned). it prevent from "ghost FC" or something like that.

So, basically, punish players who prefer a small FC because you (generalization) want their house? That will certainly go over well...

[OliverB]

It's perspective. That is a lot of money for some people not so much for others. Personally I would be more jealous of the time investment. I have just enough to spare one account, nevermind three.

I think anyone who's not using two (or more) accounts for alts, that they actually play on, is the biggest waste of time there is. This game is absolutely not alt friendly when the characters on the same account and it leads to a lot of wasted time trying to transfer things over.

[NanaWiloh]

Why is it OK to hoard housing in different servers, but not the same server?

The goal of the rule is to stop players from owning multiple FC houses on the same world. To avoid things like the mateus pair where two people take up one ward all to themselves, which has a far larger effect then someone with 1 FC house. Right now a player with 2 accounts can have 16 free companys on the same world. With the rule they would only be able to have 2 Free companys on the same world. A player joing a server they dont normally play on and buying a 1 FC house is not as damaging as someone who buy's 8,10 or even 30 FC's houses all on that world. The rule is not perfect though and has its draw backs and why I asked for others to post their idea's.

[Keridwyn]

The rule is not perfect though and has its draw backs and why I asked for others to post their idea's.

Dynamic wards. One fills and a new one is generated. This way crowded servers can spread, smaller servers don't lose ground, and we don't have to keep becoming more and more draconian with rules.

Suddenly everyone can have all the houses they want and it becomes a game of waiting for a new ward to pop to upgrade to a larger size. That or better instanced housing.

Either way current system is broken and trying to make it 'fair' is only going to end up punishing people unduely.

[NanaWiloh]

Dynamic wards. One fills and a new one is generated. This way crowded servers can spread, smaller servers don't lose ground, and we don't have to keep becoming more and more draconian with rules.

Suddenly everyone can have all the houses they want and it becomes a game of waiting for a new ward to pop to upgrade to a larger size. That or better instanced housing.

Either way current system is broken and trying to make it 'fair' is only going to end up punishing people unduely.

You are right but does not hurt to try and improve things. The system is not great by any stretch but with SE unwilling to shift to a different system they could at least work more at improving this one. Thanks too everyone for keeping some positivity, I know this subject can irk people.