another housing complaint thread

[Jojoya]

Even so, that would require redoing the entire housing system. I'm not saying it's impossible, but anyone with a house would likely lose it for such a new system.

They don't have to completely redo everything.

All they need to do is stop adding new wards (leaving the existing wards intact for those who want to compete for those houses) and start focusing on a better instanced housing system where every character and every FC could get a house. They've already got the basis for instanced housing in apartments. There's a common lobby people walk into before accessing the menu to choose the room they want to visit. Change the lobby into a ward layout, then the placards at each plot become the menu to select the house you want to visit.

[Dyvid]

They don't have to completely redo everything.

All they need to do is stop adding new wards (leaving the existing wards intact for those who want to compete for those houses) and start focusing on a better instanced housing system where every character and every FC could get a house. They've already got the basis for instanced housing in apartments. There's a common lobby people walk into before accessing the menu to choose the room they want to visit. Change the lobby into a ward layout, then the placards at each plot become the menu to select the house you want to visit.

Except people don't want an apartment, they want a house. They don't even want to discuss making apartments better. it's all instances houses because other MMOs did it. Interior of a house is easier because it's designed around an blank space. Exterior you need to add environments, weather, day/night cycles, size.

[timmeh1333]

Monday, May 13th 2019, one hour before maintenance
Jenova server
0 plots in mist
0 plots in lavbeds
0 plots in shirogane
2 small plots in goblet, both camped, both on cooldown

[Jojoya]

Except people don't want an apartment, they want a house. They don't even want to discuss making apartments better. it's all instances houses because other MMOs did it. Interior of a house is easier because it's designed around an blank space. Exterior you need to add environments, weather, day/night cycles, size.

I wasn't talking about apartments. I was talking about how an instanced house system could be set up in a similar fashion to how we already enter apartments.

There are players who have discussed getting better apartments. They don't care about an outside area to decorate or gardening. All they want is more interior space to decorate.

Just because you don't want something doesn't mean others don't want it.

[Nikolai_Markov]

Ahhh, I wasted 15+ hours again sitting in front of a plot only to lose it cause I was seconds slower logging in (thanks queue) right after maintence. At this point I just feel like I'm not going to be able get a house. I've wasted these past few weeks camping placards to either have someone relocate and take the plot or the timer popped because heaven forbid I need to sleep. Come on SE, give me a break.

[Prismania]

Seriously, the hidden timer is ridiculous and doesn't make this any better. I mean, as far as people buying and flipping for profit, it's understandable, but no one should have to wait around for hours upon hours upon hours clicking the same spot over and over again just to get a house. It makes it really demotivating to attempt to get one knowing that's what you have to put up with for that small chance of luck that you might actually get it. More wards, giving FC's their own wards (yes, I know wards used to be FC exclusive), or make housing instanced I feel like would be ideal.

[timmeh1333]

Wednesday, May 15th 2019 @ 11:23pm server time (it's 6:23pm CST, seriously, where did they move the servers to??? Iceland???)

Jenova server (again worth noting, this is considered a NORMAL POPULATION server)

Goblet - 2 smalls available (camped by 3-5 ppl with clickbots running)
Lavbeds - 0 plots available
Mist - 0 plots available
Shirogane - 0 plots available

Please add more wards.

Also, the plot cooldown timer does not give EVERYONE the chance to buy a plot. All that does is make people waste their time clicking a placard, with the hopes that their click is the one that happens WHEN the plot becomes available.

Developers: please admit that your system is not player-friendly, and make some changes. At least tell us that you're working on it?

[Bahati]

I would vastly prefer entering a lottery for every plot and going about my business to standing around clicking endlessly.

[MizArai]

I would vastly prefer entering a lottery for every plot and going about my business to standing around clicking endlessly.

But with how SE codes everything, you'd only be able to enter a lottery for one plot at a time. They couldn't run the risk of having you win multiple lotteries. And I wouldn't be willing to trust in my super bad RNG for a personal or an FC house.

[timmeh1333]

I want a community to walk around in and meet my neighbors. Instanced housing isn't what I want. I want a community, not somewhere that I can hide and decorate. I want to share my decorations with people. This isn't a single player game.