Hi. Please catch me up on housing drama, I can't believe apartments are "sold out."

[Recon1o6]

come to adamantoise, we have tons of small houses over in the goblet xp

The apartments are actually pretty poor feature wise compared to a house, you can't do any gardening, or chocobo stabling and the amount of decorations you can put in is quite small. then again, its only 50000 gil and if you are just looking for a place to display/dump the housing items you get from quests or rp or something then an apartment works well.

also fcs if they have a house, have access to private rooms

[Esmoire]

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The apartments are actually pretty poor feature wise compared to a house, you can't do any gardening, or chocobo stabling and the amount of decorations you can put in is quite small. then again, its only 50000 gil and if you are just looking for a place to display/dump the housing items you get from quests or rp or something then an apartment works well.

I think you forgot a 0 there my dear. Apartments are 500k, and free company lodgings are 300k.

I actually think chocobo stabling is better for apartments than houses, especially personal.

You get a chocobo stable for your house and you take up an item slot for something we barely need, yet takes up an item slot and is unable to be put into storage. All the while it gets messy even when it is not in use. With a really big FC, it is more reasonable to see people using the chocobo stable all the time, feeding each other's birds, and is in general a cute way for people to help each other out.

Apartments meanwhile all have a chocobo stable outside. It gets dirty over time just like any other, but if you get an apartment in an active and crowded ward, they are often maintained. It doesn't take up a precious furniture slot, something scarce with smalls in particular only allowing 20 items outside. You still often have kind souls feeding birds from time to time. It's always going to be there if you just want to change your chocobo's name or plumage, and you don't have to flush another 125k down the drain for it.

All in all I think apartments are superior when it comes to chocobo care, with the exception of large FCs. I do agree that the absence of gardening for apartments is a big pain in the tush, though.