Unpopular Opinion - Housing Demolishment should be much stricter

[RitsukoSonoda]

The current housing wards isn't the problem IMO.

The issues I see currently are as follows.

Housing costs have not been adjusted at all since housing was added. As such getting the gil for even a large plot can be trivial to a very large amount if not majority of players in the game. Leveled retainers on quick explorations can sometimes return with items that sell on the marketboard for more than the cost of a small plot. Because of this too many people can now afford a house and many wont take a small plot unless it's the only thing available. The bloated economy of the game is a result of having the rate of gil creation by players via quests/duties/vendoring items grow while offering nearly nothing in terms of gil sinks that take that gil out of circulation. The game actually does have instanced housing to a certain degree in the way of apartments and FC rooms, however because people can easily afford bigger and better they don't want what is already offered.

They have been tweaking various things over time to fight against individuals hoarding multiple plots and RMT. If they do plan to open an area in Ishgard as housing I feel like they should have it work off a new system that involves player crafting as it would be a change from who can log in and click faster and also tie in with the restoration theme. They could do that instanced or do wards.

IMO should they choose to add instanced housing however. I feel it should specifically be in the sea of clouds. From a setting prospective a house isolated all on its own fits perfectly in that area since it could be placed on its own little floating rock in the sky. Leave the neighborhood style existing wards as they are. Just keep in mind your instanced house isn't going to have its own personal marketboard.

[HakaseNyan]

The current housing wards isn't the problem IMO.

Housing costs have not been adjusted at all since housing was added.

This is wrong. Housing originally had a much higher cost, and it was lowered significantly to make it easier to purchase for everyone. They even lowered it in stages while the economy on each server balanced out.

Edit: Some sauce -
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/03843d6bf7ba69adc37d7955ff7af43f3c43828a
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/611a2417fbdd247a18a619409302b2896cea7f52

[TaleraRistain]

Housing costs have not been adjusted at all since housing was added. .

This is incorrect. Housing price used to be set on a server size basis. Then they changed it so the prices were the same on all servers.