Housing

[EaMett]

In a nutshell. SE made the decision a while back to make mansions mostly only available to FCs. So discussing how to get more mansions out there will do very little for individuals chasing mansions. The solution is either that you'll need to wait a very long time and be very lucky to gain access to one or you'll have to change their stance on it. Both are highly unlikely. S and M are fine and not as hard to obtain.

Also, instanced housing is contrary to the entire concept of housing in ff14, people like to talk about it a lot but it's totally moot because not happening. Housing in ff14 is designed around leaving out about 2/3 of the player base. It's meant that way and I've yet to see any indication that it doesn't work great. The difficulty is just right for it to be a real struggle whiler still having players be giddy AF when they get their house. The placard spamming as a shame of a mechanic and needs to be changed but the rest of the system is a great example of a balancing act in game design. And even though the placard spamming is a senseless mechanic it does have the advantage of leveling the playing field a bit. Giving a chance to those who have actual lives and can't sit around in-game for weeks at a time, while at the same time giving those with plenty of time a higher chance of getting a house.