Getting a New House Feels Impossible

[MsMisato]

A lot of the housing pains right now is due to the auto demo being off. I imagine it's going to be about few months before they turn it back on. Once they do, it's pretty much given after there will a be a handful of plots opening up then about 45 days after the auto demo is turned back on a lot of plots open up at once. Last year this happened when they turned auto demo back on after about 6 months of it being off. It was nuts during that time. so many people camping playing click the placard.

Also as things start to go back to normal somewhat in the world, people will stop/cancel the subs, and housing will open up more. It definitely sucks right now don't get me wrong, just a peculiar time we are in were people have more time to play there weren't able to before.

I say best thing is to casually browse the wards form the city-states and if you see a plot open swing by it. Also don't be picky in your plot. You can always transfer your plot in server (not data center) to an open plot that's more desirable later on. Don't loose sleep over it though if you don't have one yet its honestly not worth the sleep deprivation. that's my 2 cents.

[Krunalat91]

It seems to me that the answer would be obvious for Squenix: Implement an application system.

Have players be able to visit their Housing estate of Choice (Lets use The Mist for this example).

Upon entering The Mist, they can speak to someone or interact with something to "Apply for housing". They would then select one of the three types of housing (Small, Medium, Large) and select Personal or FC. This would then place them into a queue. If this places you 3rd in the queue and a housing zone becomes available within your selection, it offers it to the person in 1st for that size. They then have 12 or 24 hours (I just come up with ideas, the specifics are for the genius') to accept or decline the property. Should they accept, its theirs and the queue moves up, placing you 2nd. Should they decline, it then gets offered to the 2nd person (Maybe at a slightly reduced cost) and they get the same option, 12 or 24 hours to accept or decline. This then goes on until someone accepts.

This gives everyone a "First come, first serve" option so nobody feels like they have to spend XX amount of hours waiting for a plot to go out of its waiting period while spamming the placard with 12 other players, hoping to be the winner. It's a fair system allowing everyone a fair opportunity at a home.

I'm new to the game, just over a month but my FC members and I have become frustrated at seeing plots become available then seeing 7 people blindly spamming the placard. It's made us feel a bit left out of what the game can truly offer, especially since I love designing a home and having little farms to care for (Go back to Animal Crossing, amirite).

The idea of adding more wards is nice but realistically, what are the odds of them doing that soon, let alone having them all snapped up within 12 minutes. I don't play Fortnite because 100 people scrambling around a map and hurling obscenities at eachother isn't very fun for me.

I know this is all conjecture and is "easier said than done" but it seemed more obvious than "Hey look, spare land! Hope you're okay with 4-32 hours of sitting and doing nothing."

Best of luck to you all in getting a home, it seems my choice of picking Moogle as my server may not have been the brightest idea.

[Missbone]

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Since you are on Chaos maybe you and your mates should thinking about moving to Springan if housing is that important. There are still a lot of small plots free everywhere, even in Shirogane. Moogle is an RP Server and one of the old one. Of course you will have trouble getting a plot there as new char or fc. Maybe even worse than on Ragnarok since housing seems to be to RP Players even more important than for others. You simply picked the wrong server to start as a new player.

[LaylaTsarra]

Houses are filling up fast on Spriggan. I thnk there is only one left in my ward. When i got my FC there there were a ton and have since bought a private right next to my FC. It's one of the reasons I picked it as a server as well as the Road to 70 buff which is not longer available.

[Krunalat91]

Since you are on Chaos maybe you and your mates should thinking about moving to Springan if housing is that important. You simply picked the wrong server to start as a new player.

It's sad that picking the wrong server is seen as the players fault (Not saying you're having a dig but still). It shouldn't be down to the players simply choosing the wrong place, it should be down to Squenix to make sure everything is accessible to everyone, should one server become congested continualy, maybe focus on increasing accessibility in that server. I know its all "easier said than done" (I keep quoting that because people always say it like its the be all and end all) but it isn't all that difficult to simply create the same map and rotate it 90 degrees the other way, like they did with sub wards.

We did discuss moving to a new server if the option is given to us at no extra cost but unfortunately, some of my friends don't have the luxury of spending the cash to do so, having families and what not, so it's a case of waiting, really. Until that happens, I'm kinda stuck.

[EthanXdeath]

Think this is bad. Come to Gilgamesh, where 2 "FC's" own over 70 houses. One in particular has to my knowledge 46 houses <<Mew>> while the other one has about 20ish <<Twins>>. I recently moved from Adamantoise due to lack of active FC's and gave up my Medium to do so.

[Gula]

Think this is bad. Come to Gilgamesh, where 2 "FC's" own over 70 houses. One in particular has to my knowledge 46 houses <<Mew>> while the other one has about 20ish <<Twins>>. I recently moved from Adamantoise due to lack of active FC's and gave up my Medium to do so.

They who must not be named will swoop at the mere mention of their estates and literally brag about it. Best not to mention them, they have a history of bringing alt after alt to do so and my forum blacklist already has several.

Patiently waiting for literally anyone to find an exploit to their horcrux and put an end to it.

[EthanXdeath]

They who must not be named will swoop at the mere mention of their estates and literally brag about it. Best not to mention them, they have a history of bringing alt after alt to do so and my forum blacklist already has several.

Patiently waiting for literally anyone to find an exploit to their horcrux and put an end to it.

I'm literally on a personal vendetta against them at this point! Probably wasting time but I decided every week to contact "SE support" labeling it as "disruptive to player experience."

[Yshtola]

I just want two particular "FC's" on Gilgamesh to have all their "houses" demolished.

I'm literally on a personal vendetta against them at this point! Probably wasting time but I decided every week to contact "SE support" labeling it as "disruptive to player experience."

Yes, please waste your free time for us.

[EthanXdeath]

Yes, please waste your free time for us.

Will do BRO!