Housing Ownership System Abuse

[Sylvastreak]

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To be fair the mention of hoarding was to do with the reselling specifically, iirc but my memory is absolutely naff on that front cuz I was dealing with some irl stressful stuff at the time.

I've never been on the JP servers and can't comment on their views as it's a wholly different culture in every way, not just with housing but with etiquette and general unspoken rules. The only window I've had on them was the "FFXIV: Dad of Light" tv series.

I tend to operate on the moral compass of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" and while that may sound really hypocritical as the OP, I do think this should be addressed overall. I don't like the idea of having multiple service accounts on a game that already allows you to have so many characters per server and DC - although I can understand having one on say, PC and PS4 if you've got kids or something.

That said I also think all alts on a server should be allowed to have access to the same personal house to limit the need for someone's characters to have separate housing.

I have several characters all on the same service account and only one has their own house and fc house; the rest have fc rooms or apartments (or even nothing). I don't understand the need to have this many houses to yourself when you could easily spend the same amount of gil redecorating every so often, nor do I see how SE could possibly add enough housing wards within the physical servers' capacities if people continue to act like this and buy entire wards. Something will have to give eventually if we're to have even your idea of "equal" opportunities to get housing and the features with them. So yes, this still seems selfish and greedy to me, I'm afraid.
Personally don't use the aetherial wheel stands, but we do have airships in the FCs I'm in and while I agree that they should not be locked to FCs now that they can be solo built, I'm not sure where else exactly they would be implemented. Perhaps a Grand Company barracks type area? Crossbreeding facilities in apartments and fc rooms would be nice for avid gardeners, along with some sort of upgrade system for apartments. I'd note that they are equally available to everyone as apartments are permanent, all cost the same and are all the same size. They're also the same size as fc rooms.