Quote Originally Posted by Alistaer_Bestia View Post
While an FC does not NEED a house per se, in order to be competitive an FC estate is needed in most cases. in a situation where available PLOTS are scarce, allowing individuals players to buy those plots while multiple FCs are vying for a plot really seems to be shooting FCs in the foot. also the random timer? yeah it deters selling but it also makes it so someone who has been waiting for hours for a plot can have it snaked by someone who just showed up at the exact right time. How about a moratorium on individual players buying plots on high pop servers?
When plots were added in 5.1 and only FCs were allowed to purchase for 3 months, the new wards remained half empty on most world until the private purchase moratorium was lifted. During that time, most of the occupied plots were occupied by private owners who had relocated. Many of the FCs that did buy are the shell FCs that players use to get around purchase restrictions.

The simple truth is there is not enough demand for houses from FCs to warrant another private purchase moratorium. If a FC wanted a house, they should have bought it back in 5.1 when there was no competition. They declined, they missed their chance. Now they can compete against everyone else.