Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
Players in other MMOs with housing aren't forced into choose one or the other.

Why are we?
Well, one thing is this isn't other MMOs, FFXIV stands on its own two feet. It's handled differently and we really may have a cultural difference of opinion when it comes to the management of this game.

Another thing is SE has always had their stance on housing as this - they want it to not be available to every player because it's considered an elite commodity.

Not defending them on this, because I think housing should be available to everyone in an MMO that has it, but they haven't ever changed their stance on it and I don't think they will in the near future. It is a funky, broken system. People with multiple plots aren't doing us any favors in that aspect either, and SE hasn't fixed that yet to date as well. That leads us to believe nothing really will change on this, so it's unfortunately 'eat or be eaten'.