Rework the housing system

[Jojoya]

A huge issue I've seen, coming from other MMOs, is the lack of housing in general. Why is there not instanced housing enough for everyone to have one just for a ingame fee? Older games like Asheron's Call, SWTOR were able to figurre othat part out, so why can't SE? It doesn't seem to be a space issue, its definitely some nightmare scenario seeming bent on some form of sadism on the corp level. Its pretty awful here which is a shame for such a beautiful game.

Interiors actually are instanced, whether house or apartment. It's the exteriors that aren't instanced and that leads to the problem. You can't get a house-sized interior without having a non-instanced exterior that links to it.

If they had given apartments house-sized interiors, and allowed FCs to purchase them to add workshops, the housing situation would probably be in much better shape.

Dont you mean "start botting" because the only people "earning" housing are people who set up bots and camp placards.

The current housing system is designed specifically to cater to bots and scalpers.

I know players who have managed to get houses this expansion without botting or any sort of automated script for clicking the placard. They hated having to spend the time sitting a placard, but they did get their houses.

You're correct in saying the system does favor those who use bots and scripts but I doubt very much it was specifically designed for them.

[Vahlnir]

You're correct in saying the system does favor those who use bots and scripts but I doubt very much it was specifically designed for them.

Yeah, it's more of a flaw in the system than intended design. By addressing one issue they created 2-3 more. Such is the balancing act of MMO design.