The big housing problem, why it isn't the amount of houses

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Apartments i such wasted potential. They're glorified FC rooms that cost more. It baffles me how they actually believed this would fix the problem. And they're still making excuses not to allow size options.

Apartment advantages over FC rooms: you get to select the housing area, you get a room even if you never join an FC, the room doesn't go away if the FC blows up. or the FC house gets traded for something bigger when you're offline for two weeks, or you get kicked.

Some people don't require a yard. What makes anyone think they're going to get a mansion-size apartment with a yard and a great view if SE were to implement truly "instanced" housing? I've experienced enough MMOs with 'housing' that was little more than the apartment that is available in FFXIV.