First Storm Leiutenant, have twice as much as asking price, but unable to buy house

[DrWho2010]

Tbh the timer doesn't really stop people from selling the plot at ridiculous prices, now there's simply the added requirement of "you need to already have a house AND pay me this exorbitant amount of gil so you can relocate to the plot".

that's dependent on someone owning a house first that wants to relocate instead of first time purchase.

[DrWho2010]

The posts are a valid description of what players can experience... snip.

OP has a history of complaining majorly about minor things.

[MilkieTea]

The posts are a valid description of what players can experience when trying to buy a house for their character. Frustration with the system is growing more and more as the number of players who want a house increases but the number of houses does not.

It's a problem unique to this game as far as I know. Other MMOs either use only instanced housing (most of them) or they automatically increase the number of houses available on a per world basis as the existing supply gets sold out.

There's quite a few MMOs with similar issues, though I can't name them off the top of my head. Even worse, in fact, as they've made the limited space a core gameplay feature rather than an optional thing.

[Sotaris]

Has anybody done research/experimented with how the timer works? Like is it an exact specific number of hours, or can the timer be something like 9 hours and 27 minutes? I mean, would I have better luck by timing it to be on the hour exactly?

Google suggests that relocation bypasses the timer. Is this true? Will it work for my FC private chambers if I select 'relocate' and select the FC chambers? I can always just buy another FC room

Timer is completely random. There isn't a fixed value known to man.

[Seraphor]

that's dependent on someone owning a house first that wants to relocate instead of first time purchase.

Which of course doesn't result in a net reduction of available plots.

[Catwho]

When 6.0 housing drops will be the best time to get a plot.

In the meantime, I'd keep an eye on houses in the Goblet - that tends to be the least preferred neighborhood and occasionally there are houses sitting empty there for a whole day, with the hidden timer expired, on my server. Years ago I found an empty plot sitting in the Goblet - I was sure there was someone trying to negotiate a sale and I didn't want to snipe it, so I waited 10 minutes.... and nobody ever showed up. The demolition timer was down at the time, so my guess is they switched servers and had to give it up. So I bought it.

Then you'll already have a house, and you can be the one to break the hearts of everyone camping the plot in the other zone by relocating instead.

[Bright-Flower]

If you relocate your FC house, your FC house will move to this new plot and your FC's old plot will be vacated.

Then a random timer will start for that newly vacated plot where your FC used to be.

Your FC room will be unaffected by this, except for maybe shoving all of your furniture into the storeroom during the transfer, but you'll still have the FC room.

[Bright-Flower]

Personally I think they should put in a lottery system. You want the plot? Put in the gil into a lottery system to buy or relocate to the plot. Have it run for 48 hours or so.

When the timer is up, one person is chosen at random. Their gill deducted, the house relocated, and everyone else is refunded their gil via mail.

That way you prevent people from selling houses at excessive prices, and also prevent clicker bots from having an advantage, and remove the frustrating random timer.

[Reinha]

Personally I think they should put in a lottery system. You want the plot? Put in the gil into a lottery system to buy or relocate to the plot. Have it run for 48 hours or so.

When the timer is up, one person is chosen at random. Their gill deducted, the house relocated, and everyone else is refunded their gil via mail.

That way you prevent people from selling houses at excessive prices, and also prevent clicker bots from having an advantage, and remove the frustrating random timer.

INB4

"So I have signed up for house lottery 10 times in the past 6 months and each time there have been around 50-80 other players listed on the lottery. How the **** am I supposed to get a house in this game?? At this rate it will take literally years.

I wish they had kept the old system where I could periodically check housing wards and click on houses with only 3 other players. At least then I wouldn't have to compete with people who were too lazy to camp."

[Blackwing_Soul]

I am seriously hoping these private islands they mentioned in the new xpac have some kind of housing option. I love to design player housing but I have zero interest in battling other people or invisible timers on the hopes of getting a lot that may be in a decent location. Give me my own private instanced island with zero neighbors to build my own home on and I will be a happy cookie.