Apartments need Rent

[NanaWiloh]

Yes they are serious which why I am adding this too my list of 1000 stupid ideas.

[Imora]

Why not both?

You seemed to be of a mind to punish apartment owners.

What happens when you fail to pay rent? They don't demo. Houses do though.

[Mostly_Raxus]

a game that profits off this many players should be able to accommodate all said players, aka there should be enough hosing to go around for anyone seeking (kind of like the real world, if we need more we build them.)

Don't try to come up with more systems to punish those that got lucky enough to win the rigged game that is housing. Put your energy in to blaming square for not providing the adequate servers to house its players. its not just housing its all servers, have you ever had to explain to your new player friend why they cant join your server till 4am? i know i have.

[ForteNightshade]

As much as people would hate it, having a rent mechanic would definitely help drain money from the economy, which this game needs badly.

I presently have 300M on my main character. For reference sake, I'll up your rent requirement to 100k per week and we'll assume I never earn another cent. Even with those parameters, it would take over 62 years before I ran out of gil.

Needless to say, throwing a glass of water into the ocean would have more of an impact than your proposal.

[Almagnus1]

I presently have 300M on my main character. For reference sake, I'll up your rent requirement to 100k per week and we'll assume I never earn another cent. Even with those parameters, it would take over 62 years before I ran out of gil.

Needless to say, throwing a glass of water into the ocean would have more of an impact than your proposal.

Ok, now how much gil does the average apartment dweller have? What about the average player?

If you're in the top 5% (or top 1%) of gil holders.... you're kinda the exception and stuff shouldn't be balanced around you.

And draining gil from the economy isn't about making one huge dent into a pocket book, if done correctly you bleed gil on almost everything and in an amount that makes sense (for example, repair costs should be much more expensive, as should teleport costs).

[Almagnus1]

You seemed to be of a mind to punish apartment owners.

What happens when you fail to pay rent? They don't demo. Houses do though.

Failing to pay rent would get you evicted.

[ForteNightshade]

Ok, now how much gil does the average apartment dweller have? What about the average player?

If you're in the top 5% (or top 1%) of gil holders.... you're kinda the exception and stuff shouldn't be balanced around you.

And draining gil from the economy isn't about making one huge dent into a pocket book, if done correctly you bleed gil on almost everything and in an amount that makes sense (for example, repair costs should be much more expensive, as should teleport costs).

Even someone with just a 10% of my gil count would take years to run out.

Regardless, this whole rent concept would make Apartments less appealing. They're only saving grace is not requiring a constant subscription. It's also a limitless system as the dev team says they can generate more as needed. Considering they've never once had to add additional apartment, it really goes to highlight how little people think of them. Slapping a rent price on Apartments will kill them off entirely.

[NanaWiloh]

Even someone with just a 10% of my gil count would take years to run out.

Regardless, this whole rent concept would make Apartments less appealing. They're only saving grace is not requiring a constant subscription. It's also a limitless system as the dev team says they can generate more as needed. Considering they've never once had to add additional apartment, it really goes to highlight how little people think of them. Slapping a rent price on Apartments will kill them off entirely.

I made like 300k last night twiddling my thumbs while watching twitch. No joke, with a rent system its simple. The rent either so high it dents pockets or it as no noticable effect..

[Arielen]

What's the point of adding rent when there isn't a single server to the best of my knowledge that is 100% out of apartments?

[LaylaTsarra]

What's the point of adding rent when there isn't a single server to the best of my knowledge that is 100% out of apartments?

There is no point to it and it's not going to happen. What would be nice is a revamp of the apartments so we can buy different size ones but after more than two years since the concept was floated by the director don't think that's ever going to happen.

Housing system needs some humor I suppose. I'm sure charging rent for apartments when most people don't even want them would go over big with the 14 community.