Such devastation... this was NOT my intention...

[VictorTheed]

LoL you been doing a lot of praetorium.

I agree with ya, this lottery system sounds like hell, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd rather go back to the old housing system where we could just vacate and buy it off the player instantly, was way better then anything we've had afterwards.

Not everyone was a dick with prices, lots of peeps were fair, some weren't, but at least u had a realistic shot at getting a house compared to clicking stuff for many hours or dealing with weird systems.

[Jojoya]

LoL you been doing a lot of praetorium.

I agree with ya, this lottery system sounds like hell, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd rather go back to the old housing system where we could just vacate and buy it off the player instantly, was way better then anything we've had afterwards.

Not everyone was a dick with prices, lots of peeps were fair, some weren't, but at least u had a realistic shot at getting a house compared to clicking stuff for many hours or dealing with weird systems.

Supply back then was a lot closer to the size of the player base. Most players didn't have nearly as much gil as they now have with the easy treasure map and leve gil.

Return to that system now and it would be far worse.

In the end, supply is the problem. SE can keep juggling purchase changes all they want but it won't fix anything. Resellers will always find a way to exploit the system for profit as long as anything comes in a limited quantity. Even if SE was able to expand wards on demand as each world needed more housing, the limited number of more desirable plots would keep the resellers very happy.

[GeminiReed]

In the end, supply is the problem. SE can keep juggling purchase changes all they want but it won't fix anything. Resellers will always find a way to exploit the system for profit as long as anything comes in a limited quantity. Even if SE was able to expand wards on demand as each world needed more housing, the limited number of more desirable plots would keep the resellers very happy.

I had some grand plans for my original house but that rapidly fell apart for a variety of reasons and have since let it auto-demo. My second one is for whenever I get the building itch. That one's in a great spot in the Mist so IS would have to be something super special for me to consider letting it go. Believe me I dislike feeling beholden to sub just to keep it so there's some motivation to find a replacement.

I wonder how much of the supply problem is due to the gating of gardening, workshops, aetherial wheels, airships, and subs. Decoupling those from ward housing seems like a ridiculously easy way to reduce demand. Hopefully Island Sanctuary takes care of plot gardening. All the guild workshop features could be made available if they'd repurpose an unused door near the GC's space for FC's without housing that leads to a workshop.

Because of the gating I'm going to be part of the problem. I'll be on the lookout for a small for one or more of my alt-FC's just to gain access to those features.