Quote Originally Posted by lorthera View Post
I'm going to bump this thread up since this is actually a huge part of my feedback regarding the upcoming system changes. Something needs to be done to help the apartment issue, and purchase system revamps don't really do a whole lot.

As of Feb 2022, Balmung is still locked out of apartments. Mateus currently has ~100 apartments in Goblet, and ONLY Goblet. Everywhere else is completely filled. Empy will bring relief, but I'm concerned that we'll just be right back to square one in a couple months.
Don't forget we're also getting a new NA data center with 4 new worlds plus an additional 4 new worlds in 2023. I doubt the new apartments in Empyreum will be sold out before that happens, and there will be players transferring to the new worlds to escape congestion/get a better chance at a house.

With more apartments on the way, SE is probably going to wait to see how things settle after everything is added before they make any new long term plans.

In the meantime, most of the other Crystal worlds have plenty of apartments available. Players desperate for an apartment can choose one of them for a home world while using world visit to be part of the Balmung and Mateus player-generated content communities. I know a lot of players who spend relatively little time on their home worlds because they're doing things with friends on other worlds. World visit is only inconvenient if you're frequently checking your retainers. Otherwise, it's really no different from doing things on your home world.