Quote Originally Posted by Baxcel View Post
Locking the FC lead dosnt stop people from regrouping and reforming but it dose completely stop the RTM house flippers. Good FCs and FC leaders will not be effected by such a change and those that will or are more then likely had problems to being with.
It doesn't stop them but it does make it pointless to do. Few FCs are going to disband and reform when it means starting from zero, especially when they will no longer have a house and it will be extremely difficult to get one because supply can't meet demand.

As Shibi said, the game can't be designed around try to block RMT when that effectively blocks legitimate players and FCs as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Nepentha View Post
The only real, feasible way to end RMT in the housing markets is to scrap the neighborhoods all together and go fully instanced housing that all players have access to.
This. As long as there is any sort of restriction on supply, RMT will exist to profit from it.

Even if FFXIV went to a LotRO type system where a new ward gets added as all available wards fill up, RMT will continue to exist because the demand for large and medium houses will continue to be greater than the supply.

RMT has no foothold in a fully instanced system where every player can get the exact house of their choice when they want it because RMT won't be able influence supply.