Stop complaining. You wanted this.

[Serious-Cat]

Players, 1 chance per player.
Bot farms, 10,000 chances, due to bulk purchasing subscription time with stolen credit card numbers.

Wonder who wins.

Then they just sell the character, with the house, the person buys the character, a rename and a fantasia, and squenix makes money from it.

I highly doubt people with the capital of even 100 subs will ever choose ff14 to profit off and credit cards have much better security that before. One time passwords for transactions and purchase patterns analysis is sufficient although it does not prevent users from card info input to malicious parties. RMT unfortunately will exist because people are adept at exploiting loopholes and I believe SE did do their best so far to protect its players, better with player cooperation to not be involved tho.

[Jojoya]

I just hope we don’t see the thread such as “bad luck safe mechanic”
That is going to be dumbest threat ever create in the history of this forum

Someone already did a couple of months ago. I pointed out that bad luck protection only works when it's the player competing alone against game RNG and not a player competing against other players.

The only real deterrent I can see against bots spamming it is the requirement to put the gil up front (probably not an issue for a botter) and the requirement to be a 2nd lieutenant in your FC to be able to purchase it. Not sure if bots do the FC things and I don't think boosting caps your FC rank either, so some little effort has to be put into that at least.

None of the requirements for personal purchase would be a deterrent to someone running bots for FC houses. They're too easy to achieve.

Any additional requirements added would be more bothersome to players than they would be to a bot. A bot simply follows its programming. A player would have to make time for the additional effort required around their other activities both in game and outside of game.

[Kyssa]

I own a house.

I do not support clicking for days for a miniscule chance
I do not support a lottery for an even more miniscule chance
I do not support acquisition depending on the fastest log in...
I do not support excuses

I do support if SE stepped up and designed a system that allows ALL to own a home after YEARS of letting so many players down.

I do support vastly expanding instanced housing (apartment as a guide and template) to allow for instanced interior home sizes of S, M, L + possibly XL with NO DEMOLITION + larger item limits, indoor sunroom for gardens etc

Time to stop punishing/disagreeing with each other and start insisting SE implements the fix.

/cheers
Well said and 99% agree, except I do support anything that isn't the clicking nightmare it now. So, I'll take the lottery until something better comes along.

[Fenril7]

/cheers
Well said and 99% agree, except I do support anything that isn't the clicking nightmare it now. So, I'll take the lottery until something better comes along.

Be careful what you wish for.


At least clicking a sign I can see the amount of people around me, sometimes 1-10ish, with the lottery, everyone will put their name in. Honesty, the chances of winning is slim to none with a lottery, but someone at least will win.

[Kyssa]

Be careful what you wish for.


At least clicking a sign I can see the amount of people around me, sometimes 1-10ish, with the lottery, everyone will put their name in. Honesty, the chances of winning is slim to none with a lottery, but someone at least will win.

My wish came true. No clicking or placard rushing for 6.1 release. I'm all good.

I have a FC and a personal home. I'd like to upgrade the FC, but won't flip out if I can't, and I'd be totally fine with those that are homeless winning over me.

[Besame]

Just my 2 cents but being we housing/FC enthusiasts are keeping a steady subscription flow to SE. I think they need to take pause and give us some lovin'. If not for my house and FC, I'd be unsubbing for 3 months and on for 1.

[Fenril7]

My wish came true. No clicking or placard rushing for 6.1 release. I'm all good.

I have a FC and a personal home. I'd like to upgrade the FC, but won't flip out if I can't, and I'd be totally fine with those that are homeless winning over me.

See this is the reason I believe players who ALREADY owns a house shouldn’t be in the lottery. You own a house and you also get to put in a lottery, where say I do not own a house and I get one lottery ticket. If you lose, oh well…you STILL have your house!

Oh, sure I heard the argument, that nothing gets hurt because you are swapping one house for another, while I say you are wasting my time of at least 9 to 18 days. I lose out, you win, you old house goes on the market in the NEXT lottery and now not only are there going to be more people in the lottery, we have to wait another 9 days.

Do you guys really think that is fair?!?

[Kenky]

Do you guys really think that is fair?!?

Oddly enough, yes.

For every one person that is content with their personal / FC house locations, there are 9 others that aren't. While I can understand your frustration and why you've taken the stance you have, it is also counter-productive. If what you recommend goes into effect, then there will come a problem.

People will separate into two camps. Those that want a house and don't care what plot it is and those that want a house in a desirable spot. what constitutes the plot being "desirable" changes from person to person, but with only one lottery entry per character (or account, whichever.) it means they go from clicking placards all the time to.. Doing nothing. Looking through the houses until a vacant one shows up in a plot they want and then screaming that they didn't get it, because they were against 3,000 other people all vying for the "desirable" plot.

I will simply say this. There is a reason people used to recommend looking at The Goblet's lower levels. People buy a house in an undesirable spot, then move when they are able to. It is a system that, sadly, no longer works due to Relocation-bypass no longer being a thing. (I'm glad it isn't, but will still miss it either way.)

Punishing those who have a house for wanting a more desirable plot is unfair. Punishing FCs who want a new change of scenery is unfair.

[DeNada]

I would say one thing though, people who have multiple personal or FC houses should not be allowed to relocate until they have relinquished to at most one personal and FC house.

That way, if they want to relocate, they can either suck it up and let go of their houses or stick to their current plots.

[Arohk]

why not just make an auction, highest bidder gets the plot, problem solved, maybe in addition to the other systems.