Why do FCs get 75% of the wards?

[SturmChurro]

Wait is this just a ploy by SE to keep subs running. It makes sense.

Unless you are insanely lucky, yeah probably. Anyone who wants to have a house right now is pretty much locked in at this point. If anyone were to win a plot, with the chances they will be, I wouldn't recommend ever letting your sub run out for too long. You would have to be super lucky to win a plot twice.

I had a medium house at from the tail end of HW to the middle of Stormblood. I was so mad about Eureka that I left the game and decided to cut my losses. Came back some time later and was able to snag a medium Shirogane plot and that is what I've had since. I guess I didn't realize just how lucky I was at the time with how terrible the housing system has become.

My small plot was just a placeholder, but I never saved enough money to go for bigger, and I thought I had time to one day go house hunting. I guess not.. I will still on occasion probably try to get one, but I am not holding my breath.

[Caurcas]

To be fair, Private Ownership dominated over 80% of ward until now.
If this is once time favor to FC it should be fine

Why should it favor FCs ever if personal housing is the bigger draw?

[HeyMcFly]

Wait is this just a ploy by SE to keep subs running. It makes sense.

That's been my theory- here, I made you a tin foil hat that even fits around your ears.
Join me for further outrageous sounding theories that might just be true!

Like making FC's the priority to incentivize FC rooms as "personal housing" THERE'S YOUR INSTANCED HOUSING- ALSO, DEVS DON'T LISTEN TO SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE HOUSING MORE FUN. WELCOME TO THE SHOW. Some modder made a tool to make all house/ apartment/ FC decorating easier after the devs clearly ignore the player feedback which expands years? QUICK, LET'S PICK A RANDOM SUGGESTION BY PLAYERS AND NOW ADD A LOTTO- That will show we listen & care!
Players are still asking for Instanced housing? QUICK, ISLAND SANCTUARIES- They will be a combination of Stardew Valley/ Animal Crossing which all deal with extreme personal decorating & farming- but only, take out everything fun & only add minions/ mounts & some kind of farming. We clearly listen!

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[LaylaTsarra]

I'm not really looking forward to the number of entries per house but with only 6 wards for personals on established servers it will be interesting and informative to see just how many people want a particular house. I feel sorry for those trying for personals right now. I have a friend who wants a personal and her chances on Balmung are pretty remote right now.

[Mika_Zahard]

Also in patch 6.2 we get private Island sanctuaries which each come with their own house. This should help fill the need for private houses.

Yoshi has said several times to stop overhyping the islands.

[PMSJordan]

Why should it favor FCs ever if personal housing is the bigger draw?

Individuals bought up most of the plots, which is why there’s more of them then FC houses. This new system will prevent that. As well as take some strain off the housing crisis since multiple people can share and live in a FC house.

[RicaRuin]

Also in patch 6.2 we get private Island sanctuaries which each come with their own house. This should help fill the need for private houses.

Can you please stop spreading misinformation? We don't have any info on Island Sanctuary, they never said it comes with a private house... on the contrary, they said to lower expectations concerning Island Sanctuary.

[PMSJordan]

Yoshi has said several times to stop overhyping the islands.

Go to my comment on page 2 of this thread. It’s the 1st comment on the page. You will see the direct quote from him islands will come with housing and decorating.

[Vahlnir]

Individuals bought up most of the plots, which is why there’s more of them then FC houses. This new system will prevent that. As well as take some strain off the housing crisis since multiple people can share and live in a FC house.

Not really. Some of those FC plots are just solo players. No idea how many, only SE really knows, but no it won't prevent that. It hasn't yet and it never will with how things are currently designed. There is nothing stopping a solo player from making an FC, loading it up with alts from somewhere and getting a house that way. This does NOT prevent any of the issues housing has had since the beginning other than maybe harming flippers. Hurting flippers is a good thing, but even they were a small issue when it comes to the big picture. Basically anything people claim that this new system will fix, it really won't. It will make things worse in ways.

[DynnDiablos]

Have they given any details for those of us in private homes they will now be in wards designated as FC-only? I can’t imagine I’m logging in tomorrow to be forcefully ejected from my plot?