Just Another Housing Complaint

[Fybrile]

3/3

At the very least, allow us to purchase a house for real money. We can purchase a high level character with all jobs nearly-maxed for money. We can purchase weddings. I can expand my inventory space with real money. I can buy the rewards from one-time festivals I've missed with real money. Why can't I buy a house with money? If you're saying we can't have a house because of server costs, why not let the whales in this game offset those costs by making housing available for real money? Or, larger plots available for real money? You don't seem to have a problem taking my money to solve your other problems? Why's this one special?

As you can tell, I'm frustrated. I'm sure no one even read to this part of the post anyways, so I'll just step off my soapbox now. I just needed to say what I wanted to say. I just wanted to put my hand up and say that this isn't right.

[ijuakos_xqwzts]

3/3

At the very least, allow us to purchase a house for real money. We can purchase a high level character with all jobs nearly-maxed for money. We can purchase weddings. I can expand my inventory space with real money. I can buy the rewards from one-time festivals I've missed with real money. Why can't I buy a house with money? If you're saying we can't have a house because of server costs, why not let the whales in this game offset those costs by making housing available for real money? Or, larger plots available for real money? You don't seem to have a problem taking my money to solve your other problems? Why's this one special?

As you can tell, I'm frustrated. I'm sure no one even read to this part of the post anyways, so I'll just step off my soapbox now. I just needed to say what I wanted to say. I just wanted to put my hand up and say that this isn't right.

I have bought all the Store items that came with in-game items (even some that haven't), bought at least 3/4 of the items in the cash shop - not counting housing items since I have nowhere to put them. I regularly subscribe to all the extras - saddles, retainers, etc. I just scraped the housing districts and there are, assuming the houses available today aren't claimed by the current claim cycle, 11 houses left (all small). I'd happily pay for a medium and maybe even a large house. SquareEnix hasn't even said they'd address other considerations to fix the housing problem; they don't see it as a problem and even doubling down on the "neighborhoods" thing despite the only people I see running around here are people looking for and bidding on open plots, people running to laim their money from losses, and people running to vendors to buy stuff for their newly acquired houses.

I wonder how many of the "I have a house already because some arbitrary luck or condition (such as more available plots, lower player base, etc) that doesn't exist now so f--- your complaint" people would feel if SquareEnix demolished every house in the game, refunded everyone the money they spent to buy it and gave everyone back the items inside their house, then made everyone play the current system to re-acquire their houses.

[Shibi]

I just scraped the housing districts and there are, assuming the houses available today aren't claimed by the current claim cycle, 11 houses left (all small).

Go back and check Mist, Ward 22, Plot 2 which is a large that will be available on your server in the next round.

I wonder how many of the "I have a house already because some arbitrary luck or condition (such as more available plots, lower player base, etc) that doesn't exist now so f--- your complaint" people would feel if SquareEnix demolished every house in the game, refunded everyone the money they spent to buy it and gave everyone back the items inside their house, then made everyone play the current system to re-acquire their houses.

I wonder why people keep wanting to punish other players to increase the odds to get their own house instead of directing that energy at SE instead to look at what players want and address it?

Why does the first choice always have to be "let's demolish someone else home so I can have it" instead of "SE YOUR SYSTEM IS REALLY BROKEN, FIX IT!"

It's really time to stop this wrongthink of demolishing other people's homes, and instead direct that energy at SE. Because the system clearly ain't working - lottery being so effortless has really exposed the wart that placard clickers have known about for years.

[Archaell]

Why does the first choice always have to be "let's demolish someone else home so I can have it" instead of "SE YOUR SYSTEM IS REALLY BROKEN, FIX IT!"

Demolitions are already in-game and proven to work. We could dream about there being enough plots for everyone, but that's at the moment just day-dreaming. Yoshida is adding more wards, more housing zones, slowly increasing supply, which helps but clearly it's not enough on its own, so additional systems are needed to redistribute the limited supply. Removing houses from inactive players is the first partial solution in the line. Losing a plot is not end of the world, you can always get a new plot eventually - as long as there are features like the demolition. It seems harsh that inactive players lose their houses, but that also makes it easier for them to replace said houses if they decide to return to the game.

[Shibi]

Demolitions are already in-game and proven to work.

I think you missed my point, as in I wasn't talking about the demolition system, but instead about players wanting to take away other people's things so they can have it instead.

We shouldn't direct our frustrations at other players and think up plans to take their stuff. We should be lobbying SE with requests to improve the system, and that doesn't mean lobbying SE to make it harder to get and keep a house.