Revisions to Housing Ward Classifications

[Avoidy]

Shell this, shell that. It's been two months since the new Neighborhood has been released. If shell were to be that prominent then by now you'd have no house left even in the FC wards. Yet it's always about shells. And what about small FCs that have been made during that time? Are they shells too?

Maybe our world situation is just different, but I already gave the hard numbers on the amount of FC plots available in wards 10-18 on Balmung. And when I walk around those plots, most of the FCs I see have like 3 dudes in the FC.
I know it's anecdotal, but I know loads of people who've made solo FCs for this exact purpose; they were tired of waiting, they didn't trust Square to handle the situation, and they just wanted a house. The FC I'm currently in lost members who departed to make their own FC so they could finally purchase a house for similar reasons. Not all of this happened at the same time, though, which is why you aren't seeing all of the homes vanishing on the same day. Some people made shell FCs two weeks ago, for example. In two more weeks they'll be eligible to purchase a home. After the first bidding cycle, when the issue of shell FCs wasn't a problem because anyone making an FC for this purpose was still on a one month timer, there were actually looooads of empty homes in the FC wards. Then the bidding was put on pause for a month (something you and many others always gloss over) and suddenly wow! In the second bidding cycle all these "new FCs" came out of nowhere and started buying up small plots, and more of them just kept appearing with each passing week! How crazy, haha :^) must be a coincidence though xD

But hey, maybe things are better on Spriggan. I wouldn't pretend to know what your situation is like.

The change can only be done at patch time. That's when Yoshi said the adjusts would be made, at patches.

This 10th of July change is the first bidding day after the 5th of July maintenance.

This makes more sense, thanks for illuminating.

[SnowVix]

Maybe our world situation is just different, but I already gave the hard numbers on the amount of FC plots available in wards 10-18 on Balmung. And when I walk around those plots, most of the FCs I see have like 3 dudes in the FC.

sounds like it's small RPFCs, not shells, given you're talking about Balmung.