Housing Roulette was an absolute trash idea.

[Midareyukki]

If you go to the main page of FFXIV that shows up BEFORE you buy the game, it shows HOUSING "your own little house in Eorzea" in a big circle - so this is false advertisement

You can access housing through several different methods.
If you go into an FC you can either decorate the FC house (if that's allowed to you) or an FC room.
If your server isn't crowded, you can get an Apartment.
You can be a tenant in up to 3 persons' houses.

The housing experience doesn't simply involve owning a plot either, you can literally access other peoples' houses, make use of scenarios, engage in venues and see their work.

At no point does "This game features housing" imply you will be guaranteed a house on the spot whenever you demand it. There's more to housing too.

[Raim]

You can access housing through several different methods.
If you go into an FC you can either decorate the FC house (if that's allowed to you) or an FC room.
If your server isn't crowded, you can get an Apartment.
You can be a tenant in up to 3 persons' houses.

The housing experience doesn't simply involve owning a plot either, you can literally access other peoples' houses, make use of scenarios, engage in venues and see their work.

At no point does "This game features housing" imply you will be guaranteed a house on the spot whenever you demand it. There's more to housing too.

Well its not 'your' house in a FC or tenant. And the objectively worse apartments make people feel like second class citizens.

[Chii-Chan]

Well its not 'your' house in a FC or tenant. And the objectively worse apartments make people feel like second class citizens.

And their point was no one in this game is guaranteed or promised a house just by paying a subscription. Their list is what should qualify as guaranteed housing for most players.