Please more housing wards soon. And no more FC/Private Hybrid.

[ZiraZ]

if you enjoy owning homes on dead servers and having to hop all the time good for you but this is irrelevant to the conversation

[Yuniko]

um... goodness that was a ride to read...

Um right, so as i was asking. Does anyone look forward to Fanfest revealing something this year? <3

[Reinha]

I want to see if they are adding Sharlayan housing next expansion. Probably not though. New zones seem to come every other expansion.

However... female Hrothgars!

[Antoine_Lenheim]

um... goodness that was a ride to read...

The important thing is -- which side are you taking? x)

[Jojoya]

if you enjoy owning homes on dead servers and having to hop all the time good for you but this is irrelevant to the conversation

I don't have to hop around all the time on my Marilith characters, though. Most of their time is spent playing the game on *gasp* Marilith (or Maduin/Halicarnassus/Seraph if I'm doing hunt trains/S ranks).

[Yuniko]

The important thing is -- which side are you taking? x)

None.

I don't want to get caught up in drama. Ultimately we're all here to enjoy FFXIV, so let's enjoy it together and not argue <3

[Antoine_Lenheim]

None.

I don't want to get caught up in drama. Ultimately we're all here to enjoy FFXIV, so let's enjoy it together and not argue <3

Yeah, I mean you did start a thread in which people would ultimately argue/share their own opinion.

But sure, I grew tired of futile efforts to explain things to people myself x)

[Yuniko]

Yeah, I mean you did start a thread in which people would ultimately argue/share their own opinion.

But sure, I grew tired of futile efforts to explain things to people myself x)

I mean sure yeah, i started a thread, when i was upset.

But over time i've just acclimated to that Balmung is without hope.

So i'd rather just hear what people's toughts and feelings are tbf.

No hard feelings against any single person here <3

[Ayan_Calvesse]

Honestly at this point your still even seeing mediums pop up on every lotto on the majority of worlds. I think there is almost a overabundance of housing for those that want one. At this point the problem is more the lotto system. Its a issue because it takes a week to resolve and if there is a conflict for 2 people for the same plot - it takes a week to determine who actually gets it. The thing is; there are other plots the loser can go get - but it will take another week to resolve and that's IF there is no conflict. So you might spend a month constantly losing - that's not that there are no houses - just that you keep getting in conflict with others that want the same house.

I propose you allow people to bid on as many houses that they want; but if they win they are given one of the homes they bid on at random; if they win multiple homes the other houses immediately get rerolled until a new winner gets one. This allows people to get into a house sooner.

Caveat being - if you bid on multiple homes - there is no wait; you immediately move into it the moment you win; if your relocating then all your stuff goes into storage as per the already in place system. Its up to you to plan for that possibly happening. It also would help alleviate "snipe" bids where we essentially undid the lotto. As it stands now the people with more time on their hands can simply wait till 9am the day of auction end and pick the best odds; which reminds me of the old placard clicking and prime time window to go clicking. If you could just say "Oh I want a medium" and you got the 40+ million gil to do so; then go bid on all the mediums you would be satisfied with getting.

[Sourcy]

Honestly at this point your still even seeing mediums pop up on every lotto on the majority of worlds. I think there is almost a overabundance of housing for those that want one. At this point the problem is more the lotto system. Its a issue because it takes a week to resolve and if there is a conflict for 2 people for the same plot - it takes a week to determine who actually gets it. The thing is; there are other plots the loser can go get - but it will take another week to resolve and that's IF there is no conflict. So you might spend a month constantly losing - that's not that there are no houses - just that you keep getting in conflict with others that want the same house.

I propose you allow people to bid on as many houses that they want; but if they win they are given one of the homes they bid on at random; if they win multiple homes the other houses immediately get rerolled until a new winner gets one. This allows people to get into a house sooner.

Caveat being - if you bid on multiple homes - there is no wait; you immediately move into it the moment you win; if your relocating then all your stuff goes into storage as per the already in place system. Its up to you to plan for that possibly happening. It also would help alleviate "snipe" bids where we essentially undid the lotto. As it stands now the people with more time on their hands can simply wait till 9am the day of auction end and pick the best odds; which reminds me of the old placard clicking and prime time window to go clicking. If you could just say "Oh I want a medium" and you got the 40+ million gil to do so; then go bid on all the mediums you would be satisfied with getting.

No.

Balmung has 25+ per SMALL every cycle. Mateus 15+. There absolutely is not enough housing or even close to an overabundance. And if there are a bunch of empty housing lots from doubling or tripling the number of wards, so what? Sub farm exploiters or new players can get them.