HOUSING NEEDS TO CHANGE

[Nyastra]

I had someone seriously say they miss the old system of housing and I cannot honestly believe that. You cannot tell me that a system where you had to stand at any given unoccupied small plot for anything between 24-48 hours, constantly clicking in the hopes of purchasing the house, is better than what we have now.
I will gladly take lottery above all else.

At this rate the way people are constantly complaining about "housing" just make instanced housing for the sucks who want that. Leave the wards as is and implement a longer demo timer I GUESS. Cause fact is no one is ever going to be happy with housing. I'm bloody tired of these arguments. Wards are COOL. I love running around my ward, seeing people out, wandering into the open homes seeing how people decorated without them even being there. Removing that would make it bland and basically no one would ever visit. I don't visit anyones island sanctuary, I have no desire to go through that effort, if you do, good for you.

So many people have photo studios that we can just, visit. Without them needing to invite us or needing to be online.

[Solowing]

I had someone seriously say they miss the old system of housing and I cannot honestly believe that. You cannot tell me that a system where you had to stand at any given unoccupied small plot for anything between 24-48 hours, constantly clicking in the hopes of purchasing the house, is better than what we have now.
I will gladly take lottery above all else.

At this rate the way people are constantly complaining about "housing" just make instanced housing for the sucks who want that. Leave the wards as is and implement a longer demo timer I GUESS. Cause fact is no one is ever going to be happy with housing. I'm bloody tired of these arguments. Wards are COOL. I love running around my ward, seeing people out, wandering into the open homes seeing how people decorated without them even being there. Removing that would make it bland and basically no one would ever visit. I don't visit anyones island sanctuary, I have no desire to go through that effort, if you do, good for you.

So many people have photo studios that we can just, visit. Without them needing to invite us or needing to be online.

I think its because they felt like they have more of a degree of control, and far less competition because your competition is against those who have the time and the drive to also click a placard for 16 hours straight. But now, people asked for fair. Everyone now has an equal chance to win a plot, and its accessible to the general player base. Making the 3-4 dedicated players you have to out-click are easier to deal with then 60+ bidders with no way to influence your own odds on that plot.

And that's kinda what I'm saying. Players been complaining about the homogenization of the game for YEARS, would you then go and homogenize another system. "Because everyone can have one now!" No, I don't want to trade a unique housing ward system, so everyone has it but now its even more difficult to visit people and I cant wander into random houses. Because the housing that is available isn't good enough they feel, so gut the whole system, and homogenize it so we all have a plot! No more Wards, No more visiting random players houses, because its going to require friending, or them needing to be online. But its all worth losing any form of uniqueness because everyone should have a plot! And if you don't agree you're a Gatekeeping, bootlicking, S.E simp, not that I'm indirectly asking to homogenize yet another system and you're arguing against that.

Everything needing to be accessible is pushed this game into the rut its trying to dig itself out of. Its sucking the unique out of it.

[Nyastra]

I think its because they felt like they have more of a degree of control, and far less competition because your competition is against those who have the time and the drive to also click a placard for 16 hours straight. But now, people asked for fair. Everyone now has an equal chance to win a plot, and its accessible to the general player base. Making the 3-4 dedicated players you have to out-click are easier to deal with then 60+ bidders with no way to influence your own odds on that plot.

That's a fair point I didn't think of and it makes sense but also I don't miss losing sleep to win a stupid in game plot (potentially, if I out click the bots).
But yeah, I'm just tired of this argument at this point in all honesty.
I get why people dislike the ward system (on congested servers) and I get why they don't just move, but in the same breath, if housing is that important to you then why aren't you trying to solve that issue first and foremost.

I've bought and lost houses, Larges, Mediums, Smalls. I have given up houses to move servers. People want to make it deeper than it truly is.
Yes losing a home sucks, but it's not the end of the world. I've lost my Mist Large & the gil & ALL the furnishings in it because I wasn't able to be online. I knew this and I accepted it. I came back and purchased another home and redecorated.

On alts where I'm not able to have a home, I make do with apartments and they work just fine. Sure more items would be nice, but I can manage.

I dunno I'm talking in circles right now sorry, because it's just never ending. If we advocate for wards we're SE simps. Bro go have your instanced house I don't care, just leave the wards alone. I'm not friending random people to go take photos in their instanced photo studio.

[ShadowyZero]

I dunno I'm talking in circles right now sorry, because it's just never ending. If we advocate for wards we're SE simps. Bro go have your instanced house I don't care, just leave the wards alone. I'm not friending random people to go take photos in their instanced photo studio.

now see this is the compromise i tried to offer SW, we get our instance plot an they can keep the ward system with the removal of the timer because the demand for ward housing would go down an thus more ward houses would be available an open up for those that like it. but they won't hear it lmao cause they like to keep up the grift notice how he/she/they pivoted directly back to their old talking points after i made compromise XD they don't really care that much they just love to argue with people to feel noticed hahaha and all because they are pety and bitter af an want to keep doom posting and fear mongering its all that keeps them going sheer spite and grift.