Quote Originally Posted by PlanckZero View Post
There is zero reason for anyone to even buy housing right now... hell there is going to be little reason until at least 2.3 or more likely 2.4 and beyond.

What do you get out of housing as of this update? You get a house you can place furniture in and... that's it...

You won't have retainer access in FC housing until 2.3, nor will you have access to an aetheryte. Chocobo breeding? Future update. Basement airship workshop? Future update. Gardening? Future update. In game FC tools like message/note boards? Future update.

As things stand right now the housing system is an expensive vanity project for people that like to play house. It will be used by people that frequent RMT sites and scoff at the price or legitimate groups that love being the first to do something and have far more money than they have common sense.
Oh, come on, I beg you guys stop defending this matter, please.

They have been telling us FC housing is coming for months now, MONTHS. It was one of the main content parts of 2.1, lots of people were looking forward to it. They promoted it in such way for weeks or even months. Now, out of nowhere they ask crazy prices. The reason for those prices are not because they want it to be for the elite only. SE is using the housing system to cover their own mistakes. They let bots and RMT destroy the market since the early access period and now they are trying to cover it up and fix it buy removing huge amounts of gil from the system.

You have to be blind fan boy to not see this. I have defended FFXIV a lot, I played 1.0 until the serves went down, I have legacy status and I am pretty hardcore orientated in general, but this is ridiculous and I can not find any possible way to defend this.