An Open Letter to Yoshida-san: Thank you for giving us a long-term goal in housing!

[CatholicFan]

Dear Yoshi-P and company!

The release of 2.1's patch notes has sent a tidal wave through the community. There are so many changes being made that it's hard to wrap one's head around it in a single sitting. That Square-Enix is committed to developing such a wide-ranging amount of content is very reassuring for the long-term health of this game.

While I think I can say I shared the "sticker-shock" that housing prices gave to many players, after some consideration and discussion with my Free Company, I find it to be a great idea. I understand there's probably a lot of reasons behind why the team chose these amounts, be it to combat the RMT or to provide the first real "gil-sink" in the game, I have to say that I am most happy that this gives players like myself a long-term goal to work toward with my online friends.

Much of this game has been developed around shorter, single-session content, which has been quite enjoyable thus far. That said, I've lamented on several occasions the lack of long-term goals that players could work toward over months or years, akin to the original Relic Weapons of Final Fantasy XI. Although housing content is less centric to the overall progression of the game, I appreciate it's cooperative effect. The housing prices make this beyond the grasp of most individual players, and while I can understand how that might frustrate some, it also means that there are opportunities for more community building within the game.

Additionally, I also think these prices are a great idea because of how they effect crafting in the long run. Lower housing prices would've created an initial surge of demand for related pieces of furniture, shifting a lot of gil in a very short time-frame to crafters. This, in turn, would've had a devastating effect on the economies of each individual server. As it stands now, with housing prices so high, demand for crafted furniture will start low and only rise with time as more companies are able to afford housing and want to fill it out with items. This will give a steady pace rise to the exchange of gil between players, and looks to help maintain or improve the economies from their current state.

All in all, there appears to have been a lot of time and thought into how this would affect the many aspects of the game. Thank you!

Simon Fletcher
Midgardsormr

[Scamperoo]

Everyone is entitled to their own interpretation of the 2.1 patch notes, but just so there is no misunderstanding Yoshi I think the housing prices suck especially for Legacy servers.

[redisdrunk]

Customer A: "Is that a...a bloody band-aid in your soup? Do you want me to call the waiter?"

Customer B: "Yes, it is. But be quiet, you don't know how hard it is to be a chef!"

Customer A: "We aren't eating together anymore."

[Escadora]

Customer A: "Is that a...a bloody band-aid in your soup? Do you want me to call the waiter?"

Customer B: "Yes. But be quiet, you don't know how hard it is to be a chef!"

Customer A: "We aren't eating together anymore."

What did I just read..

[KenzieLynch]

Completely agree with OP.

I only ever really had 1 criticism to have of this game, and that was that it gives too much too easily and nothing in the game has any real value. This is a very welcome addition indeed.

[Purrfectstorm]

Completely agree with OP.

I only ever really had 1 criticism to have of this game, and that was that it gives too much too easily and nothing in the game has any real value. This is a very welcome addition indeed.

I think we should have to work hard to level our characters. I think we should have to work hard to gear our characters. I think if there's going to be housing, we should have to work hard to customize and furnish our houses. I don't think we should have to work hard to have access to what is essentially a casual mini-game, a mini-game that was a big selling point of patch 2.1. By your logic we should have to pay 100m to have vanity items (just kidding SE, please, please don't do this - uh oh, too late, they've already read this and will soon be back to making casual content that only hardcore players can enjoy LOL)

[Sunarie]

I think we should have to work hard to level our characters. I think we should have to work hard to gear our characters. I think if there's going to be housing, we should have to work hard to customize and furnish our houses. I don't think we should have to work hard to have access to what is essentially a casual mini-game, a mini-game that was a big selling point of patch 2.1. By your logic we should have to pay 100m to have vanity items (just kidding SE, please, please don't do this - uh oh, too late, they've already read this and will soon be back to making casual content that only hardcore players can enjoy LOL)

This so much! Someone else said something in another post that I liked a lot... leave it to SE to casualize end-game dungeons/raids and make housing for the hardcore.

[Mayin]

I admit, I think housing is pointless anyway, but even I had to roll my eyes when I saw the title of this thread

[Dreadlockrasta]

And here we see the white knight in their natural habitat, taking a ridiculous action by SE and trying desperately to polish a turd. Truly Magnificent!


Have fun with a realm reborn (with RMT)

[Arriverderci]

I'm sorry but can we please stop defending this game on every bad notes it's on?
Just once? How can you even defend the horrible price of the damn house.
Not even big FC's have that much money right now and people have been saving for months.

DESTROY ALL ROSE TINTED GLASSES!