Why the hate?

[Wobble]

Well honestly SE has screwed everyone on this housing situation. We have been saving in FC thinking maybe 5mil would do it, now we need at least 20mil for a small crap house.

[MonsieurKay]

I think that Housing is vanity and the way it's made, it will not be for everyone. I see people saying that they have jobs, kids and can't farm all day long. I too have, but I think a MMO should be rewarding for people that are more into it.

[Kuwagami]

Just a thing, what is *technically* the use of Housing ?

XP bonuses while crafting in a room made for it ? (let's say a kitchen for cooks as an example)

Increased rest bonus recovery in a giant FC dormitory ?

Or just a basic "see how awesome we are" stuff ?

In the first cases, I'll be for a decrease in cost even after the 3 month 50% drop off. This way anyone will be able to get it eventually.
In the latest case however, this is a pure vanity thing, and thus must remain what it is intended to be : vanity, and luxury. Leave it enormously expensive, make a lot of shiny stuff to show off how rich you are, just like what vanity must be.

[coffeeking]

haters love to hate.

just ignore them

[Welsper59]

if you work, have families, college/university leaves a person maybe a few hours a day if you are even able to play daily like a lucky few are able to do. You wouldn't want to just log in to farm for to support just a free company house you want to run instances dungeons, level other jobs, other crafts etc. It should not lock you into gil grinding just to help your fc get a respectable house. The grind days of ffxi are over. Leveling a job to 50 getting gear and everything is quite easy to do. So the free company housing shouldn't be so far out of reach people can't enjoy it. In this morning's letter Yoshi even stated they don't really want people to have good houses for 3 months..... Then why tease us with it. They were supposed to initially release them on official release 4 months ago then pushed back to 2.1 patch now stating you don't really want FC's have a good house for 3 more months ... So disappointing.

MMORPGs are not college/family/work friendly and they never truly will be. There are things that cater to everyone, but everything is not for everyone. The genre itself is based upon having the time to do things (more time than traditional console-esque games). This shouldn't even be something up for argument. That's like saying Baseball doesn't have enough dribbling of the ball, so how are people that can't throw or hit supposed to play? You're expecting change to the foundation of the game itself... not gonna happen.

[Gemma]

I think that Housing is vanity and the way it's made, it will not be for everyone. I see people saying that they have jobs, kids and can't farm all day long. I too have, but I think a MMO should be rewarding for people that are more into it.

you keep saying housing is a "Vanity Feature"
Well then if that's the case why only 2k gil to go to the barber shop? Why not 200k?! or 2 Mil?!
Vanity Slots, I think you should have to complete ALL Hardmode content, ah hell lets add Extreme Primals in there too, to be able to access it as well...

Vanity Features should not be Hardcore content when things like CT, Coil, & Relic are easier then buying a house.

[MonsieurKay]

you keep saying housing is a "Vanity Feature"
Well then if that's the case why only 2k gil to go to the barber shop? Why not 200k?! or 2 Mil?!
Vanity Slots, I think you should have to complete ALL Hardmode content, ah hell lets add Extreme Primals in there too, to be able to access it as well...

Vanity Features should not be Hardcore content when things like CT, Coil, & Relic are easier then buying a house.

Vanity in the way that it doesn't make you stronger in a boss fight. It's still useful and good to own but you don't need it to be a top player.

[Tommygunnz]

Jesus Christ casuals try to ruin everything.

[Kuwagami]

Vanity in the way that it doesn't make you stronger in a boss fight. It's still useful and good to own but you don't need it to be a top player.

excuse me to repeat myself, but how is Housing "useful" ?

[Purplenum]

People are upset because they can't get instant gratification like they want. A lot of people fail to see the obvious need for a thing called teamwork, which would make getting so much money much less stressful.