SE, you can set house price very high but here is what you should do

[JayCommon]

There hasn't exactly been a huge outcry about the housing system.

......really?

The main thread complaining about the price of houses got over 90 pages of responses in 2 days, let alone the hundreds of other sub-threads that people skip over. Not a big enough outcry for you?

OP is trying to justify the high prices of housing with his options.

[neoreturn]

1. There are clear benefits to owning an FC house, go read that live letter answers thread that Pseudopsia was kind enough to link to.

2. You will be able to trade in your land deed towards a larger land deed. (I believe they said that feature was coming in 2.2)


Housing is optional, you don't need it as a requirement to do something else... what exactly is the point you're getting at? Why does SE need to do something? There hasn't exactly been a huge outcry about the housing system. Will you also argue that there are no clear benefits to companions and SE needs to change that as well?

None of these is real benefit if you read and make a deep thinking.

[Lamentations]

Honestly after looking at the plots besides the mindless cost for medium and large plots as I see it the real issue with housing is "room"

Imagining a FC of say 30+ active online members trying to even inhabit a large house at any one time just doesn't look doable after walking my Hyur female up to the red outline on a large lot.

While I do think a FC of say a dedicated 8man team could finance a small property, I wonder just how crowded that's going to be.

Double the scenario I described above and it's going to look more like a bread and soup line from the 1930's than FC housing.

[myahele]

The empty housing area is still a sanctuary with aetherytes, retainter bell and also an npc that sells mats for crafting.

Do what I do and squat there and do your crafting. Its nice and quiet w/o any people to bother you

[Antanias]

It was in the housing live letter that got everyone excited for housing.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/113554

Can't remember, but I think it was also mentioned when 2.0 was first announced.

[Whimsicalalien]

Those are some nice points. However the main problem is that players need to donate an insane amount of their own money for something that isn't technically theirs. I don't know about other FCs but in my FC not many want to do it. I don't. I just don't want to donate all my savings so that my school can have a swimming pool. What if I change the school?

[Reynhart]

I don't think so. Do you feel mad if you saw a people drive a luxury car on street which you cannot offer? Or do you get mad when you saw players had better gear than you. They are the same. You just need work/play harder.

Do you feel mad if someone get a discount on food because they can buy a luxury car even if the two have no reason te bo related ?
Working hard for one thing have no reason to make all others unrelated things easier