Housing..

[Quiz]

So do I.

I'm convinced only 5% (or some outrageous number) of the population will be able to afford a personal house. SE goes on about prices being high because they don't want the same people to buy up all the lots, but I think the very simple fix to that is to limit one per account.

Yeah I can't believe that wasn't in the patch notes. "We don't want an FC buying all the houses"

Why the hell would an FC have even more than 1 house anyways >_>

House deeds or however they're handled should be rare/ex and can only have one. Or just have it register "this person has a house, gtfo trying to buy another! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻"

The fact that there is even the option to buy more than 1 FC house is absolutely insane on SE's part.

[Borland]

Yeah I can't believe that wasn't in the patch notes. "We don't want an FC buying all the houses"

Why the hell would an FC have even more than 1 house anyways >_>

House deeds or however they're handled should be rare/ex and can only have one. Or just have it register "this person has a house, gtfo trying to buy another! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻"

The fact that there is even the option to buy more than 1 FC house is absolutely insane on SE's part.

I think you can only buy one house at the moment, but I've read about some server that had one FC that was getting alt's their own FCs at rank 6 and buying them a house so that they can sell it later on.

That may have been the big reason on SEs part for limiting the buying of houses with the higher prices and limit one house to an FC. To keep some FC from buying a bunch of small houses and then trying to resell them for inflated prices. So SE beat them to the punch and started out with inflated prices.

[axemtitanium]

1) Only 1 house per FC.
2) You can't resell a house or the land it was built on.

FCs which have made satellite FCs to buy additional houses are wasting money.

Please be informed instead of repeating hearsay and starting rumors.

[Omagana]

From Live Letter VI:-

Q: If you buy a small house and piece of land, when it starts to get too cramped will it be possible to upgrade to a larger house?
A: We're working on a system for moving that will be introduced in a patch. Also, depending on lag and stress on the servers, we may allow players to own a second house. But yes, you can be sure that when we're finished, you'll be able to upgrade to a bigger house.

Q: Will it be possible to sell land deeds in the market ward or other places?
A: Yes, it will be possible. They can also be traded. Just as an example, you could give a house to that special someone in your free company as a present.

Q:Is it possible to have multiple houses? For example, to have a primary residence in Limsa Lominsa and a villa in Gridania or Ul'dah?
A: Right, it's just like what I was talking about before. Having a main house with another house located in a different country. Once we have a better understanding of the burden this will place on the servers, we might be able to implement this.

[Felis]

The way FC housing is implemented actually makes me doubtful about personal housing.

Originally I was thinking maybe they'd be putting down plots everywhere, like even in the regular zones. But it seems clear they will be instancing the whole housing zones. I suppose that's the cheapest way to make sure everyone gets a chance at a plot.

I would have loved getting a house if every plot was unique, and we can actually live in the world of Eorzea instead of in instanced housing zones.

I suppose that kind of design works better with games like EQN where the world will change and morph according to what the players are doing.

Instanced neighborhood was the plan since the first announcement.
You are disapointed because you didn't informed yourself

Live Letter III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...SH2jkjw#t=3567

[Dox]

Yeah I can't believe that wasn't in the patch notes. "We don't want an FC buying all the houses" The fact that there is even the option to buy more than 1 FC house is absolutely insane on SE's part.

I fear at this rate SE will make some horrible mistake in the implementation of Personal Housing.

[Felis]

At least the small houses are now payable by a single person.

[Elim]

1) Only 1 house per FC.
2) You can't resell a house or the land it was built on.

FCs which have made satellite FCs to buy additional houses are wasting money.

Please be informed instead of repeating hearsay and starting rumors.

You assume too much when reading my post.

That is what I meant. FCs will use alt characters to create another FC to buy more land. I think IN ORDER TO FIX THAT(or cut down on it, really), they can limit 1 house per account. So someone can't use the max amount of alt characters to buy up lots.

[axemtitanium]

You assume too much when reading my post.

That is what I meant. FCs will use alt characters to create another FC to buy more land. I think IN ORDER TO FIX THAT(or cut down on it, really), they can limit 1 house per account. So someone can't use the max amount of alt characters to buy up lots.

One house per account just means the FC's second in command can simply buy the 2nd house. Anyway, take a look at the current housing wards. Most servers barely have the first ward filled up in one city. Just ignore what other FCs are or are not doing and work on raising money for your own house in whatever ward you feel like. Ward 1 plots are not better than plots in other wards so fretting over that is just comparing dick sizes.

Live Letter VI, dated April 2013

This information is almost a year old and was released before the game was even out. It has been contradicted by later Live Letters and interviews, as well as the currently implemented game design itself. House permits can be bought/sold on the MB but not the land deeds themselves and no one ever does anyway because they're bought from an NPC for a flat fee. Given this, I would venture to guess that the Live Letter VI info is either mistranslated or the game design has changed since 10 months ago.

[Elim]

One house per account just means the FC's second in command can simply buy the 2nd house. Anyway, take a look at the current housing wards. Most servers barely have the first ward filled up in one city. Just ignore what other FCs are or are not doing and work on raising money for your own house in whatever ward you feel like. Ward 1 plots are not better than plots in other wards so fretting over that is just comparing dick sizes.

Once again putting words into my mouth. *Sigh*

I said "or cut down on it". So yeah, instead of people using all their alts to buy lots, they could only use one character. And I'm not comparing dick sizes. I have no clue where you randomly pulled that out of.

Quoting myself:

SE goes on about prices being high because they don't want the same people to buy up all the lots, but I think the very simple fix to that is to limit one per account.

I personally don't care if someone buys almost every plot of land.