Housing..

[Xystic]

If every server can make the same amount of new gil, totally bypassing market boards, then every server should have the same housing prices.

We have the exact same methods for producing gil but each server has a different max amount of gil it can produce daily directly correlated to the servers population.

For example a server that has 12,000 players generating their max 25k a day will produce 300,000,000 million gil a day, while a small server of 3,500 players at 25k a day will only be able produce 87,500,000 million gil a day at MAX. At max gil generation, smaller servers will never reach numbers like larger servers. Server size directly correlates to how much a server can pump out at MAX gil generation.

It would be illogical to put legacy or high population prices on smaller or medium servers, when it would take nearly x3 more work or even more for those servers. When we do the math, regardless of the server sizes, its the same amount of work required for each server even if it appears 80 million Gil cheaper. The max output gil generation of smaller servers and medium servers would never match those of a fully populated server.

[ArkhamNative]

Our FC can easily afford a Small House. Yet, we are still saving for a Medium one. It would be beneficial to actually see how the expanded Small FC House will look before purchasing one. I would hate to pull the trigger on the purchase of a Small FC House and regret it latter since there is NO option to upgrade (and recover your Gil) to bigger FC House.

They don't say anything about discounts or selling the old house, but SE is working on a feature to move all your furnishings & etc. to a new house. (Linky)

But different servers don't have different prices anymore!

I confirmed this for Balmung this morning, and SE's schedule set Feb 13 as the date for all legacy worlds to be at equal prices to "Tier 3" new worlds. Tier 1 & 2 are mostly newer or less populated worlds, so that's my guess as to why they have lower prices still.

[TrystWildkey]

very good points

I would agree with you if the pricing had been based solely on population. Unfortunately, it was based on the amount of gil in existence.

[Dox]

Regardless of how much more Gil a house costs across different servers, the fact still remains that most people are relying heavily on the Market Board to make money, when you can generate new Gil into the world at any time you choose. I can sit down for an hour and make 20k gil. This is not other people's money, this is new money created when I finish a levequest. 20k gil is the right leve 6 times. So quick and easy it feels like cheating, but its not

A little off topic but which leves are you running? Are they combat or crafting leves? Thanks

[SeraviEdalborez]

Crafting. Most you could make from 6 combat leves is like 3-4k.

[DannyNobuser]

Its a load of BS that they are stomping on crafting its a huge part of the game well it used to be there should be rare drops that are made into gear that can be on par with dungeons. It really pisses me off that they are doing away with crafting gear to a certain extent

[KyrsIsley]

I would agree with you if the pricing had been based solely on population. Unfortunately, it was based on the amount of gil in existence.

Except, they are all the same price now across all servers.

[ArkhamNative]

Its a load of BS that they are stomping on crafting its a huge part of the game well it used to be there should be rare drops that are made into gear that can be on par with dungeons. It really pisses me off that they are doing away with crafting gear to a certain extent

But in LIVE Letter XII, Yoshi-P said the opposite:

Lots of players are getting geared up with ilvl 90 gear, but in patch 2.2 the item level will change.
And there will be enormous amounts of items being added.
High level crafting gear will be introduced, and if you think about it a little, you got the materia melding, so if you buy them it’ll be a faster method to gear up.
If I say too much, it’s going to be bad, but there will be lots of materials.

(Reinheart's live translation)

So it's not 100% clear exactly what's coming, but crafting (high level, materia, mats) is a part of it.

[Elim]

Last time I check our first ward was not full. Could have changed, but I'm still shocked that the devs thought making housing items would effect the market at all.

[Rex]

No, but it's most certainly NOT typical of my server.

I'm in the highest priced group of servers. I think so many of you completely freaking FAIL to understand that the prices on the higher priced servers are EXPONENTIALLY more expensive than yours.

Lol...I'm on Hyperion...also one of the higher priced servers...and our wards are starting to look like the OP. So idk about you.

Luckily My little company has a cozy little home on the 29th plot of Lavender Beds ^^ So bring on the masses! I need some neighbors!


Also, OP, I like how your server has two companies with tags "FFVII" and "FFXIV" lol....original...I bet they'll alliance up when they implement the Company Alliance feature.