What the actual hell... screw "optimization" and "server load." We've all seen the reports; FFXIV is what has been consistently earning Square-Enix a profit since its release. Buy more servers and get the space!

It's individual housing. INDIVIDUAL HOUSING. It should be for everyone, every single player! You all made housing such a major part of the game, and for Free Companies, the way it was implemented was fine. But the purpose of personal housing shouldn't be a gil dump. It shouldn't be to show who the richest players on the servers are, or be a race about who can log in the fastest. Personal housing was supposed to allow every player to enjoy the housing content.

And no, doubling the housing wards in 2.4 isn't going to solve that.

How many players are there per server? Because I guarantee it won't be enough, especially now that the Free Companies who have been waiting for their new wards have to actually compete with every single individually rich player in the game.

I have been defending the game, the dev team, everything because of how much I enjoy this game. But this is such a huge step backward. It's lazy, it's poorly thought-out, and it wasn't implemented with the player-base in mind. Is it really that hard to create one singular instance that players can go into and have their own home, and invite their friends into?

No, instead of creating a new instance, instead of creating areas designed specifically for personal housing, all we get are two new wards and the ability to individually purchase land AT THE SAME PRICE AS FREE COMPANIES. The same prices that has taken whole FCs months to save for? Really?

For once, just once, could the dev team please just give us content that isn't designed for the top-tier players, that eventually trickles down to the casual players 3-6 months later?

Honestly, this is just sad and disappointing. For the money we all pay you guys each month, I was expecting a lot more.