An idea for the housing system.

[GentlemanMaj]

100% agree the current housing isn't good, i'm new-ish to the game our fc tried to get a small house after us grinding 5 mil to purchase, myself and a friend spent 14 hours spamming the purchase alongside 8 other people, and still we and 7 other didn't win so we all wasted 14 hours of what could have been enjoying the game trying to get a small house.

I personally feel fc's should get their own instanced streets where it only is shown to those in the free company and others who are specifically invited to visit. I love this game I have come from 15 years on World of Warcraft with my wife to ff14 and gameplay I am in love with as well as it's community but this (although not seen as massive to most people) is a feature that I feel hasn't been looked at well enough. Fingers crossed something gets done about it.

[van_arn]

Exclusive systems shouldn't even be considered for MMOs, in this day and age. They're not fun, and (as it says in the name) exclude a vast majority of the player-base and only generate bad feelings towards each other and the development team.

lol no that's not how this works, that's not how any of this works

That said, housing needs to jack its prices up considerably by becoming "real" auctions. This nonsense with placard camping needs to end, and the apartment system needs to be expanded to include penthouses with a garden balcony.

The only reason why you're seeing so many people needing to sit at placards for so long is too few of them have been priced out of the market.

Upkeep prices also need to be a thing so only players that play semi-actively can afford to hold onto their house. No more of this logging in once every 40 days thing.'


Keep in mind the prices the game charges you for a small/medium/large estate do not reflect their true value. A small is worth far more than 4 million on most servers, and a small on a congested server could potentially be worth a large on an empty server. The housing market does need to be exclusive to maintain its status, but the apartment system should be enhanced to cover all game mechanics (minus the ward) a house might provide at the penthouse level.

A discount on FC housing is acceptable, as it is currently, due to the transient nature of the property.