Fix Balmung's Housing Problem

[Kaisinel]

Selling small plot goblet ward 1 35m on balmung server

[Celaine]

My main irritation is this: We pay more for houses because they go through and check how much money is supposedly on the server and then inflate the price accordingly. (Thank you gilbots for making housing more expensive for us.) If they're going to scale the price of housing on Balmung based on money in circulation, then they ought to scale housing availability based on numbers on the server as well. More money = more cost / More people = more wards

Incidentally, has anyone else got irritated by the lack of logic on those higher house prices? We get told legacy servers are going to cost more for housing. People scramble to raise money. Oh lols! Look at that everyone has lots of money stored to buy housing, let's base their costs on that!! It's a pretty gross cycle there. We know it's going to be bad so we save up so it costs more because we saved. Butts man. Absolute butts.

[Gemma]

Selling small plot goblet ward 1 35m on balmung server

LMAO! 35 mil for a SMALL?! Talk about a rip-off, sheesh <_<;

If someone buys that they either bought gil for it or don't realize more houses will be added in the future & are desperate.

[Mendalas]

Selling small plot goblet ward 1 35m

Your post just proves that there is clearly a problem with housing. If SMALL plots are being sold for 35-40 million..... That is medium house pricing. Hell 35 million should get you a large plot imo. It should not be based on supply and demand. It should be a set price and PLENTY of plots available for everyone.

[Stormrider]

I think i have seen people asking for small plots 32 mill to send them tells. They did want a specific plot but it was up. So people are willing to pay 30+ for land. Maybe they need to close the wards on the other servers and give them to Balmung. Just kidding, maybe

[Kaisinel]

LMAO! 35 mil for a SMALL?! Talk about a rip-off, sheesh <_<;

If someone buys that they either bought gil for it or don't realize more houses will be added in the future & are desperate.

While I will not get into a pissing content over prices, it is simple business economics. There are absolutely 0 plots on the entire server available. Supply and demand creates inflation. I know for a fact there are people on balmung buying multiple plots on the server just to flip them. While yeah it is crappy if people want a house that badly they aren't going to end up getting someone to relinquish their land for what they paid for it.

[Madjames]

While I will not get into a pissing content over prices, it is simple business economics. There are absolutely 0 plots on the entire server available. Supply and demand creates inflation. I know for a fact there are people on balmung buying multiple plots on the server just to flip them. While yeah it is crappy if people want a house that badly they aren't going to end up getting someone to relinquish their land for what they paid for it.

You are correct and I agree. Housing such as in Ultima Online worked this way. It had a good economy and I was a my server's top real estate agent for the server. I wouldn't just buy plots to to flip, I would find buyers for places and find sellers for homes that matched what the buyer was looking for. It was a good business. This is how housing works IRL so I see no reason why it should not work like this in video games. I will state however that house plots big and small are needed to be added.

[RhapsodyElsmeth]

Balmung isn't the only world with housing issues. Every single plot in Leviathan is filled, and newer players are unable to buy housing because of it. As soon as a small plot is released, it's snatched up within the hour. I've got the gil for a small plot. I just need another ward to open up for me to buy one. :/

[Saeri]

All of Hyperion housing is filled too. My FC wants a house and we have the funds to do so, but without land to buy we're dead in the water :/ More housing needs to be made and soon, especially since some 3.0 FC content seems reliant on us actually having a house..

[Gemma]

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Still a rip off imo. Small house is what, 5-6 mil on Legacy server? And you're charging 35 mil, could get a medium for that price >_>
Still doesn't change my point, if someone buys that from you they are either desperate or a gil buyer.

Personally I don't see why anyone would pay that much when you know eventually they are going to add more. Not like this is all we get.
But more power to you if someone pays that much for it, which I'm sure someone will cause as you stated your server is obviously in need of more wards, as is other populated servers.

Oddly enough there is still a few plots available on Sargatanas. No small houses, but a few mediums and maybe a large or two.