Ishgard Housing Transfer System Unfair

[Lexia]

How does SE plan to do the transfer system? Will people wanting to transfer their house be able to sign up prior to the new wards going live (i could still see that being a mess) or will they have to wait til the servers go live which everything will be bought up in minutes anyways making the transfer system useless.

[SendohJin]

How does SE plan to do the transfer system? Will people wanting to transfer their house be able to sign up prior to the new wards going live (i could still see that being a mess) or will they have to wait til the servers go live which everything will be bought up in minutes anyways making the transfer system useless.

Nobody knows yet but there are ways they can prevent it if they are smart about it; like reserve certain wards/subdivisions for transfer and reserve others for new buyers only for 7-14 days when the system first gets implemented.

Since we are only getting apartments in 3.4, Ishgard/Transfers most likely won't get implemented till 3.5.

Or they can be weird and release the transfer in 3.45 with no real place to transfer to and release Ishgard and maybe 1 or 2 more wards in 3.5

[Bourne_Endeavor]

My best guess is the transfer system will allow current house owners to buy a house in Ishgard, but doing so will demolish their current house. All their stuff in said house will be dumped onto the resident caretaker. Essentially, I'm seeing it like if you allowed the 45 days to lapse. I'd hope they tweak it so you don't lose certain items which cannot be stored though.

[Ophie-Mio]

Not even sure why people think that Ishgard will have its own housing this late into the expansion.

I mean, if we just got the apartments (in the OG wards)...when will they have the time to make and release a brand-new housing area before they will have to completely dedicate themselves to everything 4.0? I mean, we have more MSQ to set that cliffhanger up...I'm sure more side stories. I'm sure we'll get even more silly crossover content...

Just saying, it's more likely that this is it and the next housing to look forward to is 4.0 housing elsewhere.

[Reinha]

My best guess is the transfer system will allow current house owners to buy a house in Ishgard, but doing so will demolish their current house. All their stuff in said house will be dumped onto the resident caretaker. Essentially, I'm seeing it like if you allowed the 45 days to lapse. I'd hope they tweak it so you don't lose certain items which cannot be stored though.

This is my guess too. Although I think you will still have to pay the full price for the new plot, but you won't need to risk becoming homeless like now. Running to a new house after demolishing your old feels dodgy. :S

Giving us this facility prior to a housing ward being opened up in Ishgard would be a VERY good move as it would ensure that when those new Ishgard plots open up, people would move house and open up new plots across ALL of the housing wards at the same time. This would give players opportunities to acquire land in all four cities, as well as distribute the land-grab stampede across multiple areas. In short, it would improve everyone's chances of getting something they actually want.

Spot on. Not everyone wants an Ishgardian plot so having some house owners move in a safe way would open up plots to those who prefer an autumn lake landscape or a beach house. The last thing we want is people clinging to their old house because they are too afraid to move, and house seekers buying a house in Ishgard only because that's all there is available.

[SendohJin]

My best guess is the transfer system will allow current house owners to buy a house in Ishgard, but doing so will demolish their current house. All their stuff in said house will be dumped onto the resident caretaker. Essentially, I'm seeing it like if you allowed the 45 days to lapse. I'd hope they tweak it so you don't lose certain items which cannot be stored though.

The point of a transfer system is mainly to move FC houses without losing Airship progress and FC rooms. What you're saying completely defeats that purpose and if that's what they are going to do, they might as well not do it at all.

Not even sure why people think that Ishgard will have its own housing this late into the expansion.

Just saying, it's more likely that this is it and the next housing to look forward to is 4.0 housing elsewhere.

If they have staff to develop 4.0 housing content then they have staff to develop Ishgard housing content. They've always said Ishgard housing will have to wait for the war to end and it just ended in 3.3. If not for apartments and the move feature that's what we would have in 3.4.

We know nothing about 4.0 and they don't need housing to sell it. Even if we're supposed to get 4.x housing there's no reason to think they need to release it at 4.0. 4.x housing can also be a near end of expansion kind of thing. If we get Ishgard housing in 3.5 we can get new housing zones in 4.5 as well. It's not bad to leave some stuff nearer to the end of an expansion cycle especially if it's not playable content and mostly cosmetic.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

The point of a transfer system is mainly to move FC houses without losing Airship progress and FC rooms. What you're saying completely defeats that purpose and if that's what they are going to do, they might as well not do it at all.

I know, which is why they may tweak it a bit so people keep their progress. I just don't see them making an elaborate system since after one day, it'll be useless.

[Maero]

Seeing as many players work during the day anyhow, like when they recently added more plots, chances are many of us will miss out either way.
I would love a house in Ishgard but know very well i will never get one.
And on the topic, i thought they are done with houses? Going forward it will just be Apartments which to me FC rooms is the same pretty much

[ExKage]

My question is if we're even still getting Ishgardian Housing plots. I haven't seen them mentioned in interviews or Live letters for near a year now. The last time I read something specific to ishgard housing as actual Ishgard wards was in Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXIV. After that Live letter, the topics on housing have been about the apartments. The last mention about transfers was this

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVIII
Q: The number of members in my free company have increased, so I've been thinking about buying a new L-size house, but I'm wondering if I should wait for the moving system. Could you tell us about this feature and when we will see it in game?
A:Just as I mentioned on a previous occasion, we'll be adding land in Patch 3.3, and we're aiming to have apartment-style housing in Patch 3.4. The moving feature will come after that. As part of our future plans, we'll be making enhancements to our current server structure to support things like housing and expansions to the Armoury Chest.

They mention the apartments and moving feature but not additional wards being put into Ishgard.