Housing... Would you be upset if?...

[Jynx]

SE already said, the 'reclaim' was the first 'fix' to the situation..

Even between all the things you mentioned that is still a far, far, far cry from being able to give all players housing or even close to it.

[Ilitsa]

If your Balmung, I'm not really surprised. You probably RP regularly there. For anyone else, it wouldn't serve anything more then what an FC house would provide.

I don't RP at all, actually, nor do any of my friends, we just hang out there and shoot the shit while waiting for queue times or crafting, since my house is immediately beside an aetheryte shard, and has the marketboard right outside my property as well as a summoning bell right outside and inside my house, there's pretty much everything anyone needs within arm's length =)

[Cherie]

I see you have brought up housing. It's like saying the name of he that shall not be named on these forums... You aren't the "boy who lived" are you?

Bad jokes aside, destroying the current housing system just sounds like someone's dream at getting back at someone who should have quit rubbing in the fact they had a house into someone's face that didn't have one, one too many times.

Either way, it doesn't matter. Nothing lasts forever anyway. That and, SE was already working on a solution but there are only like what, 14 devs that work on this game? So expect some changes but it might be a...while.

[RiceisNice]

Either way, it doesn't matter. Nothing lasts forever anyway. That and, SE was already working on a solution but there are only like what, 14 devs that work on this game? So expect some changes but it might be a...while.

The housing can definitely be redone to suit the needs of the players, espesically if something like FC airships are behind it. The problem is, it's not even about losing the housing, but the progression that's spent on the airships, the ranks, and the airship parts. That's easily 2+ months of progression being lost for really no good reason, and no amount of gil/item reimburisement can refund that. If the air ship progress is saved to the FC itself rather than their house, then I don't see the problem of scrapping their house if it's needed to implement a better system.

[Evangela]

they can add more wards and open up Ishgard housing area but then it'll be full and people are gonna complain anyway.

[Youkulm]

they can add more wards and open up Ishgard housing area but then it'll be full and people are gonna complain anyway.

of course they are because even then there won't be enough houses for everyone. Why should we all pay the same sub amount when a large amount of content is locked behind housing and people can't enjoy it?

I would complain too haha... and I do complain and I already have a house. Why? Because SE is lieing to new incoming customers by advertising housing in the game, these people coming don't realize their chances of getting housing is incredibly small. That is bad business ethics. I've known several people who leave the game once they have realized this.

Everyone in the game should have the same chance to enjoy all of the content but the fact is they never will with this housing system no matter how many "fixes" they do. It needs a complete overhaul, not a "fix"

( also please keep in mind i'm mainly referring to FC housing. Personal housing is a huge waste of space when hundreds of FCs are waiting for housing on almost every server )

[Wobi]

This is more of a player created problem than anything. I personally find it to be a mistake to allow personal housing the way it is now, but there are also far too many FCs. I've met several people who literally have a 1-2 person FC and feel they should have everything a larger one has. Most people who do not have housing seriously underestimate the resource involved in upgrading/filling it with furniture and managing multiple airships. Not to mention the issue of people flocking in droves to 1-2 servers which would require SE to give special treatment to certain servers and provide more housing for them than others which would cause blood in the streets.

Even those who have housing seldom actually use it, I went on a tour of all sorts of houses the other day and rarely encountered anyone on or around their property. In my little neighborhood we are always around the house or MB area nearby but I don't see this much elsewhere. Once the homes that never get used start freeing up people should be able to fill these neighborhoods with a bit more life.

There is no easy fix, but I'd wait to see how many free up once they start kicking people before asking for an entire overhaul. Truth is not everyone deserves a big FC house, I'd rather they add instanced apartments so every player can have a room to decorate and maybe a window garden or something but the existing housing as it stands for FCs is fine as it is.

[mp-please]

If SE were to announce they were going to redo housing to make it better (whatever it may be), but they would be taking all the current housing away and reimbursing everyone their money for their house/plot to rework it, would you be upset or welcome the changes coming (provided they actually came out with a better housing system)?

So you're telling me I would lose my 4 lv50 airships and every single housing furniture made with ex trial, CT and coil rare materials that in total would cost 2-4x more than a small house. With a single kingly whisker going for 20m.

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You can bet i would be pissed off.

[Nexxa]

I wish they'd take a page from LOTRO. They had similar housing but every time one of their 'wards' filled up a new one would be generated. I'm sure SE will claim 'oh we can't do that server issues hurr' but LOTRO could easily pull it off a decade ago so I have trouble buying SE's excuse. >_>

[Youkulm]

So you're telling me I would lose my 4 lv50 airships and every single housing furniture made with ex trial, CT and coil rare materials that in total would cost 2-4x more than a small house. With a single kingly whisker going for 20m.

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You can bet i would be pissed off.

They're already working on a transfer system for the Workshop so FCs can move if they want to... I doubt you would lose it.

Also Kingly Whiskers & other crafting mats drop from undersized now... so cry me a river lol.