Just like i predicted.

[Lambdafish]

The problem is SE's faulty system, but blaming the shitty players who are doing shitty things is fair as well. Just because a purse is sitting unwatched out in the open doesn't make it ok to take it. Just because the system can be exploited doesn't mean it's anyone's right to exploit it.

I won't dispute what you are saying, because the housing market is broken and people are upset, but my big point is that I want people to forget about the players who are doing this, because it's turning into a witchhunt (I heard them get called the housing mafia in one thread) thanks to player entitlement. The entire game runs on a capitalist market, and square chose to allow housing to be a part of that capitalist market, and naturally, as with the real world, supply < demand prevails. Should Americans do a witchhunt on wallstreet and the 1%? No, they complain to the government to change the system, which is the point im trying to make.

And just so you know, your argument of stealing an unattended purse is incorrect, because that IS against the law, selling houses for these huge prices isn't against the ToS, and is completely legal in the games rules, like I said, its more akin to the diamond industry or companies like apple.

Also, this is not an exploit. An exploit is a bug or feature in a game that is not working as intended, and fundamentally breaks the way the develops intend for you to play the game. But Khuja, you say, thats exactly whats going on; WRONG, we have had actual exploits in the game before, and square are very efficient in spotting them as soon as players start using them, and are quick to release a statement asking players not to do this, with this problem, the developers have said nothing except that they know there isnt enough housing. Conclusion: the system is designed to allow players to buy and sell houses, the system is also designed to allow players to buy multiple houses. Ergo, this is not an exploit, this is working as intended. Whether working as intended is good enough is another story, but calling this an exploit is wrong.