As a new player to game, I was looking forward to playing with housing asap. To my dismay, not only were new plots not available, they were very costly for newer people to acquire. I am not comfortable having a room attached to a FC with time and energy vested in it and then the possibility of it vanishing one day when I log in...no thanks hehe.

Housing has always been a big part of my gaming fun and experience. I have strongholds that won server guild contest awards in swtor and my wildstar housing was the most fun imaginable! The housing is also affortable to the casual and non-rich player and lets you either have the casual, smaller setting or you can deco yourself into a stuper. Every account is allowed at least one place to hang their hat. That is missing in ffxiv and not sure that will hold my interest for the long term.