Thread: Patch 3.3 Housing Info

Let's be honest. The housing prices need an increase.

The economy needs more gil sinks desperately. It's so stupid easy to make gil in this game and since a lot of people don't even need to pay for repairs... the only way gil is really sunk on a regular basis is through teleports ( which shouldn't really increase in price, it's torture enough for brand new players lol )

Also with what other people in this thread have mentioned... a price increase won't stop the housing mafia from buying everything up but it will put a roadblock in their way making it easier for the every other man to save up their gil and get their hot little hands on a house.

I remember when my first FC bought their house almost 2 years ago on Gilgamesh the plots were open for months after they doubled the wards. That was because money was harder to come by. Now that you're rolling in gil by the time you get 60 anyone should EASILY be able to save or already have the 5mil for a small.

I have a personal feeling the prices will not increase very much or way too much. Let's see what happens lol

Originally Posted by Lexia

This person is right, it really easy to make gil in the game, especially if person has their crafts/gathering jobs leveled. So if a person really puts their best effort forward they easily have enough for a medium house easily. I'm kind of a slacker though so I don't make as much gil as I could but I bought a medium house and had the gil made back in like a week.

It is and it isn't.

Some people have full time jobs and do other things in game BESIDES gathering and crafting. Others do not. So while I have all Master Books for crafting and have the ability to gather most things that sell, I have to deal with undercutting by those who can craft more and watch the MB 24/7. That's not a gripe; it's a fact. I watch friends of mine who don't work, hawking the MB in order to undercut the person who undercut them to have that person within minutes, undercut them again and have my friend ... you get the idea. Rinse Repeat. Rinse repeat.

I got into a war like that on a market item that had been since day one selling in the mid teens to 20k per item HQ. After duking it out with another player for a few days, you can now buy that same item HQ for under 6k. That was 3 weeks ago! And that market STILL has yet to recover.

So yeah. You can make money with relative ease in this game, but it is by no means THAT EASY. And again, some people want to do the CONTENT of the game. Not just craft and gather for 9.99 to 20$ a month. That's not why they bought the game. It needs to be fair and equal for ALL player types.

That's kind of how economies work, even virtual ones. So it does not surprise me if they raise the prices. The problem with housing was never the prices to be honest within the grand scheme of things. Everyone can save up for one even if do so at different speeds. The main problem is and always was the shortage of plots, even after 3.3 it will remain a huge problem in general. House prices might put some people off but everyone is capable of making gil and saving up for it.

I care less about a potential rising of house prices than the fact there is so few plots overall, making gil is not limited outside of time and effort willing to put in despite the fact people who already own a house get a huge advantage in that regard, plots are however finite and very limited so no matter how much gil people have they probably won't get one. It is made worse by the introduction of airship ventures and gardens which create a vast amount of additional wealth for the limited amount of house owners (the gap between the rich and the poor increasing), even worse when take into account many people own multiple houses...but in terms of priorities though, plot availability is the biggest issue and wouldn't matter if house cost 1 gil or 1 billion gil if there is not enough plots to go around.

I expect land plot prices to at least double, current pricing reflect the economy as it was years ago. Since then the average Gil per player has increased substantially. I don't think this will fix the housing Mafia either, there are players out there who would spend 250 m on a large just to get someone to relinquish. There are only 3 larges per ward and you're up against thousands of players, many whom already pay over what they're worth from the server via reselling exploitation.

I just don't understand why housing wasn't limited to one house per account and one house per fc in the first place. That would have stopped the real estate market before it began.