So, when can FCs actually have their chance at housing...

[Zelas]

...without greedy players and scalpers grabbing them all first?

Housing used to be that; a place for Free Companies to gather together. Now, there's even more features added to it for the Free Companies, but it's gotten nigh impossible for a Free Company to get a house anymore.

We had FC housing. That was perfectly fine. People got greedy for more and asked for personal housing; SE got eager and rushed a way to give them what they want. But that came at a HUGE expense.

Give Free Companies a chance already...

[EssenceFlux]

As long as the game allows multiple estate owning, that's unfortunately how it's going to be.

[MihaelB]

It doesn't matter if you're in a FC, you need activity requirements (E.G 10 people login daily) otherwise people will just make personal FCs and buy them up just the same.

[Feye_Sirensong]

10 people logging in a day isn't reasonable either. My FC has 3 people and we do play daily but we are planning on keeping is small and very friendly so with your way we wouldn't be allowed a FC house either. really keeping personal houses in sub wards and FC in main wards would help accomplish the task to an extent but the housing system has major flaws. One all servers get the same amount of wards/plots no matter their population. people can make alts to buy houses, houses should be 1 per account and houses should be owned by main and alt characters. this would make flipping harder so the people wanting to flip would need to pay for subscriptions on multiple accounts. make it so the wards grow with the servers. if all houses are bought create a new ward. people cant flip if they have no base of business. if a ward gets too empty there should be a way to consolidate the wards.

honestly think there should be a better way to deal with the wards themselves

[Zelas]

Why gives FCs a limitation like 10 people logging in daily when a single person can have a house without limitations?
That's just furthering the issue where FCs SHOULD be given preferential treatment, because they're the ones who actually benefit to having a house in a major way, not to mention it gives a house to a group of people instead of just one.

That, and housing for Free Companies was what the wards were there for in the first place.

[Knahli]

Frankly, Workshops should be accessible without a house and their presence within an FC estate instead made to be a mere commodity and convenience to be had with owning a home, not unlike airship travel, only with no restrictions.

[NovaLevossida]

Frankly, Workshops should be accessible without a house and their presence within an FC estate instead made to be a mere commodity and convenience to be had with owning a home, not unlike airship travel, only with no restrictions.

Pretty much; I moved off Famfrit a while back to another server. I voiced a complaint about airships being restricted to housing when Diadem was announced with no houses for my FC to buy being available preventing my FC from doing the hard mode together. The "solutions" I got were to quit and join another FC or to join pickup groups instead, neither of which allowed my FC to do an FC activity.

[Kouren-homeless]

Me and my GF recently started up a FC with some great friends, we started the FC with the understanding we were all equals. Needless to say me and her paid for 95% of the house and of course we're kicked... So we started working toward another house and saved up enough for a large house for our new FC. I was 200 in que the moment servers went live and upon entering the game I get an error and then put behind a line of 2.5k other people waiting to get in.. Of course we're still homeless.. We never stood a chance of getting a house today.

[saberchic]

Me and my GF recently started up a FC with some great friends, we started the FC with the understanding we were all equals. Needless to say me and her paid for 95% of the house and of course we're kicked... So we started working toward another house and saved up enough for a large house for our new FC. I was 200 in que the moment servers went live and upon entering the game I get an error and then put behind a line of 2.5k other people waiting to get in.. Of course we're still homeless.. We never stood a chance of getting a house today.

That's horrible. I am sorry that happened to you guys. Hopefully, they are working on a more permanent housing solution.

[Pooky_Bear]

Where do you guys get a limitation of 10 ppl logging in a day? I don't think I've ever seen that.