[Suggestion] Solving the "Housing Problem"

[Dustytome]

Unless the owner receives at most the purchase price (full refund) then it still creates a problem of people flipping for a profit. In addition, having to outbid people with truckloads of gil only discourages players/leads them towards the path of RMT.

[Okita]

It would be pointless since you still need to beat the bids. At the very least, it cuts of the "Pay first -> Relinquish -> Check Aetheryte and hope no one stole he house".

And for people with truckloads of Gil, the real question i how far are you willing to push? The prices of houses are pretty much stable atm, fluttering around numbers that most people know. Problem is, they need to pay the "relinquishing fees" and the land price. Ultimately, I feel like an auction house is still cheaper.

E.g with the auction system, I could buy a mansion for 80mil (maybe 50mil over the starting price). Atm, the same house would prolly cost around 80mil anyway but i also have to pay the land price on the aetheryte.

[Dustytome]

I guess I just don't like auctioning systems. It locks a lot of people out and they lowered the pricing on houses to ensure it was a more viable purchase for a wider audience. They seem to want to let more people have access to housing, they just can't keep up with the demand due to the initial housing structure that they continued with. If I remember correctly they also didn't want to limit housing per account for rp reasons? I think that was from a live letter but it was quite awhile ago.

[Okita]

We can agree on one thing though, the current system is flawed.

[Penthea]

Unless the owner receives at most the purchase price (full refund) then it still creates a problem of people flipping for a profit. In addition, having to outbid people with truckloads of gil only discourages players/leads them towards the path of RMT.

That's an excellent point actually. The tiny amount of plots allows house flippers to demand insane prices for even a cottage. Often the amount of money they ask for is simply unattainable for most players unless they plan on not purchasing anytime soon. We can certainly assume many players opted for RMT instead of facing a gil grind that would last many months.