Stormblood Housing Request

[Sprinkle]

A lot of the people that own multiple homes also don't care for them. Neglected Chocobo staples in poor condition. Seeds that have died in plots. The inside a decorating nightmare not giving any thought or pride of ownership. I for one have been looking a while and really hope they will take a better look at this horrific housing issue and resolve all said issues.

[Dustytome]

There should also be some sort of waiting period after buying your house before being able to relinquish it. A few weeks ago I was searching the aetherytes for housing plots to become available; I noted five or six over two weeks, and all but one was put up for sale the next day. Players desperate for housing are ending up having to pay double or triple to buy houses since some people treat them as a source of profit. Maybe have players be unable to manually relinquish land for 45 days, or impose a limit on the number of times a player can buy a plot over a given time period?

We've had what seems to be a couple people on Sargatanas flipping plots near constantly recently. If/when the house moving feature is usable by both fcs and individuals I would love to have both a relinquish timer and a rebuy timer. Once the plot is relinquished, you have a 10-20 day period in which you cannot purchase another plot. Maybe negate the timer if the server swallows your plot on its own.

[Acilith]

Less exploitable doesn't mean not exploitable. I think the only way to get rid of this issue is to add more wards.

[Penthea]

Less exploitable doesn't mean not exploitable. I think the only way to get rid of this issue is to add more wards.

I really think just adding more wards isn't enough. On some servers even if they add ten wards tomorrow they will fill up before the week is done. There needs to be much more than just this.

Only real changes can bring about an actual remedy. Increase the amount of tenancy slots in houses. Bring in tenancy for apartments. Limit the amount of houses a single account can own per server. Stuff like this. Restrict things for players who game the system to do house flipping, while increasing residency slots and options so more players have access to housing even if the number of wards doesn't increase.

[Acilith]

Nobody will flip houses if they're not worth flipping. One per account seems reasonable for really packed servers, but seems like a silly restriction for servers where there's still empty plots. And the issue of fc leaders being unable to get houses is still there. The biggest issue is going to be too many small houses, not enough medium/large houses. Instanced housing I think is the best solution available but they like their wards.

[Acilith]

Please don't give them these ideas. We have emotes for $7, we have outfits for $18 that don't even come with shoes, gloves or hairstyles.

They have the funds to get more of these housing servers but they won't. They like housing to be something 'prestigious' and difficult to get. They like the scarcity. Even if we had all the wards in the world, everyone would be rioting about how they have to live in a small cottage and not a mansion like they can afford.

Eventually once the game in general dies down, we'll see more housing love. That's the assumption I'm going to make, anyway.

[Aldotsk]

They have the funds to get more of these housing servers but they won't. They like housing to be something 'prestigious' and difficult to get. They like the scarcity. Even if we had all the wards in the world, everyone would be rioting about how they have to live in a small cottage and not a mansion like they can afford.

Eventually once the game in general dies down, we'll see more housing love

Then make it difficult so that people can make this toxic community even more? Gotcha.

Once the game in general dies down, that's going to create even lesser wards. that is also if it will never happen in Balmung. Please don't make mythical assumptions hoping that apple will be dropping down into your mouth from that tree.

This game's housing system is broken and their set of mind in making it "difficult" to get is atrocious for 10+ million players when they have the accessibility to exploit and get 23 plots.

[Raygan]

Wow, people can own more than like 2 plots of land? That's pretty dumb. I assumed it would be restricted.

[Ayerinn]

Wow, people can own more than like 2 plots of land? That's pretty dumb. I assumed it would be restricted.

Alts can't share houses between each other, so I don't see the issue unless that is resolved. Anyone who gets an alt to 50 with enough GC rank to buy a house deserves the chance to get a plot if they want one. Just because you are not as dedicated (or lucky in some cases) as them in finding a plot doesn't mean they don't deserve to have one for each alt if they so desire. The restriction is 1 personal per character which is fair.

[BigTough]

Seen a guy claim to have just bought his 12th house. I'd like to hear some Feedback from the Square-Enix development team on why they haven't implemented a restriction yet? Since they don't allow a monopoly on housing then why allow the freedom to own 12 plots? Are we all missing some simple reasoning behind the lack of action from the dev team that they seem to feel zero need for a restriction? I know they're feeling the pressure from the community about adding more plots. So, Dev team. What's the reason?