We need a statement from the developers

[Velisra]

No instance housing. I like being able to see my neighbors and thier houses, it creates a community.

Nothing says "community" like the the wedge between the "haves" and "have nots" of the housing feature. The FFXIV community is fairly nice overall, until you look at housing. Housing, since there's not enough to go around, creates a divide.

I'd be happy to just have an apartment, but I can't garden except in pots, I can't have a yard, and it's not big enough. Sorry, but an apartment is not good enough. A true instanced house would be fine for me, since I don't care about the "community" aspect of it all anyway. Some people don't care about that, so it would be a great option for some folks.

I was lucky this morning, and got a better plot in the Beds than the one I let demo about six weeks ago because I thought I'd just quit playing for a while. I know a lot of others weren't that lucky, and I still think the housing system--at least the acquisition system--sucks, and SE needs to fix it.