Restrict Personal Houses to 1 Per Server!

[Siniztor]

If the objective is to free up houses because we have such a severe shortage that we need rationing (and we will probably continue to have said shortage until housing capacity quadruples), how is grandfathering people into the new system addressing the housing shortage?

Im sorry i missed that live letter or post from Yoshida P. saying that the "Objective is to free up houses"

Could you please post where ya got that from??? Im intested in reading the whole thing..Cause all i've seen if him say they didn't add enough plots and there loooking for feedback on how to add n sell them

I did see him say "While a great number of you were interested in either purchasing or relocating to a plot in Shirogane, we failed to prepare sufficient plots for players".

He also said "We’ve also received considerable feedback as to how they should be added, and we will be making an announcement outlining the number of new wards and how they will be sold after reviewing said feedback"

Hes asking for feedback on how they should be added and sold that seems to me to be the "Objective" as you put it.... so im not sure where freeing up plots comes in at all he never once mentions exciting plots or plot owners.

So to me hes looking for things like this...

50 wards are gonna be released in each city

For the first hour ..
1-Wards 1-10 FC's with out a house only
2-Wards 11-20 FC transfer only
3-Wards 21-30 Players with out a house
4-Wards 31-40 Players tranfering
5-Wards 41-50 free for all
After the first hour all wards become free for all

Keep in mind that thats each city so thats 12,000 plots (2,400 in each of the 5 restrctions)

As we seen 720 plots can sell out in 5-15 mins even on lower pop servers.so they need to release these wards during each servers peek hours.It isnt hard for them to see when the most people are on each server not a guess but honestly look at the latest loggin info for the past two weeks

[Tussin]

i would prefer them to instance housing and add more as demand sees fit, that way nobody loses homes and anyone can get as much as they want. or plan to make a ward with friends together. etc

but if enix is going to force and gate limits on housing. something has gotta give

and honestly the majority who sit on empty houses or multiple houses are just flippers. they aren't playing the game to have fun. its all about selling shit for real money. they can take a loss, get a real job

they need to take a hard stance on abusers

add in more quality of life changes too, so if someone is sitting on a house they have an in game means to sell it for plot value so they can move it now and legitimately so they can get rid of it for any reason

[DeaconMoore]

One aspect of this housing issue we can all agree on is that SE needs to restrict personal houses to only one per server.

I disagree with this.

I shouldn't be limited to one house on a server that I can't even share with my other characters. Not that I would really want them to share. Each character has its own look and style and their house would ideally be different too.

Housing should be a gil sink for the game for all the players. The number of wards needs to increase based on the demand for housing on the server. Keep the demo process in place by all means. It'll keep the neighborhood from becoming just a monument to players that don't play anymore. As wards fill up, new wards should be created.

[Keridwyn]

The number of wards needs to increase based on the demand for housing on the server. Keep the demo process in place by all means. It'll keep the neighborhood from becoming just a monument to players that don't play anymore. As wards fill up, new wards should be created.

Dynamic wards is a great solution, it's probably the best option to fix the system as it is now because it would guarantee a small for every character (while those looking to upgrade just need to watch the wards in hopes of finding a new med/large when a new ward is generated). Outside of upgradable instanced housing I don't think there's a better solution. I hope it happens no matter how much the cynic in me tells me it won't.

[Nerfworthy]

Dynamic wards is a great solution, it's probably the best option to fix the system as it is now because it would guarantee a small for every character (while those looking to upgrade just need to watch the wards in hopes of finding a new med/large when a new ward is generated). Outside of upgradable instanced housing I don't think there's a better solution. I hope it happens no matter how much the cynic in me tells me it won't.

I agree this would be the best solution, except for the glaring fact that wards are in fact zones not instances, so it's much more difficult to just create one out of thin air and keep it running. I have no idea what their infrastructure looks like, but judging on what I've seen with other parts of the game and the apparent limitations, this seems like an unlikely solution for the immediate future.

[Esrain]

I agree with the OP, SE should also really get those housing restrictions implmented asap.

[Niraves]

I guess in the long run it won't really affect me anyway. If SE does decide to implement this stupid change, I'll just relinquish my alts house and pick it up on my second account. Throws out a little over 3 million gil but I suppose I'll do what I have to do. I'm not giving up one of my houses so it can sit ignored by whatever random person thinks they deserve it more than I do.

Suppose I should get back to work on that FC on my second account too, just in case.

[Penthea]

If SE does decide to implement this stupid change

It's not a stupid change if housing is more evenly distributed among players. Although to truly achieve that we're going to need a lot more than this. Way more.

In an ideal system we could all have as many houses as we like. But it's not ideal. You have said before that players without houses is not your problem, this is true. But I think you forget that you technically don't own your houses, SE do. Which means SE can change the terms of housing any way they see fit at any time. Even if you think it's stupid.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I guess in the long run it won't really affect me anyway. If SE does decide to implement this stupid change, I'll just relinquish my alts house and pick it up on my second account. Throws out a little over 3 million gil but I suppose I'll do what I have to do. I'm not giving up one of my houses so it can sit ignored by whatever random person thinks they deserve it more than I do.

Suppose I should get back to work on that FC on my second account too, just in case.

Because I bet you play both accounts equally that neither house sits idle for any length of time. I also find it just a tad ironic you whine over player entitlement while you, yourself, acknowledge you're going to re-buy an alt house on a second account under the assumption it won't get used by someone who doesn't have one. Furthermore, why do you or FCs deserve multiple houses anymore than some who wants just one?

[Niraves]

Snip.

Actually I barely play on my second account, it's mostly just for storage and trading items/gil between my main and my alt. But I do play my alt every day or at least every other day, so the house will still see daily use which is still better than 99% of the players that own houses and then never use them except once every 45 days to reset the demo timer. Furthermore, why does someone deserve to get one of my houses just because they don't have one? It's not my problem if they didn't put in the time/effort to camp wards like I did for months to get my first house.

While it might be implemented, no way they would be dumb enough to FORCE relinquishment - you just wouldn't be able to purchase more. Honestly, I wouldn't mind them implementing such a change as long as the do away with the auto demo timer...would save me $$$.

I would be fine with the change as long as it doesn't force me to relinquish one of my houses. As for the no demo timer.. no. Just no. Thats a terrible idea in the retarded housing system that we have. If I quit the game or take a three month break, or anyone else for that matter, I should have to keep my sub if I want to keep my house. Otherwise you end up with houses sitting empty forever, owned by players who are literally never coming back.

I don't think I'm any more deserving than anyone else who uses their home, but I do get really annoyed seeing dozens and dozens of empty unused houses in Shirogane on my realm. Every house available was bought up in less than ten minutes, and over half of them are still sitting completely empty. Way more than half. I don't know why people rush to buy a house they are just going to ignore. Is it an e-peen thing? If you get a house, you should USE it. THAT is what irritates me so much about this whole issue. Yes, I have two houses. But I use both of them every single day. I'm sorry if you think its selfish or whatever, but I am not giving up one of my homes that I worked really hard to get and really hard to decorate. If that means I do have to buy it on an alt account I will.