Thread: In Regard to Housing in Patch 4.1

Originally Posted by Kaonis

So basically wait 4 months for a band-aide to a problem that has been complained about for 3 years?

Sorry, but words at this point are meaningless, and people shouldn't be so fast to just say things are ok now. Housing has been an issue since implementation with no real fixes to it, just small band-aides to try and make the issues less bad.

Unless they do instanced housing or do something along the lines of doubling/tripling the amount of wards to accommodate everyone, then I will just assume these are more hollow words on the topic.

Exactly. the wards, rather, their limitations have been the problem, more of them has never been the true solution.

Originally Posted by EvinnaReed

I hope there is a restriction on houses per account. That said, I hope it is 1 FC house and 1 personal house per account. That makes it fair so people who bought houses on Goblin like me (when there were BAJILLIONS of empty plots) don't get screwed.

I've been wanting this and saying it for awhile lol. Also, personally, I'd prefer it if people who are getting an FC house are required to be an FC of at least 5 people or something. Pretty crazy to see all these FC houses with only 1 person owning it. Access to the same house for all your alts. Also, maybe a level requirement or something.

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

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.

If you guys are looking into how Shirogane houses should be sold fairly, do this: set a criteria who can buy plot:

Large plot: only players who have reached lv70 in all jobs can buy
Medium plot: only players who have reached lv70 in all non-combat job and at least 8 combat jobs, can buy
Small plot: only players who have reached lv70 in all DoL jobs and at least 4 combat jobs, can buy

Doing so, it will make sure that only the truly dedicated players can have access to housing, reduce the dilemma of housing abuse by alts. Not only that, it'll enhance the gameplay experience in every way possible in terms of q time, & enhancing the ingame economy, etc. Please consider it.

This recommendation is for Shirogane only, since it's a premium aesthetic zone, for new player looking into housing, the Eorzea housing zone shouldn't have these criteria.

Hi everyone.

I'm very happy to hear this as some of my FC members missed out too. Just in case I decided to check the Japanese post from Yoshi P earlier on this subject and share any missing nuances with my FC so that they have the same understanding as Japanese speakers. I felt there were some important bits of information that were missing in the English post so I decided to share that with the community here too. I hope this answers some of your questions following the annoucement.

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Hello, everyone. This is FFXIV Producer and Director, Naoki Yoshida.

Patch 4.1 saw the introduction of the new residential area, Shirogane, and though we are pleased to see so many players enjoying the housing feature even more, we also received a great deal of feedback regarding lack of plots on congested servers and faults related to housing.

Adding to the fact that 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 particularly in high population servers, and I deeply apologize for not being able to meet 100% of everyone’s expectations.

The concentrated login that occurred immediately after the patch 4.1 maintenance increased the stress and load on the servers and as a result, when the relocation feature was simultaneously exectuted by multiple players, this caused a fault on the lock function. For example there have been several dozen reports of rare cases where the relocation could not be completed due to the lock function not being released and again we apologize for the inconvenience caused. This issue will be addressed and fixed in today’s Hot Fix.

Furthermore, in recognition of everyone’s great patronage and in light of the feedback we have received so far, we aim to make additional investments on our infrastructure in time for patch 4.2 and address the fundamental issue of the plot shortages by creating additional wards in Lavender Beds, the Goblet, the Mist, and Shirogane.

We have received various feedback from players worldwide with regard to how they should be added and after we have taken these into consideration, we will make an announcement at a later date, outlining the number of new wards and details such as how they will be sold.

In order to prevent speculative purchases, we will probably refrain from releasing information regarding the plot purchasing feature until the very last minute. We kindly ask for your understanding and patience on this until we can provide you with these details.

I hope you will all continue to enjoy the various new content added in patch 4.1!
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Thank you for responding hopefully you can fixed housing system where one user can't buy multiple plots.