Thread: In Regard to Housing in Patch 4.1

Thank you Yoshida-san for responding to us on this matter.

Thank you a lot

That was a very predictable response. The thing is, it will just fix the problem partly, the real thing to do is to add instanced housing, not adding more wards, we don't need more wards, because it means that they will also be gone in a few minutes, EVERYONE should be able to access this content, not like 10% of the people on the servers. This is not what players want, they want a real limitation, one house per account, and also prioritize houses for FC.

I'll be the voice of disagreement, (please not too much hate) and say that I don't think to limit houses per account will necessarily fix the problem that people think it will - yes it will 'fix' one problem but it also hurts part of the community too. I do think limiting the number of FCs per account can help without punishing the players who choose to take the time to level multiple characters and enjoy the game through housing/rp/or whatever non-raiding form they choose. Reducing FC's per account addresses market manipulation for airship/workshop items and reduces the number of houses per character. Players would have to double their work to buy the same number of houses then since they could only get 1 FC house per account. Players take advantage of multiple FC's to have additional housing and to build walls/airship parts.

The fastest way to fix the problem is catching and banning everyone who resells. It's one thing to have a couple houses and use them as much as anyone else and to share with friends and a totally different thing to hoard 8 houses sitting empty waiting to be sold. Can they build an algorithm that tracks usage to look for patterns of players that do this? Could they build a list that then staff could sort through and ban players and IPs as needed? Is it possible to punish those who are ruining the game without punishing players who genuinely are playing the game and not cheating/reselling?

Problem: Multiple houses per account.
Solution: Limit number of houses availiable for purchase per account to 2 or 3, increase price for each house bought. (first small house is usual 3,5; 2nd small house 7, 3rd house 14). This way rich players and players with multiple characters still can own more houses but are restricted from having too many.

Additionally, if player owns a single house, it should be avaliable to all characters on an account. Should said player purchase additional house on different character, neither of the houses becomes avaliable to other characters on the account.

Possibly limit house purchases to 1 Large, 1 Medium, 1 Small house per account, with each additonal house costing twice the usual price.