Thread: In Regard to Housing in Patch 4.1

One solution would be this:

(Instance house/or maybe even plot housing)
Have an NPC that sells ghost plots. Meaning paying for a plot that doesn't exist in the game. So long you have the money you can just pay it.
Pros: Zero randomnesses, Zero obstructions and 100% availability so long you have the GIL.

[If instance]
Then once it is paid, you will immediately receive the plot

[If normal plot]
Then once it is paid, you wait for the next "Ghost housing implementation patch day" where Square Enix will launch those houses for people used the NPC to buy the house. That way there will be no oversupply and won't stress the server. You will get it eventually maybe wait for a month or two instead of never getting it. This will also give you (developers) time to put in plots/wards that will balance out demand/supply. Everyone will get a house, so long they can pay for it. That should be the only ceiling of getting the house.

Also, 1 house for personal and 1 for FC. This is key.

I really don't see any way of fixing this issue beyond making it to the point where you can only have 1 house per server / account. If you give everyone the option to have 1 F.C. house AND 1 personal, they'll just use an alt to make an F.C. house to have two. That will still be a major problem on servers where the population matches or exceeds plot availability. 1 per server seems reasonable to me. If you play on multiple servers to do things with friends then why not? But right now it's silly. Looking at Cactuar I know that 2 large houses are owned by known bots, ((Who have been reported multiple times with no consequences)), and that at least one person has a Large, Medium and Small house across 3 characters in the same ward. Ideally I think everyone should be allowed to have housing. Honestly I don't know why it's not instanced. I understand S.E. want that feeling of a neighbourhood, but most people don't hang around outside their houses. It's quite rare that you get that attitude.

We appreciate the time you took to listen to our feedback. It feels great knowing that we listened to, thank you so much, Yoshi.

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida

and how they will be sold after reviewing said feedback.

This is everything.

- allocate certain wards (or subdivisions) for Free Company housing only.
- limit 1 personal and 1 FC house per user account
- allow sharing of personal house across all characters on a single user account
- limit FC house purchases to 4, 8, 24 active players relative to plot size

that's the bare minimum if everything else with the housing system remains the same.

Thank you for the official response Yoshi!

Change apartment to Condominium

The condominium will be a duplex type condo meaning there will be two floors and will be the size of a small house. A balcony can be purchased as an upgrade for gardening.

Put fun into getting a condo, you can add Condominium utility which everyone in that condo unit can share these utilities, these utilities would be:

1) A gym - training dummies for everyone to use
2) A SWIMMING POOL (So people can swim and stuff)
3) Workshop (Where people can use crafting station for a small fee
4) BBQ pit! People can buy food there and be a gather spot for people to chill and meet with her condominium owners!
5) ChocoPark (Carpark) where you can park your chocobo there and do Chocobo stuff
6) Condo transport to people to Exploratory Voyages.

These will help because you will then eliminate the need for people to get their own house because they can do everything in it!~
PLUS IT IS AN INSTANCE thus helping with the server stress if any.

I would like to be able to select which size I want for my house. I mean, size would be not defined automatically, it's the player who choose which he wants.
Of course, the prize goes with the size as now.
I know plots would be resize to support this, but It could resolve some problems (not enough big & medium houses).

Originally Posted by SendohJin

This is everything.
- limit 1 personal and 1 FC house per user account

I am inclined to agree, but the question is:

How are they going to handle all of those people who already own 16 plots or 30 plots in one ward division? Like will they refund the houses? What if they are inactive for a while and so forth?