Thoughts on additional wards

[CaptainLagbeard]

Literally the only way they could make housing reasonable for the average player would be to make the game add new wards as they fill up...
But from what I hear, all the extra data from that would eat up the server machines quite the bit more than likely causing other isssues.

Just gotta be happy with the apartment... Maybe if they gave people who own Stormblood the ability to buy a second one in Shirogane, that'd be something.

[Furiea]

you people need to get over it. it used to be that only FC can buy houses... so people started these one man FC.. that's when SE decided it is better to open it up to everyone instead.

if you are on a overly populated server... move.. it's virtual MMO.. please don't be like "but this is my home" and cry about the lack of housing.. ever lived in big city like NYC or Seattle? homeless homies yo.

on the other hand.. SE did not hold up their promise on adding more wand as the housing fills up. that's the main issue...also.. where's Ishgard housing?

2.x has 3 nations has 2160 plots.
3.x has 1 nation and 0 plots
4.x has 1 nation and 720 plots.

I understand they want to do this by nation... but I think each expansion should have gotten at least additional 2160 plots, it's not like the expansion costs less than the original game.

[Centershock]

if you are on a overly populated server... move.. it's virtual MMO.. please don't be like "but this is my home"

I can't even.

[Furiea]

I can't even.

of course you can't even... Balmung =p

[Dark-Saviour]

I still want my ranch with some acreage and no neighbors. :-(

you people need to get over it. it used to be that only FC can buy houses... so people started these one man FC.. that's when SE decided it is better to open it up to everyone instead.

From all the early comments on player housing prior to implementation, I'm still convinced they were originally pursuing an entirely separate system from FC housing, then realized it was going to be too much work, and essentially decided to "flip the switch" to just let individuals buy them instead and save themselves some work.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

you people need to get over it. it used to be that only FC can buy houses... so people started these one man FC.. that's when SE decided it is better to open it up to everyone instead.

if you are on a overly populated server... move.. it's virtual MMO.. please don't be like "but this is my home" and cry about the lack of housing.. ever lived in big city like NYC or Seattle? homeless homies yo.

This is just a silly argument. People have friends and attachments to their servers. They shouldn't be forced to leave because of an awful system that allows one person to own sixteen houses. I have lived in big cities and you know what the only obstacle between you and house ownership is? Money. If you can afford to spend 2-4M on a New York City penthouse apartment, you will find one available. In fact, I can google the housing market in any major city worldwide and find housing. It may be far beyond my budget, but it's available. Such an option doesn't exist in FFXIV hence why people are upset. A friend and I currently have over 100M yet we can't buy a house unless it's from a scalper. A virtual MMO shouldn't have these issues; most don't. FFXIV has among the worst housing systems in the genre because it clings to the neighbourhood concept few people genuinely care about. There's a reason instanced housing is overwhelming popular in other MMOs.

of course you can't even... Balmung =p

I left Balmung and got hit with a lobby error the moment I attempted to log in. Other people on preferred worlds had similar log in errors; with houses gone within 15 minutes. Guess transferring doesn't accomplish anything.

[Welsper59]

I left Balmung and got hit with a lobby error the moment I attempted to log in. Other people on preferred worlds had similar log in errors; with houses gone within 15 minutes. Guess transferring doesn't accomplish anything.

You just haven't transferred hard enough.

[RosaLunaCelestia]

I wish only have Shirogane home style for where my fc is actually is :/

[Singularity]

I wish only have Shirogane home style for where my fc is actually is :/

You can build one of these special exteriors using a company workshop. Makes any house anywhere look Shirogane-ish

[Aronys]

This is just a silly argument. People have friends and attachments to their servers.
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I left Balmung and got hit with a lobby error the moment I attempted to log in. Other people on preferred worlds had similar log in errors; with houses gone within 15 minutes. Guess transferring doesn't accomplish anything.

I also left Balmung and went to a smaller server. In 2 weeks after leaving, both me and my friend who left with me found houses. We didn't have any lobby errors on Tuesday and I could have moved to Shirogane easily, had the money but I prefer Lavender Beds. My friend did move to Shirogane without any issues. We both left some of our friends behind on Balmung, but we still talk to them almost every day via Discord. When SB launched, we didn't have any issues logging in and were doing the new content without issues until we hit Raubahn EX, but that cleared in a few hours and we were able to continue without a hitch. At the same time, our friends were in a very long queue, they had to wait hoooours to actually log in in the first place. Last Tuesday, I logged in almost immediately, while our friends on Balmung again had issues.
Point is, there are servers that don't have these issues. I see you went to Cactuar, which is still a fairly large server, so those issues remained.