Restricting houses to one per account!!!

[Penthea]

It will free up like 50 houses to the 2000+ who need them. I don't think it's a solution at all, but I also don't think adding infinite wards is a solution either.

Again, similar was said about the demolition timer. A dent is a dent. I'd rather another small dent instead of nothing. It also seems more realistic to request dents given that SE seem determined to hang on to the ward system.

People will not want small houses, they'll want the medium+large houses

This depends on -why-. The main reason why I wanted a medium was so I could grow twice as many plants. I'd have been okay with a small if the limit on garden patches was the same for all sizes.

That being said I don't disagree with you entirely. Just saying that if the item-type cap is the same for all sizes then the demand for larger housing would drop at least a little.

[Tussin]

they could curb demand for alot if they added lots of quality of life changes outside of increasing wards etc.

it would be welcome. do the simple stuff first

[Acilith]

That being said I don't disagree with you entirely. Just saying that if the item-type cap is the same for all sizes then the demand for larger housing would drop at least a little.

Why else? To have more room to decorate. EVERYONE I know who got a small house, enjoyed it and was very happy for a few months.. and then nope. They wanted a larger house. If you're an RPer it's especially important to have a house.

I'm almost against the timer after relinquish because I definitely have just given houses away to people who couldn't make it beyond the queue. I made it, I got a house and I relinquished it at no fee to my friend for them to have a house as well. So that timer will hurt people who would get a house that way, but ultimately it would get rid of flippers.. possibly. If the timer were random and not easily just 'be here at this time for the house'.

[Penthea]

Why else? To have more room to decorate.

I literally just told you another reason but if you want to forget I even said that okay.

EVERYONE I know who got a small house, enjoyed it and was very happy for a few months.. and then nope. They wanted a larger house. If you're an RPer it's especially important to have a house.

I'm not saying I don't understand why people don't want a larger home. I'm saying that if the cap on certain furnishings was the same across all sizes then it would make it less crappy to own a smaller house. Certainly fcs could greatly benefit from being able to have three gardening patches regardless of house size.

I do think there should be an option to add extra rooms to both personal and fc houses. Players could pay a fee for an extension to their home to have a deeper or larger basement (so that it won't have to be visible from the outside). Again this would make living in a smaller home less crap.

[Tussin]

i would like all sized houses with the same/equal ability of garden plots. it's about fairness

[RitsukoSonoda]

I upgraded to a medium on my move to shirogane from a small in lavender beds mainly for more decorating space and options. The small ended up feeling a bit cramped after adding furnishings. I'd originally thought about going to a large but after seeing the inside of a large house when it wasn't packed full of furnishings I said nope knowing full well I'd start with much enthusiasm that would quickly dissipate due to the size of the space I need to cover and would have likely ended with just an emperor's throne in the center ground floor. XD

Had forgotten about increased garden plots. I'll have to add another

[Hestzhyen]

Real talk, they won't take away what people already have. That would piss off too many people to be worth it. You don't have to own multiple houses to be sympathetic to someone getting told to choose their favourite one because the rest are going to be sold to other people. But I wouldn't be surprised if they added restrictions going forward since, as others have said, it's not an IDEAL solution but it's easy, sensible, and will address some of the biggest issues right away. Hard to hoard or flip houses when your account is flagged for already owning a personal and an FC residence. If you see a ton of empty lots, help your friends get the home of their dreams! (You do have friends, right? :P)

OP wants SE to revamp the system entirely. That's fine, except the amount of resources that would take is probably not feasable. It's a design flaw that arose from good intentions but short-sighted implementation; originally being in an FC was the only way to get a house, but people wanted personal homes and SE caved to that pressure without adding extra space until much later. We've been dealing with the ramifications for a long time but it all came to a head in 4.1... and now that there's a ton of disappointment and ill-will going around they're finally getting off their butts and doing something about it.

For what it's worth, I don't really have a horse in this race. I have the home that belongs to my FC and that's it. I considered getting a small in Shirogane for myself and had the gil for it saved, but I'm glad I didn't try to go for one after seeing the fallout from that mess. If they revamp the housing system and make it so the plots aren't all snatched up within 10 minutes of servers going live somehow I might try for real though.

[Acilith]

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I definitely didn't ignore your reason, I was just adding to it. On most of the houses I've seen, there's absolutely nothing in the garden plot anyways. Nothing. And even if you don't RP, you can understand most people want more than an apartment/fc room/room that could be added to a friend's house. They want the actual house, understandably. Perhaps if tenants could remove the timer by entering a personal house I'd be more on board with the rooms in personal houses, but if someone goes away for a break and the house/room relinquish that can be a major bummer for people who invested in their friend's house.

And the outdoor furnishing limit is something they've already said would be difficult to increase. Now if we have a cap of interactive items before things vanish in our homes, perhaps having equal gardening plots would create too much of a strain on the server. Honestly wards should just be done away with.

[Titor]

Also, not all people that own multiple houses bought it directly from the server. Some people wanted multiple houses for RP and decoration and did buy second hand from other players at the gil going rate.

[Rokke]

Real talk, they won't take away what people already have. That would piss off too many people to be worth it. You don't have to own multiple houses to be sympathetic to someone getting told to choose their favourite one because the rest are going to be sold to other people.

tbh, if people are holding houses across their alts then the amount of actual accounts/people would likely not be "too many". It's one person paying $15 for 8 houses vs 4-8 people paying $15 for each house. And honestly I wouldn't be the least bit sympathetic for people having to pick between their plots ^^;

@OP -
Dynamic wards would be a dream here on Balmung, but if SE's solution to the original housing issue was to double down on the current crap system, I aint expecting them in 14's lifespan. Its true that limiting housing ownership won't completely solve the problem, nor will adding more wards... but if SE can prevent 2 people owning an entire ward it'll be a step in the right direction.