Quote Originally Posted by NanaWiloh View Post
How does treating everyone in the FC as owning the FC house open more loopholes??
Copypasta from another thread, bolded part is most relevant:

Quote Originally Posted by Darrcyphfeid View Post
It's pretty straightforward. For simplicity, we have Players A, B, C, D and E.
  1. Player A has Master status in eight Rank 6+ FCs on their eight characters. Players B, C and D have characters in each of those FCs. This satisfies the 4-person requirement for FC house eligibility, and any additional caveats (4 characters on unique service IDs).
  2. Player A purchases Plot 1. Players A, B, C and D are now no longer eligible to purchase FC houses.
  3. Player A kicks Players B, C and D from FC-1. Players B, C and D are now eligible to purchase FC houses.
  4. Player A invites Player E to FC-1. Player A gives Master status to Player E. Player A leaves FC-1 and is now eligible to purchase FC houses.
  5. Player E now owns a single-character FC and is no longer eligible to purchase FC houses. Because no checks will be done on grandfathered estates to remove them, and because checks would punish any FC that drops below 4 members for any length of time (even 3 very active people), it is assumed no checks will be done on Player E.
  6. Player A-2 purchases Plot 2. Players A, B, C and D are now no longer eligible to purchase FC houses.
  7. Player A-2 kicks Players B-2, C-2 and D-2 from FC-2.
  8. Player A-2 invites Player E-2 to their FC. Player A-2 gives Master status to Player E-2. Player A-2 leaves their FC.
  9. Player E-2 now owns 2 FCs with houses and remains ineligible to purchase FC houses.

Just continue that until Player E owns 8 FC houses. All purchased post-4.2. All legitimately, all largely uncontested.
Quote Originally Posted by Darrcyphfeid View Post
- Player E isn't buying those plots, so until the point of Player E-2 being given Master status they shouldn't be stopped.
- Player E-2 and beyond own FC plots, but technically so too do countless not-jerky-people. If you can't purchase an FC on an alt while your main is in a different FC, then the game counts your main as owning an FC. If you're in an FC on your main and your alt, as far as the game is concerned, you already "own" two FCs. And so, continuing that logical process, there's no difference between Player E and any other player.
- People that are being grandfathered in will own multiple FCs, and the system doesn't seem to be doing anything to them - they specifically say that people owning multiple free company estates can freely relocate (so, no checks there). Unless, perhaps, the person chooses to pass Master status to someone else - then we're in the above scenarios again.