Adressing the roots of the housing problem

[Nihility]

It's just my personal opinion, but they should of at least left small houses be available for purchase from both FC's and player's seeking personal housing from the get-go. It makes sense to apply the "FC's first then individual housing second" to Larges and Mediums, but as there are far more Smalls than the other two in any given ward, it makes more sense to at least leave Small plots to both options of purchase the moment it is available to buy. Other than that, I have no other complaint with the system changes for housing.

ultimately i think your going to see a ton of micro fc's pop up so people can buy fc houses as personal plots

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

ultimately i think your going to see a ton of micro fc's pop up so people can buy fc houses as personal plots

The safeguard for that is that those micro FCs would need to reach the rank to own a house first. So "overnight FCs" aren't gonna be an issue.

[LaylaTsarra]

The safeguard for that is that those micro FCs would need to reach the rank to own a house first. So "overnight FCs" aren't gonna be an issue.

They have two to three weeks to level them. I'm not an expert on leveling a FC but I know we lost 3 people in our FC since the announcement who left to help someone who just started one for the purpose of getting a house. They aren't going to flip it but I'm sure there are lots who are probably doing the same thing.

[worldofneil]

The safeguard for that is that those micro FCs would need to reach the rank to own a house first. So "overnight FCs" aren't gonna be an issue.

It's really not that hard to level an FC to rank 6. I've done it once in 7 *hours* and I'm sure there are people who have done it even faster than that.

All it takes is a lot of (quick)crafting and handing in to grand company.

[Darrcyphfeid]

All it takes is a lot of (quick)crafting and handing in to grand company.

Yup, you earn points both for the craft and for the turn-in. Alternatively, you could probably just unsync run lv51-59 dungeons (solo or in a group) in 5~7 minutes, pop the chests along the way, get the guaranteed drop for clearing (1~4 items depending on number of people involved) and turn the gear in. Not sure which is faster.

I believe the 48 (24? can't remember) hour timer is still in place - that is, you can't establish a new FC until 48 hours after you leave an FC - but that's the only bottleneck. You don't even need multiple high level characters since you can just place a lv1 alt as the FC master, drop your main, wait 48 hours and do the process again.

[MomomiMomi]

The safeguard for that is that those micro FCs would need to reach the rank to own a house first. So "overnight FCs" aren't gonna be an issue.

I've done it solo in a single day. Overnight FCs are definitely a thing.