So SE.. Hows your new wards working out?

[k99]

Not sure if you meant this at my comment, but Faerie isn't one of the high-population servers. Based on the censuses we tend to be about average population compared to the other North American servers. Just a problem with a couple players controlling too much of the market.

Sorry to confuse, was just a general comment.

[Jojoya]

Haven't checked recently, but many of the Faerie plots were quickly bought up.

Doesn't help that entire blocks of houses in the new districts were bought up by the same 4-5 people rolling alts to found free companies and buy them all up before private sales were allowed, something that has really angered me as a loophole people are still exploiting. I kind of wish they didn't announce the restrictions to housing purchases before implementing them. It gave people too much time to create alts and buy up more houses before everything went into place.

Doesn't help them if they waited until 4.2's release to do it or unless they pay for multiple accounts. The one private house and one FC house per world per account restriction saw to that.

The only ones benefitting are those who were grandfathered in because they purchased prior to 4.2.

[wereotter]

Doesn't help them if they waited until 4.2's release to do it or unless they pay for multiple accounts. The one private house and one FC house per world per account restriction saw to that.

The only ones benefitting are those who were grandfathered in because they purchased prior to 4.2.

These people created alts specifically so they could have the alts form and then delete people from free companies so it's all free companies of 1 person, and then that "free company" is buying a house while the limitation was in effect for individual purchases. Entire blocks were bought up by just a handful of people doing exactly this. It let them circumvent the 1 house limit since none of them were personal houses, and let them buy up the wards since individuals weren't competing for the plots.

[Krojack]

If only there was a way to instantly add virtual land. You know as wards fill up it can instantly add a new one?

There is zero excuses why they need to limit housing. I see some FCs that own nearly half a ward. Personally I would give a 3 month notice that anyone that owns more than 1 plot will have to pay a 25% of the plots value in a tax for each plot over 1 each month. People that own 12 plots will have to pay this tax on 11 of them.

[Lissandra]

I'm on Balmung myself and I am tired of hearing these same complaints over and over from people on my server (whether they are a fresh transfer, alts, etc). If there was a dislike button, I'd hit it every time for these types of threads. Please, do some research and realize we are still the largest population-wise so if you're in it for a house, you're not gonna have much luck this late into the game... unless SE does another batch of wards so you can have a chance at it.

I am also in agreement with others from different servers that SE should not add more wards for our server simply because we are larger.

[Kittypryde]

Extra retainers, if you craft and sell alot, is one of the best ways to make a TON of Gil. I have 8 retainers on my main that are always fully stocked, with lowest prices on MB. I also have several alts with some retainers for a total of 36 retainers, each with fully stocked retainers. It's good for an easy 3-8m Gil a day in pure profit, just from selling stuff, no ventures.

[Madbunny]

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Agree with everything. Not to mention expensive items what sells in small batches, e.g. 1 to 10 items per stack. Of course you can sell bigger quantities but who will buy it if to build the item you need just few of them and they are expensive. And this is not all, there are tons of reasons why retainers are pay-to-win what should be unacceptable for the game with monthly subscription. So i think players should make pressure on SE about this subject and their greedy practice. One thing is cosmetics for RL money but if you gain advantage over other players buy paying something with RL money then its called pay-to-win.

[silverlunarfox]

if you gain advantage over other players buy paying something with RL money then its called pay-to-win.

If having alot of gil is the end goal of the game...perhaps.

Most (note there is NOT an actual definition on pay-to-win it varies per person) people find the definition is paying to gain a clear and unquestionable advantage in finishing a game or defeating other players (Battlefront is the biggest and grossest example of where things were specifically gated toward a pay-to-win theme aside from every mobile game on the planet)

I don't really see how gil would be, unless its to get the best crafted gear each time around... *shrugs* However that is venturing into off-topic territory. Perhaps you should make a topic on it.

This is about housing and the current structure.

[Kurando]

And this is not all, there are tons of reasons why retainers are pay-to-win what should be unacceptable for the game with monthly subscription. So i think players should make pressure on SE about this subject and their greedy practice. One thing is cosmetics for RL money but if you gain advantage over other players buy paying something with RL money then its called pay-to-win.

This is kinda going off topic about housing.... But how are additional retainer's pay to win? They don't effect the game in anyway way, they don't do the content for you or give your character any extra advantage except more inventory space which not everyone needs anyway. I think you said you might make another thread about it so probably best to move it there.

[Alyanna_Elingval]

if you gain advantage over other players buy paying something with RL money then its called pay-to-win[/B].

One last comment and I'm done about retainers. This person isn;t making millions of gil because of retainers, they're making millions of gil because they took the time to level gatherers and crafters, and then took the time to gather or make enough items to fill up 160 selling slots. I make anywhere from 1 - 4 million a day using just two sometimes three retainers to sell. But since I spend some much time crafting it hasn't stopped me from having less mounts than most people, a lower item level because I don't do dungeons and trials as much to get the highest level gear and a bunch of tomestones. People who craft a lot are going to always have more gil, since that's pretty much all we're talking about here than people who don't. Whether they have two retainers or eight.

Apologies for going off topic.