A possible solution to the housing system that wouldn't be too hard to do, maybe...

[AnnaRosa]

Did visit the interior of all homes with public access from all residential areas in this server and created characters to visit in other servers.

To visit house interior decoration from random players is my favorite hobby in game pecifically large/medium house.

So if you ever see me there do not feel offended am contemplating your solutions and enjoying your virtual home decor, once went into a Large house decor which was a labyrinth got lost inside the house to no way out there was only one NPC at the door very doctor like style it was the creepiest and funny experience ever had.

Yes! visit your random player virtual home often. Yes! Am a fan of your virtual home decor!

Did one server in one week and would do it again with no problem is what give me mojo.

What give me motive is the fact that do not know you or will ever know you but still you give public access so random players like me can see your virtual home decor.

[Eriane_Elis]

^ I just remembered something important. Sometimes you just don't want everyone to visit your house. Perhaps just your friends or all of your FC mates but not random people and especially not people whom you have blacklisted. This is something that hasn't been implemented yet and I feel like it's overdue. They may not put too much more effort in the housing system but I would at least love to throw in simple changes that would make the world the difference in owning a house.

So something like:

[ Permission ]
[X] Permit Friends to visit house
[X] Permit Free Company Members to visit house
[ ] Permit strangers to visit house
[ ] Those permitted may use food
[X] Those permitted may interact with NPC
[X] Those permitted may interact with Objects

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[mangelinabrolee]

Just expand the server more or make there be an optional charge monthly for a premium house in a ward ran by the money from the users.

[feol]

I REALLY think they should be doing something about this. On my server, Mateus, I have a queue time to even LOG IN in the daytime if that gives you an idea of how saturated it is. Being an RP server, a lot of people want houses.

There's even an FC that owns an entire ward of houses because they got them before they changed the way housing works, which... is entirely unfair to the TONS of people who would probably like to have a house to begin with. If the housing was just instanced in a different way, this wouldn't have to be an issue.

I'm tired of having to camp for 8-12 hours for a housing plot to open up, only for someone to snatch it up right in front of me. I pay for this game monthly. This is a feature I of the game I was looking forward to, and put the work into unlocking.

But because the management of this feature is so BAD, I can't even use a feature of this game that I PAY FOR MONTHLY. It's INCREDIBLY frustrating to have all nighters clicking a placard over and over and over, only to have it all be in vain.

FIX. THIS. PLEASE.

[AprilRain]

I am a returning player who has played on and off since the original launch, I've worked and saved hard to be able to get a house, main reason is I want to dye my chocoba, but it would also be nice to have a place that's my own personal place in the game.

Right now they is 1 plot on Cerberus available, I camped it with a few folk last night for 2 hours and got up this morning at 5am but its still on the timer.

I did not know how this worked till last night, but from the perspective from a returning player this so broken its untrue from a quick google hearing of people camping these up to 15 hours plus and then loosing in a click lottery is pretty disgusting, having to camp signs in the hope of securing a house is not playing a game but pure torture and taking you away from what you should be doing which is having fun.

If you have funds then you should be able to purchase a house its that simple, they should be a 1000 wards if needed, or instanced at half the price.

I have really re-fallen for the game and I have been putting some serious time into it, but not being able to get a house and experience that side of the game when I pay a sub like everyone else puts a big dampener on it.

[Enla]

I REALLY think they should be doing something about this. On my server, Mateus, I have a queue time to even LOG IN in the daytime if that gives you an idea of how saturated it is. Being an RP server, a lot of people want houses.

There's even an FC that owns an entire ward of houses because they got them before they changed the way housing works, which... is entirely unfair to the TONS of people who would probably like to have a house to begin with. If the housing was just instanced in a different way, this wouldn't have to be an issue.

I'm tired of having to camp for 8-12 hours for a housing plot to open up, only for someone to snatch it up right in front of me. I pay for this game monthly. This is a feature I of the game I was looking forward to, and put the work into unlocking.

But because the management of this feature is so BAD, I can't even use a feature of this game that I PAY FOR MONTHLY. It's INCREDIBLY frustrating to have all nighters clicking a placard over and over and over, only to have it all be in vain.

FIX. THIS. PLEASE.

Wait that FC /still/ has their houses? I'm surprised no one has been able to bribe them to relinquish some of the ward...

[Krotoan]

Their prices are gonna be sky high now that they cannot get them back or do that again.. also i remember something about that bunch specifically wanting a ward all to themselves.

[AnnaRosa]

For those that didn't checked unfortunately there are no houses available in Ragnarok today not even small plots only aps.

^ I just remembered something important. Sometimes you just don't want everyone to visit your house. Perhaps just your friends or all of your FC mates but not random people and especially not people whom you have blacklisted. This is something that hasn't been implemented yet and I feel like it's overdue. They may not put too much more effort in the housing system but I would at least love to throw in simple changes that would make the world the difference in owning a house.
(...) [Blacklist FC]
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Its easy you have restrict the access to the other players if your house is FC will only allow your FC buddies to go visit, no big deal at all.
Or you can plan a schedule and open the house for your friends and FC buddies go in and restrict the access right after, the restrict option you can use it freely and whenever you decide you don't have a cool down for it.
Fortunately I will only visit virtual houses where the players give public access, not yours and don't even have character in your server or will have for that matter.

Their prices are gonna be sky high now that they cannot get them back or do that again.. also i remember something about that bunch specifically wanting a ward all to themselves.

In Ragnarok so you have more or less an idea they are requesting around 75.000.000 gil in game for dead FC with Small Plot, around 175.000.000 gil for dead FC with Medium Plot and around 300.000.000 gil for dead FC with Large plot but believe these prices are practiced around the other EU data center because have seen adds for Moogle and Cerberus servers some requesting exactly the same prices.

I REALLY think they should be doing something about this. On my server, Mateus, I have a queue time to even LOG IN in the daytime if that gives you an idea of how saturated it is. Being an RP server, a lot of people want houses.
There's even an FC that owns an entire ward of houses because they got them before they changed the way housing works, which... is entirely unfair to the TONS of people who would probably like to have a house to begin with. If the housing was just instanced in a different way, this wouldn't have to be an issue.
I'm tired of having to camp for 8-12 hours for a housing plot to open up, only for someone to snatch it up right in front of me. I pay for this game monthly. This is a feature I of the game I was looking forward to, and put the work into unlocking.

In Ragnarok we also experienced queue during day time in the following days of 15th April also during the free transfers time there were a lot of small plots available but there were also recently joined players who got the chance to buy their small plots, unfortunately a few players suffered with that placard spam seen people camp those houses for like 12+ hours in a busy state.
Right now am starting to believe that you and the others who suggest instanced houses might be correct as long as doesn't affect those who already have their plot or their FC plot.
Curiously have seen that happen before there is one FC that owns 32 plots of different sizes divided by two wards.

Wait that FC /still/ has their houses? I'm surprised no one has been able to bribe them to relinquish some of the ward...

In Ragnarok happens the same one FC owns 32 houses divided by two districts in Mist and some of the houses are empty not even decorated.

Just expand the server more or make there be an optional charge monthly for a premium house in a ward ran by the money from the users.

Wouldn't mind at all as long as it's a feasible price but again would not be easy to estimate such price due to EU data center servers because those have players from different countries and Europe might be the most heterogeneous continent regarding their different political/economic systems and social inequalities even within neighbor countries, it's like you dealing with completely different social realities

[AprilRain]

I am a returning player who has played on and off since the original launch, I've worked and saved hard to be able to get a house, main reason is I want to dye my chocoba, but it would also be nice to have a place that's my own personal place in the game.

Right now they is 1 plot on Cerberus available, I camped it with a few folk last night for 2 hours and got up this morning at 5am but its still on the timer.

I did not know how this worked till last night, but from the perspective from a returning player this so broken its untrue from a quick google hearing of people camping these up to 15 hours plus and then loosing in a click lottery is pretty disgusting, having to camp signs in the hope of securing a house is not playing a game but pure torture and taking you away from what you should be doing which is having fun.

If you have funds then you should be able to purchase a house its that simple, they should be a 1000 wards if needed, or instanced at half the price.

I have really re-fallen for the game and I have been putting some serious time into it, but not being able to get a house and experience that side of the game when I pay a sub like everyone else puts a big dampener on it.

So I camped 2 hours late into last night, got up early and camped it another 3 hours till I had to take my wife to work.

Came back and its gone with a house planted there "Utter bollo***!!!!!!!"

Please fix this extremely bad game experience! terrible! so pissed off! so angry!

[Lihtleita]

Instead of demolishing old houses, simply transfer them into instanced housing.

Simple. Everyone is happy as everyone gets a house and people who enjoy Wards get to continue to enjoy Wards.

why not just modify the current apartment system to allow the same large, medium and small housing sizes plus some kind of balcony/roof instance for garden furnishings