My experience with housing

[RodP]

Hello everyone.

I'd like to give feedback on the housing system as I've been trying to get a house but it is just way too difficult and painful.
I am somewhat of a new player, I've played for 6 months now. For 6 months I have enjoyed every single thing I've done so far in the game. It's the first time I've had a bad time playing this.

tl;dr: Life and Play Time wasted, I felt like I was in war with people.

Yesterday after the maintenance a plot was left open to buy in the ward where my FC's house is. I've been wanting a house there for some time now and I've been saving for weeks just to get it. I went to buy it but it wasn't ready to purchase. So I waited. As I was waiting, several people came to get it as well. We were there for 5 hours trying to get it just for a person to come and relocate their house.

I am sorry if this comes across as ranty, I know the devs are doing their best to keep the game the best they can but this was just awful. While trying to purchase the plot I even got a person trying to trade with me just to bother me with the trading window popping up. This is my main complaint. I don't think that for owning a game you should be granted a house, but the problem comes when trying to get a house feels like I'm clashing with people.

Not only that, a person told me that if I wanted a plot in specific I should go get one anywhere and then when the one I want gets free, relocate there. That means paying for 2 houses.

As of now It's been almost a day since the maintenance and I'm trying to get a house to relocate in the future - with people coming to te same plot I've been waiting for to open for hours.

Again, I really appreciate what the devs do for us but I really felt like sharing this so maybe they could improve it. I really hope my message gets to them and some day they make it so no one has to go through this anymore.

[Mew_FC]

Square Enix has lowered the costs of housing by 5 times (or more) since housing has been released. Players ended up complaining about other players reselling houses and now this is what players like you have to go through. Let's give a good round of applause to those people who wanted to change a system that worked perfectly fine. /clap

[Brynne]

I feel for you, OP. Seems like everyone has an opinion about what 'caused' the housing situation in this game, but when it comes down to it, the system is just broken. I hope that SE will take a good hard look at it after ShB drops and they have some time to do so, rather than just throwing more wards in and hoping that quiets people down for a while. The game is growing, and this system is not flexible enough to accommodate that.

[DrWho2010]

they wanted to have the "neighborhood" type feel to it. it's gone on for too long now to go back and wipe it all and start over as a different system. Yoshi-p has stated in interviews that if there was one thing he wishes he could do over again it would be housing. but now they're stuck with the system they felt that they wanted to have. just going to have to accept it.

[Besame]

I think setting your character as 'busy" stops the trade window trick.

[LaylaTsarra]

I think setting your character as 'busy" stops the trade window trick.

That doesn't make much difference in my opinion with an random timer. It is important however when new wards are released and all homes are open to purchase.

[ERMITANYO]

An apartment with the convenience of a plotted house, just minus the neighborhood set up, to act as a starter home untill the opportunity presents itself to acquire a house with a plot.

[Canadane]

Not only that, a person told me that if I wanted a plot in specific I should go get one anywhere and then when the one I want gets free, relocate there. That means paying for 2 houses.

You get the majority of the first plot back when you relocate.

[Mew_FC]

You get the majority of the first plot back when you relocate.

Absolutely not, you get 30% of the minimal value.

[ERMITANYO]

This interview has some info. about housing concerns.

Please see link: https://youtu.be/7dKI-p6ZAwM

Written version:

https://gamerescape.com/2019/06/16/e...naoki-yoshida/