What actual statements has the dev team made about the "housing crisis"?

[pixcat]

I am a new player, and I came in for Shadowbringers after technically owning the game for ~2 years. The MMO I played previously had a great housing system, and I heard about how great 14's was and that became a big goal of mine. Like apparently many, I'm incredibly disheartened by how broken the current system is. I pay my sub like everyone else, but I don't have 72 free hours to spam click a placard.

A lot of information about what SE's up to regarding housing is really spread out all over the place. I was just wondering if anyone has a resource that contains actual quotes from the dev team rather than vague paraphrasing?

Similarly, is the most likely option really having to wait another two years for potential new housing with the next expansion? Or is that just pessimistic gossip?

[Dustytome]

We don't have any concrete info on a new housing zone other than rumors. Zero timeline has been given either. They did say they would be looking over housing after release to see what they could do going forward. I believe it was from one of the last couple live letters, but you'll have to watch through them on twitch or youtube to see exactly how they said it themselves.

[Mew_FC]

There are servers where housing is readily available. You can always purchase someone's FC and inherit from the house attached to it aswell. There are options out there for people who are smart about how they spend their free time...

This "housing crisis" doesn't seem to affect the Japanese servers. As a result, there hasn't been any announcement regarding potential "relief".

Will SE come out with a new housing area? No one knows.
Will SE add more wards within existing city-states? No one knows.

[Addicted]

I don't know where you read that XIV has a great housing system, but you got lied to.

[MaybeOliverB]

We're not bypassing any rules. It's not our problem if Square Enix quietly removed the temporary restriction on how many FC houses you can own. Literally anyone can go out there and do the exact same thing at this very moment.

Know your stuff.

[Caitsithhh]

Gottem! Hahahaha!!!

[Kayetiln]

Threads like this cause so many issues.

Getting upset at someone for not breaking the rules is ridiculous. You should be upset at Square for taking your money and making you angry. You literally pay them to piss you off at this point. You feel everyone should have one house. Square Enix doesn't seem to agree. There is only two tools that can help you. Convey what you are frustrated with, then stop paying SE. That is the point of a free market.

[Wulfyn]

Most people don't like braggarts and those who like to pour salt in wounds. In the end SE handled housing poorly and still is doing so. I guess that's what happens when you take money away from one game to dump elsewhere including cash shop sales I'd wager. At least in FFXI everyone every character had a mog room to decorate in their home nation of choice. Inns were used when you were visiting a different nation. The number of planting pots we could have was limited to our how much "storage" we had in our individual mog rooms, so I don't get the limits for planters honestly.

[Silhouettic]

There are servers where housing is readily available. You can always purchase someone's FC and inherit from the house attached to it aswell. There are options out there for people who are smart about how they spend their free time...

This "housing crisis" doesn't seem to affect the Japanese servers. As a result, there hasn't been any announcement regarding potential "relief".

As someone playing on a JP server, yes, it does affect us. I lucked out with my house, but that doesn't mean that a lot of people here miss out consistently. If there's any difference in the availability, it's because less people on JP servers are being self-absorbed in their housing purchases and are happy to just have one.

[MaybeOliverB]

As someone playing on a JP server, yes, it does affect us. I lucked out with my house, but that doesn't mean that a lot of people here miss out consistently. If there's any difference in the availability, it's because less people on JP servers are being self-absorbed in their housing purchases and are happy to just have one.

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