Let's Talk Housing

[Angellos]

As most of us are painfully aware, trying to obtain a house either for personal use or FC use is next to impossible on high population servers such as Gilgamesh, Balmung and Mateus.

The wards that have been added were full within minutes on those servers and they will be filled again (Within minutes) come the release of 5.1. It's long overdue that we get a more reliable answer to the housing problem on those servers.

Of course we can argue the finer points but I think we all agree that it would be nice for new FC's to have a chance at housing and for solitary players to also have a chance. There have been many suggestions made ranging from FC only wards, to adding in limitless instanced wards for those who don't mind instanced housing.

Whatever the case may be, we KNOW that SE can add more wards whenever they so choose. It's been very clearly stated that it isn't an issue. So why are wards being added so slowly? With what, 14+ million subscribers there shouldn't possibly be a funding issue if it's a matter of server space allocation/server load.

I for one feel that it's high time we receive regular ward expansions (And by regular, I mean every single update if necessary.)

Or we add instanced housing wards for those of us who don't care that we have instanced housing. I think the Devs would find most of us just don't care - as most MMORPG housing IS instanced in every other game. We're already used to instanced housing and it WORKED.

Do you have other ideas to solve the problem? Should players who own more than one personal house per server be forced to just pick ONE and receive a refund on the default purchase price on the others to free up space? Considering some players own ENTIRE WARDS of housing?

We need to come up with solutions because new FCs only have 1-2 chances per EXPANSION to try and get a house for themselves and it just isn't fair, nor does it feel good.

[RyuSaarva]

last time they added houses on phoenix, there were houses available for weeks if I remember correctly and people are selling their houses on party finder everyday.

[Barraind]

Housing isnt a huge issue on the JP servers, so they dont see it as a big enough issue.

They like to combine that with forgetting the JP playerbase is smaller and has 25% more housing than NA has.

[Angellos]

last time they added houses on phoenix, there were houses available for weeks if I remember correctly and people are selling their houses on party finder everyday.

I wish that I could say that this stood true for higher population servers. Go to Mateus or Balmung. I'm almost willing to bet there are NO houses open. (The rare house opens on Mateus regularly, but usually, every single plot is taken.)

if we can hold an American Company to the standard of serving the JP community as well as they serve the NA community, can we not hold a JP company to the same standard? We do make up a HUGE portion of their player base.

[Big_Bap]

You have to be highly disingenuous to pretend that any servers got even close to the house cap the last time wards were released.

[Angellos]

You have to be highly disingenuous to pretend that any servers got even close to the house cap the last time wards were released.

Mateus and Balmung were 100% full - ARE, 100% full. If you don't believe me, feel free to go look for yourself.

[Enla]

Mateus and Balmung were 100% full - ARE, 100% full. If you don't believe me, feel free to go look for yourself.

And the game just got a population boom from what we can tell, necessitating the addition of more houses especially for any new free companies that cropped up.

[Hanayumi]

Mateus and Balmung were 100% full - ARE, 100% full. If you don't believe me, feel free to go look for yourself.

Actually Mateus had a few empty lots open for a pretty long while when they last added wards, all large and mediums were taken of course but there plenty of smalls left until they removed the FC only restriction. They just posted something about it recently and looks like they're planning to do the same with new wards after 5.1.
"Please note, however, that sales of plots in wards 19 through 21 will be restricted to Free Companies for a limited time."
Also a long while back Devs mentioned that they're trying to figure out a way to improve apartments, larger versions and such, think once they do we'll see less housing issues as apartment should basically end up as "personal homes."

[Krojack]

last time they added houses on phoenix, there were houses available for weeks if I remember correctly and people are selling their houses on party finder everyday.

There are still a lot of servers that instantly sell out of plots within 24 hours once they open up. I'm on one of them.

[Elladie]

Lets talk housing on one of the multiple threads already talking housing perhaps? Especially since you're not saying anything that isn't already being said on those threads ....