Horrifyingly bad experience

[Roda]

As a homeowner and someone with an fc with a house, I'd gladly give up both of those plots to have the housing system completely scrapped and re-done in a more enjoyable manner.

[Jojoya]

Would it truly destroy server stability to add maybe 3-5 wards on extremely congested worlds/servers? It seems like just that small gesture would alleviate a lot of complaints. If something like this is out of reach, they need to invest in some sort of overhaul of what they are running on. I know this isn't a simple process, but this game is pulling how much a month? Put a bit more back in I say!

If it's not a server thing, then maybe they intend for this kind of exclusivity? I don't get it, but I'm not the one in charge or know what's going on.

Edit: This is happening in 5.1, lmao. wewlad. Well, if the problem persists on especially populated worlds, they should consider adding more. Just correct the problem as it arises.

They can't add wards only to certain worlds. It's all worlds or no worlds. If they could limit it only to the worlds that needed more wards, things would be in better shape.

[ERMITANYO]

Hopefully the Ishgardian Firmament hosts a form of instanced housing that will serve as a starter home for everyone in the FFXIV community, that is appealing and functional.

As a homeowner and someone with an fc with a house, I'd gladly give up both of those plots to have the housing system completely scrapped and re-done in a more enjoyable manner.

[Vulcann]

Wife and I just got a house last night i still hate this and think the whole system is a bunch of garbage and needs to be redone. terrible design choice.

[Roda]

Housing reborn, lets do this.

HOA comes in wearing bahamut costumes wielding baseball bats.

[EnigmaticDodo]

They can't add wards only to certain worlds. It's all worlds or no worlds. If they could limit it only to the worlds that needed more wards, things would be in better shape.

Why can't it be done to only certain worlds? Did they specify why?

[KayRadley]

One word.

Apartments.

[Kenky]

Why can't it be done to only certain worlds? Did they specify why?

How the servers are set up. If one server gets X, then they all need to get X, because they're all running on the same system. On top of that, SE probably doesn't want to (And neither do many companies nowadays) make choices that could hurt them in the long run.

Think about it. If you want a house in the game, why not move to one of the few servers that has 10+ more wards than other servers? That would cause congestion and we go right back to servers crashing entire data-centers, because of how many people are on there. It would be counter-intuitive and straight-up landmine-to-face catastrophe.

The only servers (That I know of) that are having the "housing crisis" are the US ones and some EU. Adding more wards wouldn't fix the issue we're having, only delay it while also causing another issue on the other data-centers, further diluting the housing market there and making it all the more of a deserted, unused waste of code and HDD space on the servers. It may not be much, but it adds up and I can only hope SE knows that wasting space is a huge no-no

But nobody really cares about those ramifications, now do they? They don't play on <Insert Oceanic server here> so they couldn't care how their state is. They only focus on what affects THEM personally. Sucks, huh?

[ERMITANYO]

Implementation of improved apartment systems that are aesthetically pleasing and functional, continuation of the housing district and ward system as a limited resource but attainable with some competition, implementation of, per service account 1 plotted house per world only.

[Vahlnir]

One word.

Apartments.

3 words.

Not the same.

Apartments are just FC rooms without the FC requirement. A small, compact space that, while giving the basic features of housing (decorating) it doesn't go far enough. Is it better than nothing? Oh yeah, definitely. Is it the same as regular housing? Not even close. Apartments are far more limited in that they don't allow for outdoor furnishing and customization, as well as providing an extremely small space for people to work with.