Idea: Premium Wards

[Doozer]

Honestly, the people in this thread love pulling out the $10 a month when X amount of money was an arbitrary pricing. It could be $10 a month for a large or $1 a month extra, the point was to entice SE to fix the problem.

If you are struggling to keep a roof over your head and food on the table, you should probably prioritize that instead of playing a subscription based game. You have much larger issues in your life then a virtual optional house you can't afford but other people can.

Poor people shouldn't have things? You sound like the people that throw tantrums when they see a poor person with an iPhone. You ever hear of disposable income? Do I have the literal dollars to pay extra fees per month? Sure, for a little while. Does that mean it's a good thing for SE to implement or for me to spend my spare cash on? No. Forcing artificial scarcity in a game and then making the rest available for real life money to those who didn't horde all the houses as soon as they became available is disgusting, no matter the price tag.

The majority of players don't want this because they wouldn't be able to benefit from it, so don't bother hoping SE will ever do it.

[Ftail]

Poor people shouldn't have things? You sound like the people that throw tantrums when they see a poor person with an iPhone. You ever hear of disposable income? Do I have the literal dollars to pay extra fees per month? Sure, for a little while. Does that mean it's a good thing for SE to implement or for me to spend my spare cash on? No. Forcing artificial scarcity in a game and then making the rest available for real life money to those who didn't horde all the houses as soon as they became available is disgusting, no matter the price tag.

The majority of players don't want this because they wouldn't be able to benefit from it, so don't bother hoping SE will ever do it.

Wow... I'm honestly baffled you could think it's acceptable to twist what I said into "Poor people shouldn't have things".

If someone is struggling to put a roof over their head and have any disposable income to spend, people should prioritize their own well being first. This isn't some sort of condescending attitude, it's common sense. If someone has extra cash to spend, they are free to spend it here or elsewhere.

Your comments make you sound incredibly jealous of anyone who's not struggling financially.

[Doozer]

Your comments make you sound incredibly jealous of anyone who's not struggling financially.

Wow... I'm honestly baffled you could think it's acceptable to twist what I said into "I'm jealous of anyone who's not struggling financially".

...Sounds stupid, doesn't it? You can see what I said a certain way and then base your whole argument on that if you want, but my point still stands: you can't just tell people to stop subbing to the game if they're poor. That's literally what you said. You said to maybe not play a game with a monthly sub and focus on more important things. That sounds like someone saying poor people shouldn't have things. If you didn't want it to sound that way, maybe consider phrasing it differently.

Also, honestly, basically saying "you're jealous I have money and you don't" is really tacky. I'm sure you'll say I based that off nothing, but your post is right there for everyone to see what I'm referring to.

You also ignored the one thing I said that was about the topic at hand, which is "people don't want this". Funny that it's the one thing you ignored.

[MomomiMomi]

$10/mo and your house still gets demolished? I have no words. I just can't.

[Burmecia]

If the space was limited, like in normal wards, this would not help or fix housing shortage at all. True, I'd love my housing to be tied to my subscription (paying sub = keeps auto-demo off) but that'd be but most minor quality of life improvement.
More whining and wailing would follow, like with normal wards. Eventually Premium warders would begin wondering. "Why again I am paying real money for what thousands or normal M/L house owners enjoy free??" Then even they would begin complaining.
Business as usual.

[Liam_Harper]

I'd be very against more premium content in this game when we already have a cash shop with about 1000 items and pay premium for inventory space and alts, which are default in other games. Accepting premium wards means they no longer have to make "free" ones.

FF14 is not short of revenue either, the game is plenty profitable. They're simply funneling the funds from it into bigger projects like ff7-R. Giving them more won't change that.

[CoffeeBuns]

No thanks. I already pay for a sub, I shouldn't have to pay more for a damn house.

[ERMITANYO]

Improved apartments like really designer aesthetics and functionality, that is readilly available for purchase for everyone having completed the quest for housing eligibility, even subject to auto demolition but owner of the demolished property can repurchase a new apartment upon resubbing.

[Lalarrific]

I'd rather not have FFXIV turn into ESO. Once we start paying real money for houses, it's only a matter of time before $150 super-duper premium houses start being offered.