This game needs way more wards!

[Eriane_Elis]

Howsing is a means for FF14 to get more monthly subscribers since people don't want to lose their house. They won't ever change this because it keeps people like me subbed when I don't play just to prevent demolition since you can't have extra space without spending money to store your 300+ housing items, where many are event items that cannot be repurchased without real money. They really set it up so you are punished for not paying for your sub. Except well, right now since they suspended demolition assuming it doesn't glitch.

[Eldevern]

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It is a possibility but when I compare housing with other MMOs, housing in FFXIV is a bad rework of the Aion housing system without the auctions but with more wards.

The consequence is, for all players who wish housing as a QoL, a place for their collections, some kind of nest that can be personalized as it could be in Wildstar, they are totally ignored and then... have no reason the keep a sub active when they fed up with the roulette routine.

I have lost two mansions. The housing as the reason to keep a sub active sounds to me as a very wrong way to consider housing even with subscription matters. Aion show off without the show since... it is pretty easy to have the gils. The "personalization"? Well, the aesthetic by the designers and no way for players to be creative... unless they deal with some meaningless glitchs (some are nice, don't get me wrong, but some just look as a lazy development or... a total missunderstanding of what players can expect from housing) and mostly only for interiors.

To compare with Wildstar, the way SE consider housing is really rigid. It looks somehow like some boring district from a dormitory city.

Even the social aspect has been killed since they opened housing to individual, many many wards are just ghost towns.

[Missbone]

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I just wanted to mention that your char looks incredible cute.

Also i must admit that im one of those person who dont interupt their sub because i dont wanna lose my house.

[Doki]

Watch them make Ishguard require FC Rank 20 and cost 100mil base entry.

[LaylaTsarra]

Watch them make Ishguard require FC Rank 20 and cost 100mil base entry.

I doubt seriously they'll change the ownership/purchase requirements for Ishgard. I hope personally they give everyone a first shot at it and stop with the FC/Transfer only purchases which can last for months. It's totally unfair to first time home owners in my opinion.

[EaMett]

I doubt seriously they'll change the ownership/purchase requirements for Ishgard. I hope personally they give everyone a first shot at it and stop with the FC/Transfer only purchases which can last for months. It's totally unfair to first time home owners in my opinion.

FC/transfer first was something they implemented because the community requested it. In this very forum, and at a rate that was much higher than current ward/limit complaints. So I highly doubt they'll change it.
First time personal owners now have to fight their way into the system and then they can catch a break (ish).

[Seddrinth]

If you make it too accessible then the demand for housing will not be as high. The only reason I and many other people bought houses is because it's rare and many people want it. If everyone can easily buy it then people won't care as much, and it loses its appeal to many home buyers.

[Missbone]

If you make it too accessible then the demand for housing will not be as high. The only reason I and many other people bought houses is because it's rare and many people want it. If everyone can easily buy it then people won't care as much, and it loses its appeal to many home buyers.

I dont think your assumption is right, there other mmos where everyone can have a house and ppl never complaint about that. Most ppl still want a place for themself that they can call home, even if its not so exclusiv like in this game.

[MsQi]

If you make it too accessible then the demand for housing will not be as high. The only reason I and many other people bought houses is because it's rare and many people want it. If everyone can easily buy it then people won't care as much, and it loses its appeal to many home buyers.

Sounds like a win.

Also buying it isn't the issue. A lot of people can afford the price. Availability and/or the demolition mechanic stop them.

[Avidria]

If you make it too accessible then the demand for housing will not be as high. The only reason I and many other people bought houses is because it's rare and many people want it. If everyone can easily buy it then people won't care as much, and it loses its appeal to many home buyers.

I like housing because I like decorating, personalizing, and decorating with friends, and I like hanging out with friends and showing off what I built.

Plenty of players like me out there too, and they can't all get houses because there aren't enough of them.