Time to end the theft of home and bots - GIVE MORE WARDS-!

[EaMett]

That is a pretty fake achievement since :
1. gils are easy to make
2. the only achievement is to be connected the right time.
3. it keeps out some FCs and players who would have merit to have a house.

Nobody will praise someone who have a house when the only difficulty is this damn timer or to handle 90002 at the release of new wards.

In my opinion, it is even far worst : technically, housing is a pure fail, totally outdated, limited, rigid, not inspired. At first glance it can look cute but we quick realize the limits : little houses are too little, some glitchs don't make sense, houses are not evolutive (you can't change the shape, the number of floors, of rooms etc.).

I talk as someone who owned TWO mansions. And still, I thought it was too limited. Since the first day of housing release I'm disppointed. I expected something better from SE.

1. The entry gil requirement (for small) isn't bad but when it comes to larger plots, that kind of gil isn't easy to make for everyone, I wonder how many people posting here have 40m to spare.

2. No it's not about being on at the right time. It's about grinding placards to increase your chances. There's a bit of RNG and yeah you can get lucky by showing up and winning but that is necessary. If there was no RNG at all, anyone with a job or school or any IRL commitments would just never have access to housing at all. It would become a pure pvp mechanic and only the most dedicated would get housing, alienating anyone who can't commit crazy amounts of continuous game time from housing altogether.
But even with that RNG housing overwhelmingly rewards those who spend more time house hunting. Putting aside the terrible placard spamming mechanic the whole thing is actually decently balanced in terms of time/reward/opportunity.

Even if you look at it from a "come online when new ward is available" perspective. It still overwhelmingly rewards the people who spend extra time making sure patches are downloaded, who level the classes with movement perks (brd, nin, drg), who rehearse running to their plot, who are clever in choosing which plot they want, who put post-its on their screen to speed menu selection up, etc...
This isn't PVE, you're up against actual other players and are going to lose out to those who put more effort than you into it.

Also, you saying nobody is going to praise someone is a bit of a moot argument. This forum is full of posts of people being envious of house holders and wanting one so much that they actively petition for an overhaul of the system. If I were designing optional content meant to be limited in nature and rewarding when obtained I would look at these forums and present my results as a success in my next board meeting. Especially when knowing that 30-50% of the population had access to a house in one form or another. Just saying, it's working as intended. If you want change you need to argument against the premise, not the outcome (aka why housing for all would be superior to limited housing as a mechanic).


3. FCs get priority over everything currently. They can have multiple people on a placard increasing their odds significantly. They can also, just wait for extra wards if they missed the previous release and get first dibs. I don't think anyone really needs to take pity on FCs with the current setting.

You complain about the entire thing as is your right (and there is indeed plenty that could be improved), yet you still played housing enough to own not one but two mansions. Working well enough I would say. Definitely not broken to the point of requiring an overhaul.