We should be able to rent out our houses

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Because having a house in a populated server is a status symbol

Is it? No one can even see you own a house.

I've never seen anyone go "WOW, You own a HOUSE?!

[Edax]

Because having a house in a populated server is a status symbol

Nobody cares.

[Barraind]

Nobody cares.

Is it? No one can even see you own a house.

There are many, many threads on these forums alone that would suggest people do care.

[Edax]

There are many, many threads on these forums alone that would suggest people do care.

I've seen thousands of cries for instanced housing, which no longer make homes status symbols. I've seen no on the forums demanding to own a house for the sake of status.

[Roda]

I've seen thousands of cries for instanced housing, which no longer make homes status symbols. I've seen no on the forums demanding to own a house for the sake of status.

I mean you have, it's just all those people that go into the request threads insisting that the current system is working fine.
I'm not saying their reasoning is in any way valid, but those demands do exist.


Edit: Oops broke my promise to myself and now I have to do the disclaimer.

Obvious bait thread.

[Sylve]

I wouldn't mind having the option to do this, some extra gil coming in and giving my friends a place to rent till they can find thier own.

Or you know, They could just not buy plots they don't intend to use so there is more for those that DO want a house.

Crazy how that works.

The housing situation would get even worse in this sort of situation, since now people would be encouraged to buy out as many wards worth of plots as they can get their grubby paws on because they can turn a big profit just renting to those who would have owned it outright themselves, had someone else not bought it with the intent to letting someone else "borrow" it for a fee.

[hydralus]

I thought you could already make someone a tenant?

[DragonFlyy]

I mean you have, it's just all those people that go into the request threads insisting that the current system is working fine.
I'm not saying their reasoning is in any way valid, but those demands do exist.


Edit: Oops broke my promise to myself and now I have to do the disclaimer.

Obvious bait thread.

I've never seen anyone say the system is fine. Ever.

[hydralus]

I've never seen anyone say the system is fine. Ever.

The system is fine. Been fine with it for 3 years. I'm never going to make a thread saying that, though.

[ElciaDeiLinus]

The solution to not having enough homes for players isn't to give players an excuse to hold even more properties hostage. You start this and everyone will just want to grab a home to use it to try to make money- it just makes the system even more garbage for everyone who just wants to have a house to enjoy.