Tips on getting your first house or getting a relocation in 5.35

**Jojoya** · 10-13-2020 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by Vultureann1

Will you see that you are in a queue? Or do you have to guess and hope you are in one?

It will look like you're starting to load then it will send you back to the character page with a window listing your place in queue.

DO NOT HIT CANCEL. That will start you all over again in queue. From past experience, about 150-200 players are loaded into the game every minute if a queue is active.

Originally Posted by Spareme

If SE cannot be bothered to make enough plots available I do not see why I should be paying.

Because there's a lot more to the game than just housing. If you're only playing the game because you wanted a house, you're a rare player and honestly made a bad choice for your game. There are other MMOs with better housing systems (though their other game play is lacking in a lot of ways).

Considering Spriggan is one of the lowest population servers, I don't think you'll have a problem getting a house.

Originally Posted by SweetPete

I don’t think it automatically turns green but what you can do to refresh it without closing it out is to click on the server status then click back over to login and that should refresh it. I believe that should work. If anyone else knows for sure hopefully they will respond to this post. Good luck.

This is what I generally do.

Originally Posted by Pimsan20

Do we know when the update ends? From what I heard it will be around 12:00 AM, around the time everyone is working. But will it be longer since the housing is involved? If so, will it be around 15:00?

It depends on your local time. Maintenance is scheduled to end at 3 am Pacific Daylight Time. You'll need to convert that to your local time.

It shouldn't be longer just because housing is involved. It's generally come up on time in the past though there's always the chance there will be some problem with maintenance that might delay it a little.

Originally Posted by AphraelAmarantha

So how does one get the money for a house? I noticed that even a small house has a starting purchase price of 3mil. O.o I only have 2.5 mil.

By playing the game, of course. That's not a lot of gil though it might seem like a lot to a low level character.

All those little bits of gil you get for playing any content except Gold Saucer start adding up rapidly if you don't spend it. Roulettes, challenge logs, treasure maps, FATEs, leves, beast tribe dailies - all reward gil that will add up quickly the more you play.

Sell any items you've got sitting in your inventory or on retainers that you don't need immediately. You want the gil now and can always get more of those items later. Also make certain you've got your retainers going out on ventures to get more items to sell.

When it comes to spending your gil, ask yourself if you need that item more than you want a house. If you're buying items off the MB, make certain that there's not a Shop Selling Price that is less than what the item is listed for on the MB. If there is, buy the item from the vendor instead. If you don't have access to the vendor, ask a friend to buy it for you and give them the gil.

Avoid paying Aetheryte fees when possible. You can buy Aetheryte tickets with Allied Seals at your Grand Company's Hunt Master or Centurio Seals at the hunt vendor in Ishgard if you have the Hunt unlocked and you do the daily and weekly hunt bills (or Masked Carnival on Blue Mage in the case of Allied Seals). Considering how much teleporting we do, using the tickets can easily save 5-10k gil a day. Again may not seem like much compared to a house purchase price but everything together will start adding up quickly.

**Arazehl** · 10-13-2020 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by AphraelAmarantha

So how does one get the money for a house? I noticed that even a small house has a starting purchase price of 3mil. O.o I only have 2.5 mil.

There are dozens of ways to earn gil. The most widely used is gathering and crafting. Other ways is farming things in dungeons that are sellable or via msq as you can get gear that you won't use. Many things that you can kill in the open world drop materials that crafters use such as skins, resins, wools etc... The point is to have your retainers full of sellable items and get a flow of income going. You can see what is worth selling by watching your server's marketboard. My suggestion is start by starting a gathering class or two.

**Arazehl** · 10-13-2020 07:08 AM

Another thing to note is that the servers will not come back online earlier than schedule time listed. Even if they are done patching hours ahead of schedule. It's like the starting gates for a horse race, no false starts.

**Nekaru_Infitima** · 10-13-2020 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Arazehl

There are dozens of ways to earn gil. The most widely used is gathering and crafting. Other ways is farming things in dungeons that are sellable or via msq as you can get gear that you won't use. Many things that you can kill in the open world drop materials that crafters use such as skins, resins, wools etc... The point is to have your retainers full of sellable items and get a flow of income going. You can see what is worth selling by watching your server's marketboard. My suggestion is start by starting a gathering class or two.

That is not as easy as you make it out to be. I've been farming, gathering, crafting and selling all the last 2 weeks to be ready for the housing. I only have just under a mill so far. Got two tail feathers from desynths tonight, but too late to sell sadly.

But yeah it's only easy if bots don't run your MB like they do here in Zalera.

**Arazehl** · 10-13-2020 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Nekaru_Infitima

That is not as easy as you make it out to be. I've been farming, gathering, crafting and selling all the last 2 weeks to be ready for the housing. I only have just under a mill so far. Got two tail feathers from desynths tonight, but too late to sell sadly.

But yeah it's only easy if bots don't run your MB like they do here in Zalera.

Well yeah, 2 weeks is not nearly enough time to earn 3 to 4 million gil needed to be a private home owner. I mean most were pretty sure the new housing will be coming out with the start of the Ishgard restoration. The official confirmation came out on 8/28/2020 regarding the new wards. Ishgard housing will be coming out too. A whole new housing district. It's always about planning, saving and timing. As I said I wish everyone could get a house this go around, but there will be another opportunity.

**Aniona** · 10-13-2020 02:25 PM

I've done 5 mills on MB with 24 hours..
So, it's easy to make 3 mil in 2 weeks.

**BehindTheFlowers** · 10-13-2020 08:51 PM

If they redid the housing system and overhauled it completely.
All this redicolousness would not be needed.

I suggest a redo of the whole thing instead of all those steps just to have a faint sense of a chance to get a plot.

**ItMe** · 10-13-2020 09:00 PM

These tips helped my fiance get a house and my buddy get back the Shirogane plot he had when he was playing in a different data center.
Thanks OP.

**Catstab** · 10-14-2020 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by ItMe

These tips helped my fiance get a house and my buddy get back the Shirogane plot he had when he was playing in a different data center.
Thanks OP.

You're welcome! I got really into housing earlier this year to score my dream plot. What I learned is that housing has a simple rule set that is VERY unforgiving. New wards once a year or so. Camps that are hundreds of hours long for some. I wanted to spread my knowledge around to some folks who don't focus on housing like I do, so they could enjoy the system without all the suffering.

**Sshado** · 10-14-2020 03:06 AM

Originally Posted by Spareme

I made the decision when the notes hit, if I miss out on a house because I work for a living I will cancel my subscription.
Waited too long and tried to many times on the waster timer to ever want to go through that again. If SE cannot be bothered to make enough plots available I do not see why I should be paying.

I am with you on this one. My sub is canceled and I'm done with this game. I've spent the last 8 months trying to get a house with the auto-demo timer disabled. Now that the wards are released, I log in today as soon as I could only to find they're all taken. The only remaining ones already have timers on them.

If they can't be bothered to fix the timer problem or add enough plots then I can't be bothered to pay.

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