Nope you didn't add enough plots SE...

[Elamys]

I initially supported the timer system as I naively thought it would help combat plot flippers. However, time has shown this is not the case. The timer didn't stop flippers. It just changed who got the house initially and who bought it. It just gets sold as FCs or to relocators now.

The system does nothing but punish legitimate players who actually put in the effort to sit at the placard for hours on end, not knowing if they will lose the plot just by going to the bathroom or getting up to eat. And while no house is more important than your health, good luck getting one if you actually attend to your needs - taking time away to rest your eyes, stretch, go for a walk, is time that you could potentially lose the plot you just spent 10 hours camping. As a result you are stuck dealing with elbow, finger, and wrist pain from clicking over and over. Those who run bots to auto click are more likely to get the plot than a real person.

I knew they weren't adding many houses this time around so I was prepared for this eventuality. However, I think the timer is the most egregious thing this game has ever done. When I tell people who don't play about what you have to do to get a house in this game, they are shocked. They can't fathom why any company would do this to its players, and continue to leave it in when time has shown it does not do what it was intended to.

At this point, remove the timer. If people buy houses to resell, so be it. They're doing that anyways. I know of several people who banded together in groups and made shell FCs to grab as many plots to resell to relocators/FCs as possible, at insanely marked up prices. Just stop punishing real players.

[ADVSS]

I initially supported the timer system as I naively thought it would help combat plot flippers. However, time has shown this is not the case. The timer didn't stop flippers. It just changed who got the house initially and who bought it. It just gets sold as FCs or to relocators now.

The system does nothing but punish legitimate players who actually put in the effort to sit at the placard for hours on end, not knowing if they will lose the plot just by going to the bathroom or getting up to eat. And while no house is more important than your health, good luck getting one if you actually attend to your needs - taking time away to rest your eyes, stretch, go for a walk, is time that you could potentially lose the plot you just spent 10 hours camping. As a result you are stuck dealing with elbow, finger, and wrist pain from clicking over and over. Those who run bots to auto click are more likely to get the plot than a real person.

I knew they weren't adding many houses this time around so I was prepared for this eventuality. However, I think the timer is the most egregious thing this game has ever done. When I tell people who don't play about what you have to do to get a house in this game, they are shocked. They can't fathom why any company would do this to its players, and continue to leave it in when time has shown it does not do what it was intended to.

At this point, remove the timer. If people buy houses to resell, so be it. They're doing that anyways. I know of several people who banded together in groups and made shell FCs to grab as many plots to resell to relocators/FCs as possible, at insanely marked up prices. Just stop punishing real players.

This one so much. My FC mate was trying to just get a plot that was up all weekend before the rush, and it eventually got sold while everyone was offline/couldnt wait for days/week for it to be available. Patch happens, we did get a small house, but due to the server congestion at log in. All larges were gone within minutes Personally I see nothing wrong with instance housing for individuals or FC or both. If I had my pick though, id go for FC instances due to several factors: theres more for an FC riding on whether they have a house or not, it means doing airships or not at all. Or creating actions that are FC specific with the wheel or not at all. Honestly its those two things, plus FC houses allow the members to at least get a room they can decorate, if they dont have millions for a house or an apartment. Still on the camp for instance housing in general, the whole neighborhood feel loses its luster for me over what benefits and instance could proovide if SE looked at it seriously and took ideas from other games(like gathering nodes in back yard, etc)

[CheshaSolttiri]

I'm adding my frustration to this also. I never post here, I'm usually more than content with this games features but enough is enough...

NOBODY CARES ABOUT PUBLIC HOUSING!

If this have cannot handle is terrible spaghetti code enough to have more than just 41 instances of the same zone... Just make it instanced, or allow people to upgrade adjustments with bigger spaces and actual patios and windows and use of outdoor furniture.

Better yet redo the whole thing 1.0 style because it's trash.

[Arielen]

The absolute state of FFXIV housing is that you can dredge up a 3 year old thread and it's still relevant.

[Seddrinth]

You want to be able to buy a house, clear an ultimate. You want medium, clear 2 ultimates. You want to buy a large? Must have cleared all 3 ultimates. This is after all, called the Housing Ultimate.

[Hatfright]

Instanced housing is the answer. Also, being able to use the same house on multiple characters on one server.
The best one I've seen is SWTOR and ESO. You can have multiple houses on your "legacy" for all your characters on the same server to share. If you only need one house for storage and some privacy, get one and be happy. If you need a different house for every character for RP reasons, go for it and be happy again.
Having neighbors can be a nice experience, but in no way it beats having actually working system with little to no flaws.

[NamidaIro]

3 years passed and housing system is still a trash. Thank you SE. I quit the game because I don't want to waste any time and my sub in this stupid clicking game.

[Aniona]

It's awful..
13:00 patch goes live, I was #88, got in. 3 ppl at the plot of my dream. Get the plot that I DIDN't wanted. And there is NO possibility that I'll get midium plot of my dream..
Just waste of time..
House Auto-demolition feature should be resume.

[PewPewPewPewPew]

OP go their wish. SE moved their post to the "Cry endlessly into a pillow about housing" section with all the other similar posts.