Quote Originally Posted by MsMisato View Post
New job/tradeskill - Eorzean Real Estate Broker.

While this sounds like a good idea this will make the RMT scene even worse than it is.
Problem is, people are clearly circumventing any intention by simply "selling Free Companies with house". For many players, that is their only recourse for actually TRYING to get a house. There's no doubt, the Devs had good intentions, but players who want a house (which is clearly a lot of them, for good reason: FFXIV has a pretty awesome housing system!), they're obviously going to find any sort of workaround they can exploit.

If they wanted to nip it in the bud, then they could at least make my proposed changes to "Free Company housing". That would render it literally impossible to "trade" or "sell" houses. I personally prefer the ability to sell/trade houses, since I recognize I got EXTREMELY lucky to have gotten a house, and were I still without one, I would probably be incredibly frustrated I would have to rely ENTIRELY on luck to acquire one. At least by allowing players to Sell or Trade the deed to a plot, it gives players SOME kind of outlet. Heck, maybe it could include an additional gold-sink (ie. "Transferring ownership of a house incurs an additional 1mil fee from each party" or something like that).

Also, something else I wouldn't mind seeing added:

- Removing the "RANDOM timer" for Players without houses already. It's cool to give Home-owners a little extra priority to Relocate to a new plot, but I feel like it should be a static timer. Whether it's something short like a 2-hour window, or even something crazy like a 24-hour window, I don't think players should be stuck waiting around and clicking on a sign, HOPING to purchase a house for HOURS ON-END. Make it a static timer, and SHOW that timer, so players can actually enjoy their time without stressing out. "Okay, that house isn't going to even be AVAILABLE to purchase for another three hours, I'll just set an alarm and check back like 5 min before the timer expires, and then home for the best".

Frankly, the current system is just incredibly stress-inducing, and I don't see any reason why a static, visible timer would be a bad idea. Although if there is a reason, let me know! I might just not be thinking clearly, haha.