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

[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.

[Aniona]

You now..people wouldn't cry if additionally 12 wards (at least) would be added.
3 additional wards it's not serious at all.

[LaylaTsarra]

You now..people wouldn't cry if additionally 12 wards would be added.
3 additional wards it's not serious at all.

They should have added 6 wards per server it would have done a lot to relieve the stress. As it is they added 48,960 homes on 68 servers. They should have at least doubled that. Some servers still have houses. That doesn't help high pop servers however.

When Ishgard comes on line I suspect we'll see not only that housing district but additional wards added in each of the other residential areas. I also suspect that more wards could potentially be coming with 5.4.

[Warkupo]

I hope Yoshi P feels particularly ashamed about this. The Housing System is downright abusive; expecting your players to camp 24+ hours (as I did today) in order to get the slim possibility at a House is absolutely the worst housing system in any MMO ever. You needed to fix the problem several years ago but the best you can do is complain about server costs. Get it together. Pathetic.

[PrinceThrash]

I've played this game for years. I've done endgame content, crafting, leveled multiple classes to max. I truly love this game. All I want is a house. The system is broken. And you can tell me that they're working on it, or I need to camp more often or longer. I have a job and kids. I don't have the time for that. Everyone knows the housing system is broken. THIS GAME IS 13 YEARS OLD..... You're telling me it takes longer than that to figure out housing in an mmo!?!? No excuse anymore. I've unsubbed. Square Enix is clearly content with having the housing stay as is. I'll come back if they ever add instanced housing or some other fix. They won't ever address it unless more people do what I'm doing now. PS5 is coming out and plenty of new games. I'll miss FFXIV, but I wont be bored.

[Terin]

I'm gonna be honest; while I totally understand the disappointment and frustration, people really need to back off the personal jabs at the Devs. They ADDED MORE Housing, they shouldn't be taking grief because "it isn't enough".

That said, I've suggested numerous improvements myself, as I definitely think there are a lot of ways to improve. I can't find my previous thread (which I guess was thrown into this thread?), but I think my suggestions would help enormously.

Either way, I definitely hope they're able to continue making improvements.

[Almagnus1]

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.

And this is why I want SE to completely kill off the shell FC housing (by forcing all FCs that do not have at least four active subscriptions to release their houses) and also end grandfathering of the personal houses. That would make it harder to do stuff like this.

[DrWho2010]

they will be adding more housing it's just covid threw a wrench into the works.