An end to the camping timer. An end to resale. A return to...

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I have to agree with the other replies, making them more expensive doesnt actually make them more available at all, except for more rich players. It doesnt stop campers because the timer is the reason there are campers, and it doesnt increase availability because the wards are limited and added so in frequently. The demolition timer helps, sure. But an instanced house would be better than anything else suggested. The other suggestion, a monthly gil tax would help speed the process, but at a snails pace. Having owned a couple houses in the past, i dont personally care much for them as the benefits to me are pretty much solved being in a FC that has a house. But im not other players who want that part of the game they already pay a sub for, and to them it means a lot more than me for various reasons, rp house design, etc. Instance housing is the best solution in my opinion. It caters to the entire spectrum whether the player base grows by a million or shrinks, it doesnt cause people to flare up at each other, it removes a major stress element for paying customers who still dont get to enjoy all the game can offer, and it removes suggestions like raise the cieling for people to get one, even if theyve been paying a sub for years and still havent gotten one, If the wards are a big deal especially for the RP crown, maybe allow instanced linking, where players can make their own neighborhoods that are linked some kind of way to a limit. That would actually be a cool idea though it might require them to spend some time and resources on the idea of housing. Either way the current system isnt promoting much positivity, is only making the situation worse as time goes by.

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spend some time and resources on the idea of housing

That's the biggest barrier.

If instanced housing is around the corner, or the next ward expansion adds wards 25-80, then the problem is solved and this idea can be ignored. My suggestion is grounded in the current housing system since that is what we have to work with.

And again, it does indeed stop campers, I have said that I want to abolish the timer with this change. The house is walk-up-and-buy at 40 mil, and will drop a few mil in price per day until it's worth someone's while. If it's only worth it to you after 2 more devalues, you know to come back in 12 hours. There's nothing to click, so no more camp. You buy it when it hits your price, or you get outbid.

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That's the biggest barrier.

If instanced housing is around the corner, or the next ward expansion adds wards 25-80, then the problem is solved and this idea can be ignored. My suggestion is grounded in the current housing system since that is what we have to work with.

And again, it does indeed stop campers, I have said that I want to abolish the timer with this change. The house is walk-up-and-buy at 40 mil, and will drop a few mil in price per day until it's worth someone's while. If it's only worth it to you after 2 more devalues, you know to come back in 12 hours. There's nothing to click, so no more camp. You buy it when it hits your price, or you get outbid.

You can still do housing infinitely better by making it instanced. But sure, they can fix the timer if they do that as well as whatever else you say, doesnt improve on the housing as a whole in my opinion. Housing in this game is still 1 dimensional, besides people cleverly owning up entire wards to make their gingerbread neighborhood, or RP cafe district. You dont build the house wall by wall, you just put a precrafted shell on a precrafted foundation and plug a precrafted roof on top. Boring as hell, if you ask me. Luckilly clever designers have figured out ways to glitch in pieces here and there to create a more customized experience in such a bland system. But yeah charging more for a dull housing experience makes a lot of sense somehow, if you keeo willing yourself to believe that, i guess.