Housing Frustrations

[Jojoya]

So, to put it bluntly, last time we had new wards all the houses, and I mean ALL the houses were gone in less than 10 minutes. My FC had worked up the money for a Large and we were gonna buy one as soon as new plots came out but because we didn't have the best internet and the grace of God himself we got nothing. Is this an okay system? To encourage so much extreme competition that people harm themselves over? People have lost sleep for the purchase timers as well. Frankly I'm sick of seeing this fester in the community and am extremely disappointed to hear that Ishgard will be similar if not the same. Is this just how the game is going to play? If you want a little place to your community to hang with friends you have to forego sleep, food, drink, and bathroom to have an ideal chance for? Please give us instanced housing, or revise the system in such a way that does not so severely limit housing availability. And no, I do not take apartments as an acceptable solution because they are tiny ass little rooms that cost 300k a piece, not a place for friends to hang out and interact. Am I the only one who feels this angrily about housing at the moment? Do Yoshida and co. not care enough/don't have the ability to resolve this?

I don't feel angry.

I am very disappointed that SE refuses to learn from the past and continues to make the same mistakes by sticking to a ward system that doesn't meet the needs of the player base..

Hopefully when Ishgard opens a year from now. SE will implement the personal purchase moratorium so FCs will be able to get a house without difficulty. In the meantime, keep an eye out for housing becoming available through demolition. Hopefully your FC will be able to get one sooner instead of later.

And you're very wrong if you think an apartment can't be a place for friends to hang out and interact. They absolutely can. We had a sizeable chunk of our FC sitting together and chatting in the FC room of one of my alts while we were watching the Announcement Showcase Friday night and those are the exact same size as apartments. It just takes a bit of creativity to make them into a place where people want to hang out.

Yes it is just how it's going to play.
Their solution to the problem seems to be to throw space at it until it's enough. And considering Ishgard Housing is still about a year out... I don't think it's fair to expect instanced housing anytime soon.

Doesn't seem like they have the ability to resolve this.
If they could have given us instances housing, I imagine they would have instead of giving us new wards and Ishgard Housing.

They've got the ability to resolve it. The foundation is already part of the housing system in all the house interiors, FC rooms and apartments that already are instanced.

What's confusing is why they continue to refuse to expand on it.