Major changes needed for housing

[Tommara]

I think it's fair to say that the devs designed the system intentionally with a specific vision of what they wanted housing to be like (the neighborhood thing) but not to say they intentionally designed it to be a problem for players. That runs counter to so many of the other things they do and say.

Yes, I agree, because I don't believe the devs are incompetent at all. FF14 has the most competent devs I've ever seen in an MMO. I've loved their games since I first encountered them on an 8-bit Nintendo. I was shocked when they made me cry over the twin mages turning themselves into stone to prevent a party wipe. My reaction was that I needed to step away from games for a bit for taking them so seriously.

That obviously didn't last long. I can't even listen to Chronotrigger's Schala's theme without feeling sad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJxrAHuk7Q Their ability to suck me into the story has never been equaled and Schala's theme is without equal as the best music I've ever heard in video game, despite it being a midi. OK, so Horizon Zero Dawns' non-midi Meridian is close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czMIP79Xr9o but almost seems inspired by Schala's theme, although I can't put my finger on why.

But housing, meh. I can't get sucked into it because I've known much better. I just find it annoying without any real benefit and refuse to take part.

So while no doubt FF14 housing is working as intended, it's just not working for me. I just find it absurd.