Quote Originally Posted by Seleni View Post
I agree that they need to advertise apartments better. Outside blogs did a better job advertising apartments for them. But I don’t think lowering of GC requirement is going to help much. You can save up 500k much more easily than 3 millions, but many people still opted to join the house-hunting savage without bothering with apartments.
Of course they're going to go straight to house hunting when the game plays up how wonderful houses are but doesn't mention apartments. When the only housing other players want to talk about is a house because they're "good" but not about apartments because they're "bad".

I'm not expecting every player to go "hey, apartments are perfect, I don't want a house after all" but making apartments accessible faster than houses can lead to more satisfaction with apartments. Dropping GC rank needed for apartments and FC private champers would help create a gap the player can use to explore the features apartments offer before they decide if they want to spend another 3+ million to get a house.

Best case scenario is that demand for houses decreases as some players decide that apartments offer all they really need. Worst case scenario is that demand remains unchanged from what it is now.

Of course, for me this is dependent on whether SE is going to remain stubborn and stick with the ward system as is or if they're going to fix the housing system so every player that wants a house is able to get one. I'd still rather see everyone with a house or at the very least apartments with house-size interiors to choose from.

(Also, an inn room isn't housing any more than the WoW Garrisons are housing. Housing needs to be customizable by the player. We're not getting it just to have a bed to log out on.)