Relo mechanics are Cancer

[Divinemights]

So... what about the players looking at the properties left behind from the relos and Oceanic transfers?

If you think about how the housing system works for more than a microsecond it will become blindingly obvious that those are the people that I have been referring to.... NOT the ones going after the Ishgardian properties.

What about it?
If 18 plots open up after Oceanic servers and there will still be 18 plots remains after relocation is done.
Nothing is changed.
Unless there is a Large or Medium open, people rarely relocate from Small to Small, get over with it.

[Almagnus1]

Yoshi P commented at fan fest that changes to relocation would be considered thanks to the cries of alarmists on the forums. Your theory is interesting, though. Perhaps you are merely projecting.

Nah, I'm banking on SE being smart enough to thoroughly think through the consequences of whatever they are going to try because of the problems they have seen been created by what they have implemented... so they aren't going to do things (like delete the relo system) that would make it worse. Some of the forum posters on the other hand....

What about it?
If 18 plots open up after Oceanic servers and there will still be 18 plots remains after relocation is done.
Nothing is changed.
Unless there is a Large or Medium open, people rarely relocate from Small to Small, get over with it.

And what about the people that relo into a large or medium in Ishgard from a medium or large house elsewhere?

How do you know there aren't people bound for the Oceanic data center that are currently occupying a medium or large housing plot?

Do you have data on relos?

[Divinemights]

Nah, I'm banking on SE being smart enough to thoroughly think through the consequences of whatever they are going to try because of the problems they have seen been created by what they have implemented... so they aren't going to do things (like delete the relo system) that would make it worse. Some of the forum posters on the other hand....
And what about the people that relo into a large or medium in Ishgard from a medium or large house elsewhere?
How do you know there aren't people bound for the Oceanic data center that are currently occupying a medium or large housing plot?
Do you have data on relos?

Which part of wait and see you requires further clarification?
No one has the data beside SE and SE already not taking it as an issue that requires to concern.
Who are you to declare it is a "cancer"?

[Catstab]

I'm banking on SE being smart enough to thoroughly think through the consequences of whatever they are going to try

All love to SE, they made a lovely game. But to expect them to consider all ramifications of a decision before going through with it is not realistic. The housing system has been one reactive change after another.

Housing came out as FC only originally. Players demanded personals and SE said ok. SE promised that personals would be in their own separate wards so that FC and personal housing would not compete and interfere with one another. This proved impossible and was never done.

Housing was originally priced with FCs and omnicrafters in mind, 40-600 million gil at the placard! Players begged for a price cut. Yoshi P said that if prices were lower, then the rich players would buy collections. We said that sounded worth it to us if we got our savings. So house pricing went down by 90% and now everyone could afford one, and some people could afford dozens.

Housing was originally allowed to alt characters. You could have 8 personals per server if you wanted. Not everyone chooses to play alts, but for those that did, this was completely and totally allowed. SE in 2018 realized that if housing was going to be a prestige item, players should not be allowed to build such a large collection. They adjusted the size of future collections, and wisely chose to leave existing collections intact rather than upset valued customers. That said, some people continue to believe this decision was made in error. Some of these detractors respond with forum feedback opposing the decision, some just launch harassment campaigns against their fellow players in game or on social media over it.

So you could say there have been a few mistakes along the way. I'd say that makes it a safe bet there are a few more in our future.