Shell FCs are a bigger problem than we think...

[UkcsAlias]

Housing should just have paid wards (which in turn also enables people to buy any size). This money can be used to get more servers with it (sure, maintenance wise this might still add some costs at some point, but usualy at that point servers should be more efficient). This therefor should then be sustainable.

Free wards then still have the advantage that a player never paid for it. But this is more legacy (maybe you can even make houses in old wards cost money at that point), and you could always give the paid houses extra advantages (better farming).

This then also disrupts the RMT market massively. Because why would you buy a house from them if SE is already providing the option reliably?

Only those shell FCs that just lock out a large house then can have the advantage of having ward 1, and therefor being a bit more visible.

The only problem is that the hardware can be an issue to obtain. Which was the issue we had a while ago.

Islands would already provide the free method of housing anyway, so its not like they will be missing out on everything.

[Illmaeran]

Housing should just have paid wards (which in turn also enables people to buy any size).

I would happily pay $20 US for a medium plot that would be mine until the day the servers are taken down; no matter how long of a break I take. Even if I stop playing the day after buying it and only come back the day the servers go down, it's still there in my name. That would be completely worth it for me. Hell, I might even buy one for my alt too!

Having a single "free" plot (the kind we have now) per account with as many premium plots as one's willing to pay for seems a reasonable option to me.

[ElysiumDragon]

I'd have no objection to paying an increased sub fee if it meant I could own a Medium House for as long as I paid the fee. Not just as a lump sum, but as a maintenance fee to keep the servers running.

I know people generally dislike 'cash shops', but the 'free' option isn't working at this point, and I think SE need to seriously consider the possibility.

[Besame]

I'd have no objection to paying an increased sub fee if it meant I could own a Medium House for as long as I paid the fee. Not just as a lump sum, but as a maintenance fee to keep the servers running.

I know people generally dislike 'cash shops', but the 'free' option isn't working at this point, and I think SE need to seriously consider the possibility.

Playable content has always included housing in the description. Many have been unable to utilize housing as part of the monthly sub we pay for. If they start charging for a house, perhaps next they can charge so much per dungeon or x-amount for special crafting receipes...no??? um hmmm. didn't think so In their inept short-sightedness, SE did not think out of the box when planning for housing. Most likely, they did not think it would be so popular but guess what? Now, it is up to them to back up what is promised in the playable content description.

[BrokentoothMarch]

I'd have no objection to paying an increased sub fee if it meant I could own a Medium House for as long as I paid the fee. Not just as a lump sum, but as a maintenance fee to keep the servers running.

I know people generally dislike 'cash shops', but the 'free' option isn't working at this point, and I think SE need to seriously consider the possibility.

I would be against this. I came in this game with the advertisement promising a shot at housing with my fee. To essentially do that and then go "No, sorry. Actually you gotta pay more!" screams utterly gross. My opinions on the cash shop are poor as is, I'd hate to add false advertising to bandaid the devs incompetence.

Then again, they are keen on bandaiding everything.

[MistyMew]

Housing needs to be 100% instanced from here on out.
FC and personal

Auto demolition must be revoked, its a very shady thing to do to ACTIVE subs..really sketchy

Housing MUST be avail for ALL characters (not just 1 /service account)
They have had since 2014 to realize and adjust what the entire player base has figured out within the first year of housing.

I love housing, one of the things I enjoy the most in FFXIV is to decorate . I am happy it is here!!
But it must be for all, every last player and FC. the limitations need to go.

Other games have done it, this 2 billion dollar $$ company can as well.

Instanced housing offered should be all M to L and possibly XL, with vastly increased item limit, indoor gardens and a separate room we can enter (barn sort of thing) for chocobo levelling and color changes

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[Hugh_Mercer]

How many FC's have I helped in terms of loans in gil? To make housing a paid service as well will anger me to no end. I have invested so much time into this game already; spent so much already. I do not care about anything else in the game. I don't even know the characters names in the plot except the dragon (dungeon boss). I literally brought this game for nothing else; it's the only mmo I heard of with housing with this par of customization and personal flair.

It's almost been a year straight of me playing and trying to get my house; I've complained so much in shout and public and homies think it's a joke. It's cruel cruel fate, the game HAD to recommend Balmung to be my starting server. But at this point I dont care anymore, if I can't have my fucking plot, none of you guys should either. That god damn simple.

[ForbiddenMonk]

It's almost been a year straight of me playing and trying to get my house; I've complained so much in shout and public and homies think it's a joke. It's cruel cruel fate, the game HAD to recommend Balmung to be my starting server. But at this point I dont care anymore, if I can't have my fucking plot, none of you guys should either. That god damn simple.

Behold, the byproduct of the "Participation awards".