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

[Awha]

No, FC housing and personal housing are distinct.

Besides when there's only total of 330,325 FCs worldwide (going by https://www.xivhousing.com/ ) and somewhere between 647,345 to 4,885,698 active characters (which is likely exceedingly low because https://ffxivcensus.com/ was operating the assumption that the active players and there's not another public source for active characters), yet 265,668 personal houses to 126,012 FC houses worldwide.

In other words, we shouldn't delete the majority of land holders (the personal houses) just to satisfy the minority.

However, if SE starts segregating wards in the future, the shell FC issue is going to be causing problems for the legitimate FCs:

That is fair but if housing is a finite supply and we buy into the premise that Shell FC's are a problem shouldn't we try to maximize the use per plot to best of our ability to make the most out of each plot of land.

[Almagnus1]

That is fair but if housing is a finite supply and we buy into the premise that Shell FC's are a problem shouldn't we try to maximize the use per plot to best of our ability to make the most out of each plot of land.

That sounds good on paper, but in practice most members in FCs don't have access to decorations (much less gardening or the workshop) so to get them involved in housing they really need their own house. It really boils down to having your play experience gated by someone else, or being able to do whatever you want to with the property without having to get someone else's approval.

[Awha]

That sounds good on paper, but in practice most members in FCs don't have access to decorations (much less gardening or the workshop) so to get them involved in housing they really need their own house. It really boils down to having your play experience gated by someone else, or being able to do whatever you want to with the property without having to get someone else's approval.

So it is not so much about maximizing use per plot but to maximize the personal experience? if that is the case then is their anything really wrong with shell FC's? They both are just trying to maximize their own personal experience.