How to combat housing resellers and make it fair for everyone

[Lillycookie]

Just lock the lots for 48 hours after they became free. Then open them at a random time in the following 24 hours. That gives everyone a chance.
Alternatively it would be possible to let people register for the lot and do a lottery.

That would make reselling impossible and still everyone had a chance to get the lot.

[Chocolys]

That would not make it impossible. Someone could buy the house as a temporary FC then sell (as in transfer ownership of) the FC.

I don't know why but I have the feeling that SE has something up his sleeve with the incoming Stormblood expansion about housing availability issues.

[Lillycookie]

You are right. But it would make it much easier since you dont just make a rank 6 company just like that.
Also they could make it that you need rank 8 to buy a house for the FC.

[Chocolys]

Oh it requires Rank 6 now?, I was not aware of that.

[Critical-Limit]

That would and might cause a situation where people start camping lots.

I don't want to camp lots.

Maybe set it off at a specific time to let people know it'll be up for bid. And let people blind bid.

Since the Gil isn't going to a player still. At least you won't have plot resellers.

Just an idea. I know the flaw with this is rich people can bid high.

[StouterTaru]

So a system where a few dozen people sit in one place, waiting on something to spawn, and the one with the best bot claims it?

That's a much better system than people with more money having nicer things.

[MikeWW]

The fairest way would be to make housing no longer a rare resource. Every week or two weeks, have a script analyze if more than 98% of homes are taken. If yes, then add new ward+subdivision. If during the next week or two week period, more than 98% of homes are taken, add TWO more wards+subdivisions. Next period, THREE. Keep doing this until there are more homes than players+people trying to buy to resell.

I assure you, this will cost less than 1/100th of the cost to do the car pushing simulator part of FF15, and make many times more people happier.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

You are right. But it would make it much easier since you dont just make a rank 6 company just like that.
Also they could make it that you need rank 8 to buy a house for the FC.

Rank 6 only takes 2-3 days. If this were to be implemented people would just level them up in preparation.

[Ichirai]

...That's a much better system than people with more money having nicer things.

Welcome to real life!

[Besame]

Auto-demolish after 45 days is ridiculous anyway. My swtor fortresses , 4 of them and my housing on wildstar are always available because those games used sense and a good enjin setting up the game. I am able to take a break when I wish from games to make it more fun. In this cheesy game, there are no seperate instanced single housing. If I leave here for a few months off like people sometimes do, I will never be back because of my house loss.