No longer want to play if I can't get a house

[Theodric]

Or you could simply keep expectations at a level a little lower than 'House or bust' if you decide to try and purchase a plot.

I'm lucky enough to own a mansion, so I'm not speaking from the perspective of bias.

The housing system is awful. Making an entire portion of the game which receives active development based on RNG is a very questionable approach. We have other MMO's out there - such as ESO - which provide player housing to every player who desires it. FFXIV should have embraced an instanced housing system long ago because it's the sort of thing a lot of people consider a necessity in this day and age in games that offer the equivalent of the feature.

As time has gone on, it has become harder rather than easier for people to acquire a house. So I can completely understand the desire for people to throw in the towel at this point.

[Stormpeaks]

I'm lucky enough to own a mansion, so I'm not speaking from the perspective of bias.

The housing system is awful. Making an entire portion of the game which receives active development based on RNG is a very questionable approach. We have other MMO's out there - such as ESO - which provide player housing to every player who desires it. FFXIV should have embraced an instanced housing system long ago because it's the sort of thing a lot of people consider a necessity in this day and age in games that offer the equivalent of the feature.

As time has gone on, it has become harder rather than easier for people to acquire a house. So I can completely understand the desire for people to throw in the towel at this point.

Agreed, despite what she says, housing is a massive part of the game for a lot of people, that includes me, so I can feel for people who like it and are simply unable to get a house at all, the system was atrocious already with the placard camping, instant relo was decent-ish, but the lottery system really does take the cake, this is the absolutely worst system there ever was, you get 3 chances at a house monthly, which will probably end up with 100 or more tickets on them, it's basically impossible after the first 2 or 3 waves to get anything at all, and even in those first waves, you are still agaisnt 10 people or more so its all RNG.

[Ransu]

Should he expect "I'm never going to get a house because there's 50 tickets or more on it" because of this atrocious system ?

Yes, because the housing system was clearly never intended for everyone to have one and its original intent was definitely meant for FC's only.

[Stormpeaks]

Yes, because the housing system was clearly never intended for everyone to have one and its original intent was definitely meant for FC's only.

Then why is the feature there if most people cant have access to it ?

[Somnolence]

Yes, because the housing system was clearly never intended for everyone to have one and its original intent was definitely meant for FC's only.

Its nice to pay for a sub and have the funds go towards developing content you are denied access to I guess.
If you are in a FC only leader and his inner circle are allowed to furnish it, you can only have a small square box to put few items inside.
Ironically crafters are also screwed by this design as market for craftable furniture is artificially capped.

[RobynDaBank]

Yes, because the housing system was clearly never intended for everyone to have one and its original intent was definitely meant for FC's only.

?? Who cares about the original intent? That was ages ago. If they were that stubborn on keeping the feature FC only why open it up to personals at all?

[Aelin_Ashryver]

The bug has made things worse for today but let's be real, the forum would have been full of complaining threads from people who lost regardless. I have my personal and FC house sorted now and I can say the system as it is sucks because there is not enough supply of medium and large plots. I am still hoping to god that the island sanctuary can be some sort of replacement. Housing caused me so much anxiety, I don't want other people to deal with that I just want us all making cool houses and showing them off to one another.

[Evergrey]

?? Who cares about the original intent? That was ages ago. If they were that stubborn on keeping the feature FC only why open it up to personals at all?

Probably because people begged and cried that they wanted to be able to own personal homes.

[Rayne6665]

I bid on a personal house (i was #6) for a smol plot and lost, got my gils back and go on about my day *shrug
It is what it is. My fc won the large plot so i still have my fc room .

[Atigeve]

Or you could simply keep expectations at a level a little lower than 'House or bust' if you decide to try and purchase a plot.

or idk maybe if you put something in the game like this, every player should be able to get one, period. This exclusivity thing is stupid. I pay a sub to play just like everyone else, I have the gil, why should I be blocked from participating in this part of the game? Here is the answer, I shoudlnt, no one should be.