Enough housing to go around for everyone?

[Zukuo]

I know there are a limited number of housing units. except for 1 small detail, we have hundreds of players on each available plot bidding for the same one. Even weeks after the first 2 times.

This is clearly not enough housing to go around. Ive failed to purchase a house 5 times now. Yes I am a bit annoyed at it, but im used to it by now. The problem i see is that with how many people there are trying to buy a house, everyone knows there is a limited amount of housing to go around. This is a waste of time for everyone who has been patiently waiting just to get a house.

Not to mention this will inevitably cause players to participate in RMT. You keep banning and suspending all these accounts for RMT, you want RMT to stop yet with how much pressure id affecting everyone to put their gil on a bid and in a limited time frame. More players are going to do this. This is only one issue.

The fact there are also 18 wards for fcs... theres NO way there are that many fcs on one dang server. Even if there was it is still illogical for fcs to be prioritized over the actual players. I get fc's need housing, but so many players are unhappy with an easy system that can be fixed. Add more wards maybe? Make housing instanced. I doubt players would be too unhappy with a change like this. Personal and private housing should be instanced whereas FC housing should not be. FC housing should be a community experience where a private house should be a private experience.

[Raim]

You are the 5 millionth person to ask for more wards. They would if they physically could.

[Xylira]

Even if they unlocked all of the wards for personal purchases as well, there still wouldn't be nearly enough plots to go around. The problem is the ward system itself, in so far that if they can't add enough wards to give the majority of active players a reasonable chance at owning a home, then it's a flawed system. SE needs to look into alternative methods of comparable forms of housing that are more scalable and accessible, which is why so many people have been asking for fully instanced housing to be added.

[justausername]

You are the 5 millionth person to ask for more wards. They would if they physically could.

They need to open the FC wards to private buyers to start with at least, as has also been suggested by 5million people. I am now seeing ads in party finder for people paying people gil to join an FC for 30 days, then they can leave. No doubt to get a house that in the end will belong to a one person FC once the other 3 members are paid their gil and leave. Shell FCs. Exactly the fear many had would happen when they pulled this shiz to start with.

[HuaTuo]

meanwhile on Materia

[LaylaTsarra]

meanwhile on Materia

Only house in my FC ward on Sophia and it's a large. 3 lotteries and I'm still alone. Larges sitting open with no bids for FC's. Maybe I got a neighbor given I haven't checked today's results yet.

[HuaTuo]

haha yeah, I haven't even been to empyrwum FC wards, that screenie is from ward 24 on Bismarck, which is personal housing. My fc house in Mists is the only house in the entire ward also.

[Eris4494]

How about they make sure theirs not more accounts on a server than they have for housing for them. Then there would be housing for everyone thatn wants one.

[Jojoya]

How about they make sure theirs not more accounts on a server than they have for housing for them. Then there would be housing for everyone thatn wants one.

Estimated two million active accounts...
7200 houses per world...

That means SE would need about 275 worlds. We have 73.

Keep in mind that not every player wants a house. They don't truly need a house for every account though certainly they need more than we currently have.

[Oizen]

You are the 5 millionth person to ask for more wards. They would if they physically could.

They would if Square Enix would stop investing their earnings from this game into NFTs and reinvest it into this game*