Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
You're exaggerating the situation. No one is locked out of housing right now, not even on Balmung (at least for the time being, I'm sure that will change in a couple of months). Apartments are housing.

There are players unable to get a house but from seeing the entry numbers that have been floating around in the forums since the lottery started, the percentage of players who want a house but are unable to seems to be closer to 25-30% (still bad) and not 90%. Players always forgot to include players who already have a house and ignore that some of those entry counts include players attempting to relocate.

It's rather ridiculous to ask for a housing free mode when you could get an apartment and store the majority of the housing items you get as quest rewards and loot drops there. It's only a handful of outdoor furnishings received as such rewards that you are not able to use.
apartments are a vastly inferior version of housing. so no. they are not exaggerating.

i have an apartment.
i have an FC room.

neither of them do what i want, or have enough item space for me to do what i want.

so no. its not unreasonable to ask that the development team either *do their damn job* and find a solution to 90% of the player base being unable to participate in a system. or provide a way to not interact with that system for a cheaper sub. since i am paying the same amount as someone with a large size house, but i dont have access to the joy of an outdoor space i can decorate.