Quote Originally Posted by Eraden View Post
I would like to reiterate that these are two SEPERATE ISSUES. Related, yes, but still separate. The first, and smaller of the two, would have continued to be a problem, even if additional housing was introduced, as long as supply was outstripped by demand. It is entirely conceivable that the developers might never be able to catch up to demand. In that light, it may be unreasonable of us to expect the developers to solve the second issue in one go. Better that the first issue is resolved now, while we wait for the developers to work on the second issue (if they ever will).
Games with less of a budget and significantly less revenue than FFXIV have managed to implement better housing systems. Even games older than FFXIV. I'd like to point out Square Enix hasn't stopped bragging FFXIV is their highest profitable title outside of mobile games. So... let's not make excuses for the multi-billion dollar corporation. The dev team simply likes the neighborhood system and I suspect there's a sunken cost fallacy going on as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
So you'd rather spend 36 hours clicking on a sign?
Personally, I'd rather the house flippers back. I got my first house back then for a gross overpayment of 10M for a small. But I got a house. Nowadays, if I were to ever lose my medium, I basically have no chance of ever getting another unless I transfer to the new DC or they add more wards in two years.