Starting to miss placard clicking

[AlanJust]

At first, I took the phrase above as a joke but honestly, I am starting to feel like placard-clicking segmented those who 'really' wanted a house from those who are pretty nonchalant about it. Even Jimmy Soft-boots, who uses the keyboard arrows to walk has a chance.

No, I'm not asking for placard clicking to be back. But I feel there need to be more non-rng barriers to getting a house if it's limited. Some form of player control is appreciated.

Housing to me is a symbol of status. It might be a good idea to increase the in-game requirements so people serious about getting a house compete against each other.

PS:
I am not asking for savage/ultimate clears for the chance of getting a house.
Keep apartments the way they are.
What should be a requirement for you to get a house might be the complicated part.

[Doozer]

Housing to me is a symbol of status.

You sound like a landlord.

Enjoy your copium that my loser ass got a house practically for free because no one else bid on the house I wanted. Work smarter, not harder.

[AlanJust]

You sound like a landlord.

Sounds like you need another.

[Nepentha]

At first, I took the phrase above as a joke but honestly, I am starting to feel like placard-clicking segmented those who 'really' wanted a house from those who are pretty nonchalant about it. Even Jimmy Soft-boots, who uses the keyboard arrows to walk has a chance.

No, I'm not asking for placard clicking to be back. But I feel there need to be more non-rng barriers to getting a house if it's limited. Some form of player control is appreciated.

Housing to me is a symbol of status. It might be a good idea to increase the in-game requirements so people serious about getting a house compete against each other.

PS:
I am not asking for savage/ultimate clears for the chance of getting a house.
Keep apartments the way they are.
What should be a requirement for you to get a house might be the complicated part.

Nah. The way things were going the only way you were getting a house with the placard-click system is if you bought an overpriced FC house from an RMTer. Botting was out of control, and RMTers had pretty much figured out how to guarantee they were getting that house so they could sell it for cash asap. Especially on Balmung. I watched one guy do it on multiple FCs.

Can't bot the lotto, though.

[Jojoya]

At first, I took the phrase above as a joke but honestly, I am starting to feel like placard-clicking segmented those who 'really' wanted a house from those who are pretty nonchalant about it. Even Jimmy Soft-boots, who uses the keyboard arrows to walk has a chance.

No, I'm not asking for placard clicking to be back. But I feel there need to be more non-rng barriers to getting a house if it's limited. Some form of player control is appreciated.

Housing to me is a symbol of status. It might be a good idea to increase the in-game requirements so people serious about getting a house compete against each other.

PS:
I am not asking for savage/ultimate clears for the chance of getting a house.
Keep apartments the way they are.
What should be a requirement for you to get a house might be the complicated part.

Might be a status symbol to you. I think you'll find a substantial part of the player base disagrees with you.

So does Square Enix since they're adding another 1800 plots to every world in 6.3.

Get a house because you want a house to decorate and use, not because you think having a house will make you special.

[Kyssa]

At first, I took the phrase above as a joke but honestly, I am starting to feel like placard-clicking segmented those who 'really' wanted a house from those who are pretty nonchalant about it. Even Jimmy Soft-boots, who uses the keyboard arrows to walk has a chance.

No, I'm not asking for placard clicking to be back. But I feel there need to be more non-rng barriers to getting a house if it's limited. Some form of player control is appreciated.

Housing to me is a symbol of status. It might be a good idea to increase the in-game requirements so people serious about getting a house compete against each other.

PS:
I am not asking for savage/ultimate clears for the chance of getting a house.
Keep apartments the way they are.
What should be a requirement for you to get a house might be the complicated part.

I walk using my keyboard arrows sometimes. Bet this'll chap yer' butt- we won a large during plottery event #6 for our family FC. A really nice plot too.

However, it was a relo as we'd already won an FC house when placard clicking was a thing. I placard clicked for my house (a nice small) a year ago and have stayed there.

Placard clicking was the poop and I am glad to see it gone.

[Knot_D]

Is Roegadyn flexing view a symbol of status as well?

[Shibi]

Housing to me is a symbol of status.

No, you are wrong there. It's not housing that is the symbol of status, the real "status" comes from address (like 1/41 or 4/20) or having combos including one of the S/SS/SSS teir plots. Flexing Roe's medium + small combo is one of those.

Even Jimmy Soft-boots, who uses the keyboard arrows to walk has a chance.

True. As a Jimmy Soft-boots I do use my keyboard arrows to walk sometimes and here are two of my houses: This one is a LB41 on Dynamis



Here is my house on another server: a S60 on Materia



Both these DCs have lots of empty plots.

I think it's more that you are intentionally hobbling yourself on Balmung. Move to a lower population server and there are a multitude of empty plots for any Johnny Soft-boots to walk up and take their pick of.

Is Roegadyn flexing view a symbol of status as well?

That medium is a top class plot! I hope to be able to grab it one day

[Ayan_Calvesse]

I think its a question of "Who" gets a house and "is one person more deserving?"

My issue I take with the lotto is that there are people that have been trying since the lotto started; is atleast a few cases I've seen they lost to someone who already owns other homes.
I think the longer you play the lotto the better your chances should become. A freshly boosted alt should not have the same chance as the poor soul that has been trying for months - I think that is one way that might need to be made more "fair"

[Reinha]

There are still dozens of small fc plots available in Ishgard on my server. All the doom and gloom about shell fcs taking houses from "real" fcs was false. Bigger fcs have what they need by now.

If you want a system that rewards the effort you put in instead of pure luck, it's right there. I have come to think it's better than placard clicking and free for all. People who don't want to level one alt to 60 within 30 days must not want a house very badly. More plots are coming and who knows, maybe it would be smart to prepare your fc before that.