SE need to stop this!

[LianaThorne]

Grandfathering only applies to private homes. The rules changed back in 4.2 and people can't buy more than one private on a server although that is certainly allowed elsewhere and didn't change with the new rules. They had the option to restrict housing to one private per account but they didn't. They continue to allow purchases on different DC's and servers and that's on SE not the people following the rules who elect to so that.

The problem has been Free Company homes and they made an attempt to try and stop/limit this with the 30 day hold on new FC's as well as the transfer of leadership but ultimately the problem arises where people can still buy multiple FC houses is the time given for FC purchases in FC wards is way too long so they can still by pass the rules or intent of one FC per server because these wards stay FC for so long.

FC wards on Dynamis are sitting open now with only Large and Mediums going up for grabs in the first round with so many homes just sitting and that will continue to sit for quite some time.

In addition the length of time and the split of FC/Private have been way out of balance. I have no problem with FC's getting 1st shot at homes but those wards should stay FC for the first month or 2 or 3 after sales open and then private sales should commence. These ward owners are only able to do what they do because they have so much time to do it. Certainly if they own multiple subscriptions well they are paying for access with different accounts and there isn't much that can be done in that regard I'm afraid. SE will certainly take the added subs.

The current ward splits and the lack of demand for FC's with housing sitting open for so long has also encouraged the creating of personal FC's which is simply a reaction by some to the way FC sales are set up.

I agree that there should be more private homes (especially on the packed servers) but if there isn't population to fill it, then the same will just happen with those that already make alt accounts entirely to buy additional private homes (which is already happening since Square basically funds your first month and a half of sub for free + with demo off you dont need to actively maintain the sub.....paying for the base game really isnt that expensive for those that have disposable income). If there aren't enough actual unique users, I don't see it changing even with swapping more to private. There will always be loopholes unless they just trash wards entirely and switch to an instanced set up where players can buy as many as they want.