New Ward Classifications are out!

[justausername]

I seriously doubt that the actual demand is 5 times the number of bids we have been seeing over several lottery rounds which have been pretty consistent.

Imo, the actual demand is more likely to be just a few hundreds on worlds outside of Balmung based on the number of bids when there are only smalls available since we'll have to include relocator bids as well whenever there is a medium or large up for bidding. Which means that 4 mixed wards plus 1 private ward in 6.3 is definitely more than enough for everyone to get a house.

Despite all the complaints and gnashing of teeth in the forums, I do sincerely believe that the addition of wards plus auto demolition on 6.3 will finally solve FFXIV housing woes once and for all.

Though good luck if you are a fellow Balmung denizen lol!

HA! Must be nice to be so blind. Last time when they opened 10-18 for personal, there was thousands on bids on Midgard where I am. There has not been 1000s of people getting houses since then. People haven't been bidding because they believe its hopeless. They wont believe it was hopeless with the new wards, bids will go WAY up. Triple++ Just like they did the last time they opened more wards to personal. They have only been 'consistent' because people have given up trying a long time before new wards were announced. And now that they are here, they will be coming back to try again. If I know so many people like this, I know I'm not the only one who knows people like this. They have been disheartened and driven away. They will be back for the new wards.

[SlackMage]

They had to program the "Bid for Private"/"Bid for FC" window, maybe they might limit the fc bidding.

[Reinha]

Damn, less fc-exclusive wards than I'd hoped. Time to try my luck with Ishgard mansions again!

[Pratini]

Feels good not having to worry about housing anymore.

Dynamis, the place where dreams come true.

[MilkieTea]

Feels good not having to worry about housing anymore.

Dynamis, the place where dreams come true.

Absolutely. My FC ward has been empty since day 1. And my personal ward hasn't had many new additions til this cycle.

[dspguy]

Plenty of houses up on Dynamis DC. Head over there if housing is your priority. Lots of plots with 0 bids right now.

[True-to-Caesar]

Another issue is, people want medium/large houses and there’s not enough of those.

At any rate, the whole system is terrible and «*neighborhoods*» is a myth. Def best solution even if not the one I like the most, is instanced housing or upgrade their servers. When even old games like LOTRO automatically creates new wards to allow people to buy, you know there’s something wrong in FF. Why be stubborn with a system that clearly doesn’t work no matter how many bandaids you put on it, instead of offering a solution that could satisfy a large portion of your players. They’re even missing out on mogstation sales since a lot of people don’t have outdoor properties.

[dspguy]

When even old games like LOTRO automatically creates new wards to allow people to buy, you know there’s something wrong in FF.

In some ways, you are correct, but in others you give LOTRO more credit than they deserve.

LOTRO housing wards are more like Island Sanctuary. The size of your plot dictates the number of slots of outdoor furniture you have. The options are limited and the locations are not customizable. It is more like "slots" where we can choose 1 of 4 landmarks to place there. The inside of houses are similar (unless something changed) where you have "slots" for tables, chairs and storage chests. There is minimal customization.

I think given those circumstances, it isn't hard to add more instances when the existing ones fill up.

[SlackMage]

Can I build a town on my Island Sanctuary with even more plots to give to my fwends and me plz? Those lazy and annoying mammets can go to the apartment building.