Housing Roulette was an absolute trash idea.

[Zebraoracle]

It was always meant to be a limited item that people could aspire to attain with the market fluctuating as people lost theirs due to demos or moved to another ward. Plots were always supposed to open, but since people are greedy and were able to hoard houses because they didn't impose limits early on and the dev's need to capitulate and try to give everything to everyone through ever increasing ward capacities, they're left bailing water out of a sinking ship. It also didn't help that the population grew to what it is. It took me over 5 years just to be able to look in the direction of a house (mostly because when I started houses weren't even a thing) but even after they were it still took a good while. If I hadn't of gotten one it wouldn't have been a big deal. There's lots of things in the game I'll never get and I'm fine with that, though I agree it's dumb they keep using housing items as event rewards knowing housing is a point of contention

We're on the same page here. Like I said earlier, it's an awful situation by Square's own design. It just sucks that the players have to either keep beating their heads on a wall or resort to less than ideal solutions.

[Corvus_V]

We're on the same page here. Like I said earlier, it's an awful situation by Square's own design. It just sucks that the players have to either keep beating their heads on a wall or resort to less than ideal solutions.

If everyone was on the same page and they realize it's Square Enix's fault, and Square Enix's problem to fix, then we're on the same page. Moving to a foreign DC isn't a solution, its an act of desperation that doesn't even necessarily guarantee results, and exists as a detriment to every other facet of the game. There's a difference between a treatment and a cure, and more wards are barely a relief and definitely not a cure.

Saying it's "meant to be limited" sucks. Everyone gets housing items, and everyone can technically put them in an apartment, and it being limited in the first place being a bad decision. It's not immersive, it's annoying.

This is why I keep suggesting instanced housing. It's the only way for people to guarantee a use of those items. It already exists in the form of apartments, they just suck because they're small, and they lack an exterior, which technically doesn't have to be in an outside zone people walk past.

Square can solve the problem. They need to talk about it.