Time to Remove Ward FC/Individual Restrictions

[DiaDeem]

This is a plot:


This plot hasn't seen a single bid in weeks. I've been keeping tabs on it.


Clearly, no FC wants this plot.


I want this plot.


Why can't I have this plot?


I mean, I just wanna move and it's not KILLING me, but this is hardly the only plot in this situation in the FC-Only wards, and more than myself just wanting to move, people without a house would very like love to bid on this plot that again, and as many others: has been sitting here without a single bid for weeks.

We can talk about lottery and instanced housing later, but at this time there's no real reason for the restrictions to exist anymore, as FCs are clearly just not interested ins some of these plots.

Quick new players: Go make a random FC and bid on these plots! It truly is the easiest way to get a house right now. It's been over a month for many of these.

[SlouchyBard]

Side note, I do believe you need 4 people at the time of bidding, so don't lose any members

[Khryseis_Astra]

There’s FC only plots in Lav that have had no bids for at least 2 weeks now too, while all the open individual or mixed plots had between 15-30 bids on them. Just open them up already! lol

[Raraka]

You would have a reverse situation happening in 1 or 2 weeks

"Why are all plots taken by single owners when our 10 member FC wants to have ONE house for everyone?, there should be FC exclusive plots to fight back the shortage!"

Eventually I expect all FC plots to slowly fill, and then you will listen to that complaint regardless

[Zebraoracle]

I'm a little salty about ward 25 being FC only as well. Haven't checked today but as of the previous bidding period on Gilgamesh it was almost completely empty while the private plots were almost completely taken. It's just frustrating constantly failing.

And no, changing servers/DCs is not a realistic option for me.

[Pixieh]

How lucky I am to finally have gotten a house when they added all those new wards but I feel your pain, had been playing the lottery for months and no dice. It was especially taunting as I had say #23 and #24 won and that several times. Made me really want to flip my table each time it happened.

As to your request, I think they should just keep adding wards, are there limitations I am not aware of that keeps them from doing that? If they open FC plots to private buyers then it would just create an FC plot shortage. Same thing, different color.

[Avoidy]

This is why I just made a fake FC and went that route. Bought a cute little cottage that nobody else wanted, totally uncontested, in housing-hell-land aka balmung.
I 100% agree with you, FC wards are stupid and often total ghost towns, even more so than the individual wards.

[Turtledeluxe]

I signed up for the forum just to make a post about this. I find the state of housing absolutely insane. As someone who just got involved, I cannot imagine how frustrated and jaded the community must be at the imismanagement of the system. I understand the need for the lottery system, but why in the world are there SO many plots being allotted to FCs? Why are there FC only wards at all? It's ridiculous. I just went through my first bidding and it felt like a complete waste of time. I was the first person to bid but it piled up to 30+ bidders. There were lots of other lots I would've been the only bidder on but I couldn't because of the very thing TC is posting about. Sometimes wards are over halfway vacant. Imo this is unacceptable and players deserve feedback now.

And telling us to simply make fake FCs is not acceptable either. Just set wards to auto update if demand is low. Why would you willfully leave wards vacant bid period after bid period? It's completely illogical.

[Turtledeluxe]

You would have a reverse situation happening in 1 or 2 weeks

"Why are all plots taken by single owners when our 10 member FC wants to have ONE house for everyone?, there should be FC exclusive plots to fight back the shortage!"

Eventually I expect all FC plots to slowly fill, and then you will listen to that complaint regardless

Or you could make housing accessible to players who are here now and raising the gil now instead of just assuming things. Houses open up over time. The ratio between FC plots and individuals plots clearly needs to be adjusted. It's just that simple. If the ratio is updated in favor of private buyers and later there are FC complaints then they can wait just like we have or SE can then add an exclusive FC ward just for them. That can't possibly cause issues for the game.

I also don't see where you're getting this 1 to 2 weeks figure from when players ITT are telling you in their case there have been vacant FC plots with 0 bids for weeks already. Who exactly is going to come? Are genuine new guilds even created that quickly and raising the requisite amount of gil to buy and furnish a house? I just don't believe that.

[ryouma17]

square should've never opened housing up to individuals it should've stayed FC only