housing conundrum: there needs to be a better way.

[Inle]

it has reached the point that the housing lotto is starting to poison my enjoyment of this game,
there need to be a better way
and yes i can already see the responses crying its better than the old system or you can always transfer to a less populated server

to the first i say: better does not mean good.
to the latter i say: so i am to abandon my RL friends im in a Fc with and all the progress in the FC? that is absolutely ridiculous.
now that the inevitable conversations are covered.
let me say it is absolutely ludacris that ive been trying every single entry period to get a house since February and without even a glimpse of hope.
and more and more frequently now im running into missions that reward housing items.
items that are rendered useless by the current system.

now im not only here to gripe i have a constructive solution to offer.

make it so that lets say every 5 times you try and fail to get a house you get an additional entery

for example on your 5th try youd be not only entry #3 but #3 and #4
and on your 10th try youd be #3,#4,and #5
and every 5 tries you get another entry till you finally get a house
thus raising the odds for those who have been trying for a while.

well that's my suggestion take it or leave it.

but i talked to people who have literally been trying for over a year or 2 to get a house and there really is not a legitimate excuse for that.
there needs to be a better way.

[Renalt]

Take the best idea one can come up with for housing and watch SE go the opposite direction. That's how I feel housing has been handled since day one.

[Ranaku]

it has reached the point that the housing lotto is starting to poison my enjoyment of this game,
there need to be a better way
and yes i can already see the responses crying its better than the old system or you can always transfer to a less populated server

to the first i say: better does not mean good.
to the latter i say: so i am to abandon my RL friends im in a Fc with and all the progress in the FC? that is absolutely ridiculous.
now that the inevitable conversations are covered.
let me say it is absolutely ludacris that ive been trying every single entry period to get a house since February and without even a glimpse of hope.
and more and more frequently now im running into missions that reward housing items.
items that are rendered useless by the current system.

now im not only here to gripe i have a constructive solution to offer.

make it so that lets say every 5 times you try and fail to get a house you get an additional entery

for example on your 5th try youd be not only entry #3 but #3 and #4
and on your 10th try youd be #3,#4,and #5
and every 5 tries you get another entry till you finally get a house
thus raising the odds for those who have been trying for a while.

well that's my suggestion take it or leave it.

but i talked to people who have literally been trying for over a year or 2 to get a house and there really is not a legitimate excuse for that.
there needs to be a better way.

You can always well...get a apartment, right? So you can dump your housing items you get there.

But i feel like SE is easing slowly into the instanced housing idea as shown by Island Sanctuary, ofc it is not full blown housing but the fact that you can actually decorate your island is actually a huge jump into the right direction.

Either way you have definitely ways to use both your outdoor and indoor furniture so that point of yours doesn't really stand. I know the apartment might be too small for you but still it is a option.

[LilimoLimomo]

I'll agree that the current housing system still isn't great, even if it's much better than it was before.

That said, I don't think your proposal makes it much better; it simply adjusts the system so that it's weighted a bit more towards a long-term "first come, first serve". Such a system would discourage newcomers from engaging with the system, as they would feel like they are at a disadvantage relative to those who have been trying longer. Personally, I don't think that's desirable; you want a lottery like this to feel as fair as possible to everyone who applies.

Regardless, this proposed system also has the same problem as the old one: you're still at the whims of probability, meaning it's still entirely possible that even with more entries, you will never get a house. It's less likely, but still possible, and with so many players that means it will happen to some people.

At the core, the improvements to this issue shouldn't be one of deciding who most deserves to get a house; rather, it should be recognizing that the demand outweighs the supply, and doing what's possible to increase the supply to meet the demand.

[LilimoLimomo]

You can always well...get a apartment, right? So you can dump your housing items you get there.

Unfortunately, you can't dump the yard items in your apartment; those can only go in actual house yards. And they make a lot of those! As someone with a yard and hence 20 slots of "yard storage", I still am overflowing with event yard items! XD

[SophiaDL]

it has reached the point that the housing lotto is starting to poison my enjoyment of this game,
there need to be a better way
and yes i can already see the responses crying its better than the old system or you can always transfer to a less populated server

to the first i say: better does not mean good.
to the latter i say: so i am to abandon my RL friends im in a Fc with and all the progress in the FC? that is absolutely ridiculous.
now that the inevitable conversations are covered.
let me say it is absolutely ludacris that ive been trying every single entry period to get a house since February and without even a glimpse of hope.
and more and more frequently now im running into missions that reward housing items.
items that are rendered useless by the current system.

now im not only here to gripe i have a constructive solution to offer.

make it so that lets say every 5 times you try and fail to get a house you get an additional entery

for example on your 5th try youd be not only entry #3 but #3 and #4
and on your 10th try youd be #3,#4,and #5
and every 5 tries you get another entry till you finally get a house
thus raising the odds for those who have been trying for a while.

well that's my suggestion take it or leave it.

but i talked to people who have literally been trying for over a year or 2 to get a house and there really is not a legitimate excuse for that.
there needs to be a better way.

Your idea is literally the entire opposite of fair, why do you deserve more chances than someone who has just started to bid on houses ? Also if your friends have been trying for a year or two for a small house, they are doing it wrong.

[Ranaku]

Unfortunately, you can't dump the yard items in your apartment; those can only go in actual house yards. And they make a lot of those! As someone with a yard and hence 20 slots of "yard storage", I still am overflowing with event yard items! XD

That is why i said Island Sanctuary is a good step in the right direction, even though you can't dump the yard stuff there you can actually use it on your island. I wrote as much up there...

[Inle]

dont have the island yet still in second half of stormblood

[Ranaku]

dont have the island yet still in second half of stormblood

So you are not even through half of the game and already start crying about housing? Have some patience.

[SophiaDL]

So you are not even through half of the game and already start crying about housing? Have some patience.

but muh instant gratification ! I want it and I want it now !