Housing sucks

[Burmecia]

Would it suck if OP had house on their first try?

[Carin-Eri]

Not here to really write a wall of text, just a friendly reminder that the way you get a house in this game sucks eggs.

And, in my opinion, the old method was even worse.

I'm fortunate enough to have a small house, and very fond of it - but I would never have obtained it via the old method. I wouldn't have had either the time or the motivation to plant myself next to a placard and click on it almost endlessly on the preposterously slim chance of winning the plot.

[MAJRIS]

Just move to aussie server on the opposite side of planet with with 750 ping bro!
Just get one of these thousands free locked houses bro!
Just keep trying until you get completely burned out and leave forever, bro!
Just apartment is enough to enjoy housing, your greed is hurting the economy!


Any other argument I'm missing?

[PercibelTheren]

Just move to aussie server on the opposite side of planet with with 750 ping bro!
Just get one of these thousands free locked houses bro!
Just keep trying until you get completely burned out and leave forever, bro!
Just apartment is enough to enjoy housing, your greed is hurting the economy!


Any other argument I'm missing?

You missed "the new system is much better than the old one". Which, while most certainly true, is often used to say "the system is fine now, shut up".

[IDontPetLalas]

You missed "the new system is much better than the old one". Which, while most certainly true, is often used to say "the system is fine now, shut up".

Or it is often used to say that the current system still needs improvement but it's better than the old system.

[LianaThorne]

i have a small house they arnt all that great only the large houses are really worth it but theres so few so goodluck affording one or finding one for sale

This is false even at a non-subjective stand point. You don't get enough items to properly fill a large so you either have to chop off the basement or have a lot of empty space.

Smalls are unironically the best for using the space to its full potential without looking like part of your floorspace is going bald.

[MeanDragon]

This is false even at a non-subjective stand point. You don't get enough items to properly fill a large so you either have to chop off the basement or have a lot of empty space.

Smalls are unironically the best for using the space to its full potential without looking like part of your floorspace is going bald.

I have a small and I still have tons of slots left its full enough. It also took me ages to figure out what to decorate it with. I can't imagine doing anything larger just for me.

An FC though would benefit better with a medium or large. Multiple people using the same space.

And to address the housing sucking issue:

The lottery is way better than standing at a placard for 20 hours constantly clicking, only for someone to swoop in and hit it at the right time. The lottery is way more fair and while it will lower your chances, I would still rather put in a bid and walk away, than clicking on it, slowly dying.

[Khryseis_Astra]

The housing mirage system notes is from the October Patch note reading, it's a comment Yoshi made that is translated differently between the FFXIV reddit discord and native Japanese speakers.

Thank you for that! Every time I tried to look it up, I kept getting the same earlier translation of “changing the interior of a house with a completely different size but does not have pillars… mirage-like setting.” Good to have an alternative translation!

Honestly it would be awesome to have any size interior inside any size exterior. As the insides are instanced anyway, it’s certainly possible. But with this translation, it almost makes me hopeful that they’re going for even more customization of interiors than we thought. Old translation makes it sound like “ok you can have a large inside and a small outside.” New translation makes it sound like something that will allow us to control the layout a lot more… the spaciousness comment would still make me hopeful that size is involved. With the removal of the pillars being present in both translations, and the second one saying glamour instead of mirage, I’m wondering if it’s more a way of hiding or even changing or moving windows and such on the inside. Or even an interior glamour system like we had for the island exterior? Who knows?

I know whatever it is, it’s planned for 7.x, along with the interior item limit increases. But I really wish they’d give the housing enthusiasts at least a short segment in the midst of the Dawntrail hype to clarify not just that statement, but also what their vision for housing is going to be moving forward.

[LuciferNacht]

Thank you for that! Every time I tried to look it up, I kept getting the same earlier translation of “changing the interior of a house with a completely different size but does not have pillars… mirage-like setting.” Good to have an alternative translation!

Honestly it would be awesome to have any size interior inside any size exterior. As the insides are instanced anyway, it’s certainly possible. But with this translation, it almost makes me hopeful that they’re going for even more customization of interiors than we thought. Old translation makes it sound like “ok you can have a large inside and a small outside.” New translation makes it sound like something that will allow us to control the layout a lot more… the spaciousness comment would still make me hopeful that size is involved. With the removal of the pillars being present in both translations, and the second one saying glamour instead of mirage, I’m wondering if it’s more a way of hiding or even changing or moving windows and such on the inside. Or even an interior glamour system like we had for the island exterior? Who knows?

I know whatever it is, it’s planned for 7.x, along with the interior item limit increases. But I really wish they’d give the housing enthusiasts at least a short segment in the midst of the Dawntrail hype to clarify not just that statement, but also what their vision for housing is going to be moving forward.

I completely agree, it would be really cool if a small could select to have a large interior layout just for the space. Even if the slots to start are still the 200/200 (even though we're getting a slot increase per yoshi), because it would be a step in the right direction. The insides ARE instanced, just let us have it load an internal layout of our choice and then we'll use the slots we have to build.

I am really hoping for more info during the May media tour! Let's keep our fingers crossed!

[SweetPete]

I’ve had a medium FC plot since 2019 and when the lottery first was introduced I was able to win a large. Thankfully square gave FC’s like 20 wards in the beginning. Then it took me a little over 2 years just to finally win a large for my private home which was also a medium. I mean it was a struggle but man when you win finally it’s like you hit the lotto irl.