Some housing items should be available easier

[Xelanar]

Man, today I thought it would be really cool to build a cave with the Stone Partitions. I would need maybe a dozen of them. Let's see what they cost ... oh, only 3 mio Gil! Cool! Maybe I can afford this next summer or so! Only gotta wait months every time I want to do something with new housing content! I know, I know, I brought this problem to myself, I could also just make a basic room with basic items instead of doing fun things.

I disaggree and do not believe you brought this problem to yourself.
- Housing items are teased in live letters by showing screenshots.
- There is also an ingame furnishing preview showcasing all the cool stuff.
- Developers are out of touch with the housing community, because journalists and YouTubers never speak out about housing to raise awareness during interviews.

They show you all the nice things you COULD build with, get you all excited, and then proceed to slap in your face if you dare and chose an item for your builds, that would be absolutely mundane in the world of FFXIV, like a wall made of stones or a neon lamp.

Developers are at fault for this problem, be it because of negligence or on purpose. They don't have to cater to everyone, but in this case they decided to cater to players who care about making gil and not to housing enthusiasts. It's a decision - whether it's a good or a bad one, everyone has to decide for themselves.

At this point I'm not even looking forward for furnishing updates anymore, like I used to. This expansion just... I don't know. Drained my motivation to do anything, even the casual things I used to do frequently. Currently the only thing that keeps my subscription going is housing, because I don't want to lose what I built up. But game design choices like housing item scarcity for what I consider specific basic building blocks, are slowly poking away my enjoyment.

Currently I'm waiting for the furnishing increase, because on my L house I cannot even change the interior design without making room for 400 furnishings in my inventory, since my storage has been full for ages - another developer-made problem. All of these tiny annoyances are starting to add up. Fun fact: I don't have 400 slots of free inventory space on my character, saddlebag and retainers combined.