Japanese to English translation - Discussion Thread

[Royal]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[ArkhamNative]

We have been observing all worlds land selling situation, and have decided that the cost isn’t meeting it’s demands between S size land and M size land, therefore made the price adjustment.
We will continue to observe and make adjustments to the cost.

Since SE wanted housing to be bought after 2-3 months and it has only been one month, I wonder if they're seeing some other trend.

I echo the poster's confusion. Many small FCs seem to be saying small is too small and medium is too expensive. Making small cheaper doesn't really address the issue.

[Gilthas]

I think that SE is looking at the wealth that FCs have, seeing that most FCs have enough money to buy a small house, and then seeing that people aren't buying them.

And yeah, the real problem with S houses isn't the price (though that is an issue that is shared by plots of land of all sizes), but the fact that they're so tiny. That's why people don't buy them.

The current (well, as of last night) status of housing on the Phoenix server is this:

1 L house, 4 M houses and 4 S houses in Mist.
3 S houses in Lavender Beds.
1 S house in The Goblet.

Given the pricing and number of plots in each ward, (3 L, 5 M and 22 S?) SE was expecting to see a lot more S houses in comparison to M size at least.

My FC actually has the gil to buy 3 S houses already, but they're so tiny. Even the M house (that we're going after) feels a bit small.

[Felis]

Given the pricing and number of plots in each ward, (3 L, 5 M and 22 S?) SE was expecting to see a lot more S houses in comparison to M size at least.

This would be right if there is also private housing. But small lot is too small for a FC. Every FC will at least a M lot.

[Reinheart]

And with current restiction where it's one house per FC, FC's with over 20 active players most likely won't want to buy S size house due to it's size.


You can buy as much land but only build one house, they are planning to make it possible to sell the land to others later so maybe they thinking some FC will buy those S size lands and invest it for later when selling to other people? I don't get why they even have this restriction in there right now at 2.1 when you can't even sell the land to others yet...

[Sadana]

And with current restiction where it's one house per FC, FC's with over 20 active players most likely won't want to buy S size house due to it's size.
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There is one FC on my server that has a medium and a small house on adjacent plots.

I do wish that they would add another floor to the small as others have mentioned; it is TOO small. Why lower the price on it if no one wants it?? A lower price isn't going to shrink the number of people in a FC that want to share the space... or will it?

[Ruethryl]

Reading your translations even the JP players seem to be calling bull on the S-size price decrease.. I don't blame them, we were debating in FC chat last night which is bigger - S-size house, or inn room, from an interior perspective.

[Bixby]

Seems pretty simple to me. When there's less demand for something than you thought, you put it on sale.

They've sunk resources into the S houses. They want to see them in use. They need to entice people to buy those, and cutting the prices is the simplest thing they can try. If price cuts don't get them selling enough, they'll likely try other enticements, but price cuts are an easy first step.

They don't need to lower M and L prices, because they know there's enough demand for those to begin with. FCs are going to buy them, even if they haven't yet.

[Gilthas]

I didn't even know that FCs could buy more than one plot of land.

Not really sure what's the point when you can't build two houses.

[Bixby]

Not really sure what's the point when you can't build two houses.

There is one FC on my server that has a medium and a small house on adjacent plots.

One of these things is not like the other.