So, when I left FFXIV 6 years ago, part of the motivation was my being appalled at how housing was being handled: Artificial scarcity, "Player side" market gouging (as opposed to fixed prices tied to reasonable and hardcoded gil faucets) and the idea of houses being demolished should one leave were all huge dealbreakers for me.
So of course I assumed that apartments were the silver bullet on all three points.
-Cheaper and reasonable, no player pricing: Check!
-Don't dissolve should you disappear for a while: Check!
-So clearly they aren't going to do the artificial scarcity thing, and have proper player housing where players don't gate each other from having one, clearly apartments must exist for the modern MMO market where people can and should be allowed to not live in just one game for all time, with one apartment waiting for every player and every possible player, so let's take my first million to Mist and....
Wow.
So... how long has this been a problem, and how often do they alleviate it? I see a big deal was made about an expansion last October? Really? Months?
I'm on a server that isn't overflowing because I was enticed to it with Road to 70. And it's "full" of the lesser housing that should be for everyone. Is this... like... am I screwed?
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So of course I assumed that apartments were the silver bullet on all three points.
-Cheaper and reasonable, no player pricing: Check!
-Don't dissolve should you disappear for a while: Check!
-So clearly they aren't going to do the artificial scarcity thing, and have proper player housing where players don't gate each other from having one, clearly apartments must exist for the modern MMO market where people can and should be allowed to not live in just one game for all time, with one apartment waiting for every player and every possible player, so let's take my first million to Mist and....
Wow.
So... how long has this been a problem, and how often do they alleviate it? I see a big deal was made about an expansion last October? Really? Months?
I'm on a server that isn't overflowing because I was enticed to it with Road to 70. And it's "full" of the lesser housing that should be for everyone. Is this... like... am I screwed?
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