Cf2yFCEWEAIPUqj.jpg' alt='Download Red Dead Redemption: The Man From Blackwater Movie Tumblr ' title='Download Red Dead Redemption: The Man From Blackwater Movie Tumblr ' />Two Final Fantasy XIV Players Buy Dozens Of Homes, Spark Debate Over Housing Shortage. Frustration over Final Fantasy XIVs housing shortage has come to a head after two players angered a lot of others by buying up 2. Now, players are questioning whether virtual housing is an equal right or a privilege meant for the rich and over dedicated. The two players bought their homes in a formerly vacant corner of the game, a server called Mateus, where they could pursue dual ambitions of opulence and privacy. Their critics say theyve hoarded land from dozens of FFXIV citizens, who feel they deserve a chance at housing. That criticism has gotten ugly as players hotly debate whether their elitismor desire for mass amounts of propertyhas any place in a game where everybody pays the same fee. Given we both came to Mateus for the quiet, its distinctly uncomfortable to have others come in and insult us, one of the bulk home owners, a player who goes by the name Martyr Igeyorhm, told me during a tour of their two occupant neighborhood today. Frustration over Final Fantasy XIVs housing shortage has come to a head after two players angered a lot of others by buying up 28 homes in the landstrapped. Inside Social. The biggest and latest apps and platforms, plus trends and insights on the biggest online discussions. Game of Thrones did what its best at in The Queens Justice Arguments, reunions, deaths and more. Check out the recap for season 7, episode 3 hereWeve had to report people for harassment a few times. Her housing partner Seraph Altima agreed, adding, I think its wrong that people ignore the work and just see themselves being deprived. FFXIV has had housing drama as long as its had houses. When producer Naoki Yoshida introduced housing to FFXIV in 2. But in the intervening years, housing has become a contentious topic in the game as speculators and thick pocketed players monopolized property on big servers. Other times, players didnt even use the houses they buy its just a status symbol. About 2,5. 00 houses are available for each of FFXIVs servers, which on average host over twice that amount of players. Houses arent a necessity in FFXIV, but owning one means having your own space to invite new raiding friends, host parties and, most importantly, decorate. Players paste ornate wallpaper to their walls, fill rooms with carved wood chests and candles and decorate with garlands and gold trimming. They cost several million FFXIV gil, unfurnished. Fur rugs, wall to wall bookshelves, portraits and hot tubs garnish the homes of more thick pocketed players who choose to sink their resources in home decor. Smaller apartments remain available too, but without the grandeur of a garden or street entrance and on some servers, houses are still available. Out of this design frenzy, an FFXIV adaptation of Cribs has even emerged. Finding Dory Movie Dvd Quality here. A year ago, it featured the player Seraph Altima and her sanctuary, complete with a lush garden, an attended full bar and stone partitions. Altima had carved out sanctuaries on two of FFXIVs most populous servers. There, not even apartments, the less sought after housing option, remain on the market. Publisher Square Enix has been adding more plots to keep up with demand, and will add more in the future, but right now, theres not enough to go around. Over e mail, a Square Enix representative told Kotaku that players are only able to purchase one house per character. But because both individual players and Free CompaniesFFXIVs guildscan own property, players break that mandate a lot. Last year, Altima fled the games more populous servers and established her new home on the quaint Mateus. At that point, it was one of the only servers with a wealth of land. She and Igeyorhm claimed 2. Likely, their land avarice wouldnt have become a problem if thousands of refugees hadnt recently fled booked up servers searching for fresh housing frontiers. Square Enix started offering free server transfers prior to FFXIVs June Stormblood expansion, so players who wanted to avoid the influx of returning fans could game in peace. Mateus, which was unofficially designated a new role playing server and was still a pristine and cheap housing frontier, was quickly full of home scouters. Eventually, the housing options in that server filled up, too. When incoming transfers realized that they could no longer purchase plots on Mateus, of all places, and noticed that two players owned a plush 2. Over Facebook and Reddit, hundreds of players had angry words for the alleged gentrifiers who felt entitled to own all that property when so many recent transfers and players still saving up never had a chance to carve out a home on Mateus. Altima estimates that their 2. If they had bought that gil, itd have cost 3. On FFXIV this morning, Igeyorhm described themselves as omnicrafters, or players who make all of our own items and sell other items for profit. To save a few bucks, most of their decor was made using FFXIVs crafting system, too. It took a lot of time. And she doesnt feel sorry for players who put in less effort, or got to Mateus later along with the crowds. On a now viral Tumblr post in response to public outcry, Altima wrote, Many people feel entitled to own a house. They feel that even knowing there are only 2,1. They want a house of their own, but they dont want to accept that lots of other people want it badly enough to work harder for it than they did. Good lord, a Redditor wrote. People who arent rich enough to afford houses just arent TRYING hard enough Not wanting neighbors putting up ugly Paissa houses in MY neighborhood Its like the most stereotypical rich snob attitude Ive ever seen, except its apparently REAL other than being in a video game. Another described their actions as selfishness because this person wanted to make a bastion of single player content in a multiplayer game. I met Altima and Igeyorhm at the entrance of Goblet Ward 1. FFXIVs Mateus server. There, they fielded my questions while we toured through their saccharine two floor cake shop, picture perfect schoolyard, somber church to the FFXIV deity Zodiark and many, many gardens. Igeyorhm excitedly pointed out ice crystal formations and bubbling fountains between dives into hand designed underground libraries and the like. I asked whether home construction was something she pursued in other games. Not really, she said. A lot of people like to ask us, Why not play the Sims Because we do so much other stuff Igyorhm said that, after her husband died, she hasnt decorated much in real life. A few months later, she met Altima, and together theyve spent an estimated thousand hours curating their 2. Neither thinks theyre unfairly eating up FFXIVs limited housing resources. They blame Square Enix for not accommodating players passion for home ownershipat least with houses. Although more cramped apartments are available on some servers and more housing will be added soon, the problem is more of philosophy than accessibility Are players entitled to property in FFXIVany more than theyre entitled to raiding mounts or veteran rewards Is it the richer players, or the ones with more free time to grind out crafting exp, who are more entitled to take up space I asked Altima and Igeyorhm whether theyd give up any one of their plots for a new transfer desperate for a home. They paused. These are our memories. 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