At least you can raise a chocobo in an apartment stable! That's one of the things I was most excited to see when they introduced the apartment system. Made chocobo dyeing much less exclusive. Flowerpots were a step in the right direction, but imo they really need to implement something like a four-wide indoor pot to make cross-breeding minimally accessible to apartment and private chamber owners.
I think it was to be anticipated when the server was unofficially chosen as the new RP server - obtaining a house is a piece of gameplay that RPers are (on average) going to be more invested in than anyone else, and when you try to put a large number of RPers on one server, the state of the housing wards is going to be one of the first things that changes. Especially with free incoming transfers allowing people to place already-eligible characters on the realm.
So, I'm not surprised. I do suspect that the auto-demolition market might move a little quicker than Balmung's does, simply because it's less utterly saturated with potential buyers. But we'll have to see.
I think it was to be anticipated when the server was unofficially chosen as the new RP server - obtaining a house is a piece of gameplay that RPers are (on average) going to be more invested in than anyone else, and when you try to put a large number of RPers on one server, the state of the housing wards is going to be one of the first things that changes. Especially with free incoming transfers allowing people to place already-eligible characters on the realm.
So, I'm not surprised. I do suspect that the auto-demolition market might move a little quicker than Balmung's does, simply because it's less utterly saturated with potential buyers. But we'll have to see.