(05-03-2014, 04:58 PM)Zhavi Wrote:(05-03-2014, 04:47 PM)Naunet Wrote: Not sure I should post again at risk of offending others' sensibilities (though I really would appreciate it if a mod would edit those earlier posts, because they honestly really hurt my feelings...).
The price actually doesn't bother me so much as the level 50 requirement. Gil I can get and transfer to RP alts when necessary. Levels... not so much. At least on rp alts I don't really feel the loss of glamour too much because I just use them for rp, so I can just swap out gear sets instead of costuming (even though I'm super annoyed at the gear type and ilvl restrictions *grumble*). But being completely blocked from what would be a fun, rp-related investment... is seriously disappointing. I want to be able to enjoy the game's fluff content as much as I enjoy running dungeons with my friends... I don't think that's too much to ask.
I wonder if the reason they have that on there is to add specific end-game value to the game? Â I suppose they might look at it from a 'if new players are using this from level 10 onwards, they might be tired of it by the time they hit 50, and therefore will stop playing faster' perspective. Â Especially if they're still running the game with the preference that people not play alts, even if that means they're not getting a couple extra dollars per month.
From my perspective it's probably more that they don't want everyone to have a house. Remember that Yoshi was concerned that if he lowered the price on FC Housing, all the FCs might actually buy houses? Like, the content might actually get used? I think he's worried about server space and being able to run enough instances of the housing neighborhoods in order for everyone to have their own houses. Much less everyone have houses on their alts.
I think that this problem, just like so many others the game has, goes back to not investing in servers of sufficient number, power and size.