Does our private house get taken away if we aren't logged on for a month?

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11-13-2014, 10:40 AM
KamikazeMan

Does our private house get taken away if we aren't logged on for a month?

I think I recall this being the case with FC houses when they were first announced...not even sure if this is still a thing. I'm asking because I'm going away for possibly a month and don't want to come back with my 10 mil gil investment gone.
11-13-2014, 10:48 AM
Darki

The Devs mulled it over and ended up scrapping the mechanic. So don't worry your house will still be there.
11-13-2014, 10:55 AM
Wobble

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darki

The Devs mulled it over and ended up scrapping the mechanic. So don't worry your house will still be there.

So they no longer take houses away?
11-13-2014, 11:04 AM
Odd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darki

The Devs mulled it over and ended up scrapping the mechanic. So don't worry your house will still be there.

Source?????
11-13-2014, 11:09 AM
Snugglebutt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darki

The Devs mulled it over and ended up scrapping the mechanic. So don't worry your house will still be there.

I personally have seen no evidence of this so if you are going to make that claim I would appreciate you providing a source in order to be sure you are not giving people the wrong information which could potentially cost them millions. It is possible what you are saying is true but you should be providing a source for this, until you do so I advise the OP to not take your reply as factual information.
11-13-2014, 11:14 AM
SirSaber

Last time I've checked there was a 35 days limit to how long you can keep a terrain without visiting it at all.

If it has been changed then please show us the post where you've read it.
11-13-2014, 11:27 AM
Darki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odd

Source?????

In the 2.1 Patch notes it says that in 2.2 and onward that houses would be relinquished after a certen ammount of time if they went unused (look for red colored text.) We are now at 2.4 with Hevensward on the horizon. I am a member of an FC with a house. One of our neighboring FC's houses next door that has gone untouched for over a year. Unless the Devs change their mind, I think its safe to conclude that houses won't be yanked away.
11-13-2014, 11:29 AM
Wobble

Would be nice if it was changed. I always found it wrong that they had such a short time limit on it to begin with.
11-13-2014, 11:47 AM
Snugglebutt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darki

In the 2.1 Patch notes it says that in 2.2 and onward that houses would be reliquesed after a certen ammount of time if they went unused (look for red colored text.) We are now at 2.4 with Hevensward on the horizon. I am a member of an FC with a house. One of our neighboring FC's houses next door that has gone untouched for over a year. Unless the Devs change their mind, I think its safe to conclude that houses won't be yanked away.

That is not an adequate source. Basically you admit that in 2.1 patch notes SE says that after 2.2 the loss of a property will exist when absent for a prolonged period of time. That their intention is to implement removal of a persons house after a certain amount of inactivity. You have not given any SE related source that says their stance has changed and will no longer implement it. As it stands right now the latest information is they will still be introducing it sometime post-patch 2.4 which just came out. This means they could introduce it at any time, even potentially in the next patch.

Once again you are asking someone to risk losing many millions of gil on nothing but your word that their stance has changed, saying you know someone who you think has not played for a year but still has their house is anecdotal at best and is again asking them to trust you based on nothing more than your word that they will not lose it in future. I strongly suggest the OP does not take your word for this and your word alone on it. Unless you can provide an adequate source direct from SE themselves about their stance being changed they should avoid taking the risk.

I am not saying you are wrong, but I am saying your word alone is not good enough to take that risk. Currently based on SE sources, it is still a thing and someone could potentially lose their house when taking prolonged periods away from the game if they introduce it as they still say they will. The amount of time inactive before lose it is still not set in stone and when they plan to introduce it is still also unknown but according to SE they do still plan to do so and it could be at any time.
11-13-2014, 11:53 AM
Nicobo

A similar thread FYI ^^;
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...a-plot-of-land

Below is the latest official feedback I've read:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2232316

Quote:

Originally Posted by Camate

Greetings,

Thank you for all the feedback on this.

Based on all of the comments, we’ll be spending a bit more time looking into the automatic removal of land and house feature again, and we expect to implement it sometime after patch 2.4. Once the details have been finalized we will be sure to make an announcement.

Please note that all above happend before Personal Housing implementation.
11-13-2014, 03:58 PM
Bluevann

Really hope they implement this soon, there's a bad case of ghost towns. I can't imagine a day in which I wouldn't enter my house personally.
11-13-2014, 04:08 PM
Chiramu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluevann

Really hope they implement this soon, there's a bad case of ghost towns. I can't imagine a day in which I wouldn't enter my house personally.

They need to make it so more people will frequent the housing areas. It is always quiet in them >.>.
11-14-2014, 01:13 AM
Darki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicobo

A similar thread FYI ^^;
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...a-plot-of-land

Below is the latest official feedback I've read:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2232316

Please note that all above happend before Personal Housing implementation.

Thank you. I was looking for that and couldn't find it. Had to settle for giving my own first hand account.
11-14-2014, 01:52 AM
Felis

For personal houses the time limit should be larger. 6 months around, I think
30 days is for FC houses ok, because so long the FC is not dead, there should be always someone online to visit the house once all 30 days.
11-15-2014, 01:14 AM
Odd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiramu

They need to make it so more people will frequent the housing areas. It is always quiet in them >.>.

I don't know, ward 3 of Lavender Beds is quite busy.! I mainly hang out at the market board in front of our FC house, and there's always members from at least three other FC's there. I've made a lot of friends in the housing area!
11-15-2014, 07:19 AM
WHS

I had a question about this process. Does it apply only if fc leader visits the house or can anyone from the fc visit the house and get credit for it being occupied? So to be clear if the fc leader does not visit the house will it be released back to the pool?
11-15-2014, 07:25 AM
Fornix

Quote:

Originally Posted by WHS

I had a question about this process. Does it apply only if fc leader visits the house or can anyone from the fc visit the house and get credit for it being occupied? So to be clear if the fc leader does not visit the house will it be released back to the pool?

It's any member. As the house of my FC has not vanished, even though there's been a period of roughly 3 months during which I never ported towards it.
11-15-2014, 09:09 AM
Alukah

Quote:

Originally Posted by WHS

I had a question about this process. Does it apply only if fc leader visits the house or can anyone from the fc visit the house and get credit for it being occupied? So to be clear if the fc leader does not visit the house will it be released back to the pool?

As you can see in the quote above it's still not implemented, details of how it will work will come when they implement it.

So the post by Darki is false, they didn't scrap it, they delayed it.
11-15-2014, 11:33 AM
Marael

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darki

I am a member of an FC with a house. One of our neighboring FC's houses next door that has gone untouched for over a year.

This proves nothing. I highly doubt that you are watching that house every second of every day. All it takes is one single person entering the house every 35 days, which can be a blink and you miss it event. And they could be spending a lot of their time INSIDE the house where you can't see them as well, a place where they can teleport out of once they wish to leave without using the door. Just because you don't have people reclining in the yard all day doesn't mean the house isn't being used. Of course, hasn't been implemented yet according to other peeps on this thread, so whatever. Still, you can't make that statement with assurity, because you aren't watching every second of every day.