Please put Auto-Demo back on

Please turn it back on, if not already, so there can be at least some kind of rotation again in the current system.

I'm not expecting that to happen until Ishgard housing opens. It's only a couple of months away at this point and would make the current suspension one of the shorter ones they've had.

Also not certain what you mean by "rotation in the system". Even with it re-enabled, there's going to be almost nothing available on most worlds. I was pretty surprised that so few houses became available this week with Materia opening. I was expecting to see more vacancies appear but have only seen a couple dozen.

Would be good to put back on now and it makes little sense why it should had been turned off, at at least kept some regions free would seem in place

Before Endwalker came out, I had been unsuccessfully trying to get a SMALL sized house in every available district, for more than half a year. Unsuccessfully, since I lost to bot users and FCs swarming around the placards all the time. I sacrificed entire weekends, caused tendovaginitis in my right wrist from clicking for 14 hours at a time and to crown all of this experience, auto-demolition was turned off because some people whined because of queue times. On my server, queues have been down to 20-30 people at a time since the new year, and now that Oceania got its own DC, queues are non-existent.

I find it extremely unfair that people get to sit on their houses without the pressure of having to even log on, while people like me do not even get the chance to get a plot.

I do feel for anyone still needing a home, I truly do.
SE needs to fix dynamic supply, not punish players for not logging in.(lol)


The demo timer is by far, the worst decision SE ever made.

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Originally Posted by MistyMew

I do feel for anyone still needing a home, I truly do.
SE needs to fix dynamic supply, not punish players for not logging in.(lol)


The demo timer is by far, the worst decision SE ever made.

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I'd argue the worst decision is using wards in the first place instead of a system that can easily expand for a growing player base.

My house was auto demo'd a few months back when I wasn't playing and got tired of logging in every 45 days.... pretty much had a house in my name for the last 3 years consistently but last year was rough IRL so i needed a break. now I regret it. I knew I would....honestly, screw this housing system.

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Originally Posted by MistyMew

I do feel for anyone still needing a home, I truly do.
SE needs to fix dynamic supply, not punish players for not logging in.(lol)


The demo timer is by far, the worst decision SE ever made.

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Not really, it is the best thing they did, else you would have houses that could stand empty for years, due to people quit playing for good or between expansions, it is really not punishing the players, if you don't play for a month and a half, then you are barely into the game and if need some kind of housing, then an apartment would be a better fit, though we are probably gonna see Auto-Demo with that as well due to eg. the Balmung Situation.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

I'd argue the worst decision is using wards in the first place instead of a system that can easily expand for a growing player base.

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What is the point of keep bashing the past?
They didn’t even expect that many people will come back during 2.0 relaunch.

If FF14 had a solid player base like current, ward will stay as FC only and it is not even issue
What done is done, we just need to get over with it

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Originally Posted by Divinemights

What is the point of keep bashing the past?
They didn’t even expect that many people will come back during 2.0 relaunch.

If FF14 had a solid player base like current, ward will stay as FC only and it is not even issue
What done is done, we just need to get over with it

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Can't change what happened in the past but that doesn't mean they should continue to repeat those mistakes in the future.

Other games with housing do not have this problem. There's no good reason why it should remain a problem here.

I'm for turning auto-demo back on in enough time for a full 45-day cycle in order to let people have a go at houses in the current areas prior to the new stuff being made available.

I thought the auto-demo timer being turned off had to do with server login issues. Those seem to be gone, so they really should just turn it back on.

Checking the thread again and I agree with all of you in the suggestion to rework the system altogether. Perhaps they did not expect housing to become such an essential part of the game? - it does not matter.
Auto-demo is still off, weeks are going by and I cannot imagine the craze and chaos that will unleash when Ishgardian housing drops and MAYBE, MAAAAYBE then they would grace us with turning auto-demo back on. It is ridiculous. Blows my mind - there is no queue congestion anymore, people are finishing EW in their own pace and there is absolutely no reason to keep it on. Oh- only if they are just waiting to muck up the entire housing market when 1.0 drops. Because that's what's going to happen at this rate.

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Originally Posted by Dailemont

Checking the thread again and I agree with all of you in the suggestion to rework the system altogether. Perhaps they did not expect housing to become such an essential part of the game? - it does not matter.
Auto-demo is still off, weeks are going by and I cannot imagine the craze and chaos that will unleash when Ishgardian housing drops and MAYBE, MAAAAYBE then they would grace us with turning auto-demo back on. It is ridiculous. Blows my mind - there is no queue congestion anymore, people are finishing EW in their own pace and there is absolutely no reason to keep it on. Oh- only if they are just waiting to muck up the entire housing market when 1.0 drops. Because that's what's going to happen at this rate.

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They always resume demolition with a patch maintenance so 6.1 is likely when it will happen.

To be honest, demolition at this point in the game's housing history isn't much help. When it is active, we see maybe 8-10 houses become available per world per week. That's nothing compared to the thousands of players and FCs per world trying to obtain one. The player population has grown far beyond what the ward system can handle. LotRO only got away with its "add a Neighborhood when the existing ones fill" because that game's player base is relatively small and had zero to little growth after a couple of years. FFXIV's player base is much larger and still growing.

Housing isn't an essential part of the game. There's no real disadvantage to a player that foregoes housing ownership. But it is an extremely popular one - and deserving of more developer attention because of that popularity.

As for Ishgard, the chaos that will follow in its wake will be due to the lottery becoming the new method for plot purchase. Players are going to have to adjust to what the lottery really means.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

As for Ishgard, the chaos that will follow in its wake will be due to the lottery becoming the new method for plot purchase. Players are going to have to adjust to what the lottery really means.

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Ishgard housing is Emet-Selch's final plan coming to fruition. The resulting chaos, salt, and all out war in the FCFS wards will result in nothing less than a Rejoining.


Personally, I'm a fan of what I perceive the lottery system to be since as much as I'd like a house again, not having one isn't heart or game breaking to me. If I can drop the money on a plot and go about my usual business with a chance to get it, that's fine by me.

As per the Lodestone, it will resume March 9.

The problem with turning on demos now is that if a medium or large plot opens up you could potentially see some severe congestion issues, since relocation is no longer a thing...

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

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Originally Posted by ryneheartsgaia

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

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While annoying it would only be for half a day or so, less of a problem than the EW queues. Once the crowd leaves you can get back into to your home.

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Originally Posted by ryneheartsgaia

The problem with turning on demos now is that if a medium or large plot opens up you could potentially see some severe congestion issues, since relocation is no longer a thing...

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

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We'd already see it happening if it was that much of a problem. I don't think I've heard of anyone complaining that they weren't able get to their house because a plot was available in the same ward.

Can't say I've seen any larges available recently but we did have a few mediums become available in the wake of the OCE data center opening. While there were a fair number of players camping the ones I looked at, the crowds were still no where close to zone capacity.