gutted

[Bluevann]

But they're already set to go back on the market if a month passes with no one from the FC entering..

Nope. SE withdrawed from that idea because FC house owners complained that they felt it was their right to keep something in-game that they weren't using nor paying subscription for during between-patches breaks. It was never implemented.

[Verdan]

As they are right to. It sucks to have your house taken away when you come back. It wouldn't be a problem at all if housing wasn't this absurdly limited thing.

[Ophie-Mio]

But they're already set to go back on the market if a month passes with no one from the FC entering..

To which they never actually implemented so yeah...

As they are right to. It sucks to have your house taken away when you come back. It wouldn't be a problem at all if housing wasn't this absurdly limited thing.

If you can't log in or transfer the house over (like in an FC's case) in the time frame they offered (or any time frame that's reasonable) then why bother to own it? You should obviously lose the house to free up houses for people who actually do play.

[synesthetic]

Nope. SE withdrawed from that idea because FC house owners complained that they felt it was their right to keep something in-game that they weren't using nor paying subscription for during between-patches breaks. It was never implemented.

Effing serious? Did they just quietly do that without giving any notice in patch notes?

[Ophie-Mio]

Effing serious? Did they just quietly do that without giving any notice in patch notes?

Supa quietly. It just never was mentioned again from what I thought. I just stopped hearing about...for the longest time I thought they had implemented it but then I came to find out that it just never was.

[Gramul]

They just need to open up more housing instances, though I'm not sure when they will.

This is really all I want.
At this point, the whole thing feels very short sighted.

[Magistrella]

But they're already set to go back on the market if a month passes with no one from the FC entering..

They removed the 35 day penalty. There was a timer in your timer page, and suddenly they removed it without saying anything in notes or whatsoever.

For example:
On my server there is one plot that was sold the day personal housing came out - just around the corner of my S Personal house. There was nothing ever built on it, and the owner is a lvl 20 character...

Right next to my house is a medium FC house, 1 member, nothing has changed in or around the house for 9 month or so

so yeh, people could have houses - but inactive ones do not fall back in the pool....

[Verdan]

If you can't log in or transfer the house over (like in an FC's case) in the time frame they offered (or any time frame that's reasonable) then why bother to own it? You should obviously lose the house to free up houses for people who actually do play.

Yeah, but freeing up space wouldn't be an issue if space wasn't limited. I played Lotro man, and having that house payment tie us down and eventually have us lose the house we loved and decorated wasn't a fun time. People spent a ton of time getting enough money to get those houses, losing them would blow for those dudes. It's better for everyone if they open up additional space rather than have people lose the houses they cared about when they played.

[Bishop81]

Yeah, but freeing up space wouldn't be an issue if space wasn't limited. I played Lotro man, and having that house payment tie us down and eventually have us lose the house we loved and decorated wasn't a fun time. People spent a ton of time getting enough money to get those houses, losing them would blow for those dudes. It's better for everyone if they open up additional space rather than have people lose the houses they cared about when they played.

They need to add instance housing that scales properly - i.e. every player can have one.

The current wards, mainly their server hardware, should be reworked into player controlled "parts of town" where you have to pay rent. Basically you rent a space, allocated by auction, for whatever purpose you have in mind - as long as you can pay the rent. Since it's by auction, it will only go to those that need it most. Supply and demand.

[Ophie-Mio]

People spent a ton of time getting enough money to get those houses, losing them would blow for those dudes. It's better for everyone if they open up additional space rather than have people lose the houses they cared about when they played.

And I say if you aren't actually playing the game anymore, why do you care about what happens to your house? Some people are not coming back and some people only come back for free weekends. If they care enough about their houses, they will make arrangements. This will only weed out the people who have no intentions of returning.

For example:
On my server there is one plot that was sold the day personal housing came out - just around the corner of my S Personal house. There was nothing ever built on it, and the owner is a lvl 20 character...

Right next to my house is a medium FC house, 1 member, nothing has changed in or around the house for 9 month or so

This here is the reality for a lot of wards. This is people staring at these houses while others are not able to get them. Tell me the value of them staying as is?