What happens now? (Plot sale gone horribly wrong.)

[Thalvaus]

The fault lies with Square Enix for not implementing a way to sell houses. They are still learning as a MMO company, and didn't realize that relinquish fees will be the new thing when they said they didn't want profiteering. Which leads to situations like this.

You did what you agreed to -- what is the norm for situations like these -- and you are in the right.

In addition, one should always make sure they're ready to pick up a plot when agreeing to buy a relinquish. The only thing you could've done better is ask if he was a second lieutenant. But many wiki guides say that all you need to be is second lieutenant with any Grand Company. I honestly wouldn't have known this, myself.

As bad as you must feel, this is between two other parties now.

[Dererk]

The fault lies with Square Enix for not implementing a way to sell houses. They are still learning as a MMO company, and didn't realize that relinquish fees will be the new thing when they said they didn't want profiteering. Which leads to situations like this.

You did what you agreed to -- what is the norm for situations like these -- and you are in the right.

In addition, one should always make sure they're ready to pick up a plot when agreeing to buy a relinquish. The only thing you could've done better is ask if he was a second lieutenant. But many wiki guides say that all you need to be is second lieutenant with any Grand Company. I honestly wouldn't have known this, myself.

As bad as you must feel, this is between two other parties now.

uh no the fault lies with the guy not being a high enough rank. I feel bad for the Op because now he's left with nothing because that guy was throwing a fit.

[Maxsdad]

The fault lies with Square Enix for not implementing a way to sell houses. They are still learning as a MMO company, and didn't realize that relinquish fees will be the new thing when they said they didn't want profiteering. Which leads to situations like this.

You did what you agreed to -- what is the norm for situations like these -- and you are in the right.

In addition, one should always make sure they're ready to pick up a plot when agreeing to buy a relinquish. The only thing you could've done better is ask if he was a second lieutenant. But many wiki guides say that all you need to be is second lieutenant with any Grand Company. I honestly wouldn't have known this, myself.

As bad as you must feel, this is between two other parties now.

Why is it the developers fault that the prospective buyer DOESN'T KNOW THE RULES? The FAULT, if any must be leveled, is SOLELY with the first prospective buyer.

[Souljacker]

The fault lies with Square Enix for not implementing a way to sell houses. They are still learning as a MMO company, and didn't realize that relinquish fees will be the new thing when they said they didn't want profiteering.

They lost the right to claim inexperience about a decade ago, you know. Right now what we are seeing is a distinct refusal to face the reality of how their playerbase behaves. Players are going to gouge one another in any and every way that they can. If the developer leaves systems in place that are open to exploitation, players will exploit them.

This situation is truly awful and I hope that the GMs can sort it out, but the onus is squarely on SE's shoulders to fix these blatant issues with the so-called player housing.