Quote Originally Posted by niwaar View Post
I was under the impression that there was a system to forcibly relinquish housing. I remember a member of my FC was forced to leave the game due to a job related issue/moving and their home was purchased a month or two after they had left the game. There was a number of houses in multiple wards on Gilgamesh that randomly became available a few months ago.

Out of curiosity how do you know these players have left?

Oh and while we are it, there is a small house in Mist Ward 1 on Gilgamesh that is owned by what seems like a gilseller and the neighborhood would really like their house to be removed.
There is no system in place to forcibly relinquish plots. SE was planning to add one but then a bunch of crybabies started screaming that it was unfair for them to lose the plot if they quit because they might come back. Of course it is far more unfair on everyone else that doesn't own a plot to be denied one due to inactive players but SE gave in to the pressure and didn't implement the system.

How your FC friend lost his house is beyond me as there is no system in place to do that. The houses that randomly free up from time to time are due to players deleting their characters as that immediately destroys everything associated with that character.