Quote Originally Posted by Titor View Post
I have posted a full post on this here, completely against reclaiming land.
Tl;dr version:
People go away for personal problems, illnesses, military, health issues, etc, with every intent to return.
People who bought mediums/larges may have been saving up for months, and the amount for them is no trivial matter on a legacy server, so it would be a detrimental loss
It would NOT solve the issue in the long-run. It is not even a good band-aid. It is unfair (thought the current system is unfair, this would just shift it in the other direction
What we SHOULD be doing is asking for more wards, try to get SE to prioritize it, that way it could be fair for both current homeowners and people who want to buy homes now.
Adding more plots won't be a complete fix since they will just run out quickly. We'd have to wait months for more to be added. Relinquishing control of a plot isn't a complete fix either but at least it means plots will become available a bit more consistently.

At the end of the day, if someone goes inactive that's on them. It doesn't matter what the reason is. They should never be given priorty over active players. There are more people wanting a house than there are inactive people with one. It makes sense for SE to appeal to active players rather than allowing someone to selfishly keep a house for months after inactivity.

Ideally, I'd like to see 1 plot per account. Multiple plots should never have been allowed and need to be relinquished. Inactivity of 31 days or more should have the same result. Then finally, new plots with every major patch. That would be the best thing without redoing the entire housing system.