Reclaim land from inactive accounts post 3.0?

[DarthBuzzer]

Except that the people with the houses have already spent the non-refundable gil... On legacy servers, mediums and larges are 30m-87.5m. Even the smalls are 4-5 mil which is a lot for most people not terribly active in the marketboard.
The people who have the really expensive houses had already spent a LOT of gil. Like a lot. 87.5 mil pre-deflation is a lot. Even at 70m after deflation, that is a lot. (The grade 1 larges sold out before they could get fully deflated on my server)
Removing them for a month of two for inactivity is REALLY unfair. That is a LOT of gil you are just poofing from that person in the sake of "well I am paying this month and they are not"

Yes its unfair, but whats more unfair is most servers have no plots available. if someone has to be screwed let it to be the lesser of the two evils - Inactive players.

[Titor]

Yes its unfair, but whats more unfair is most servers have no plots available. if someone has to be screwed let it to be the lesser of the two evils - Inactive players.

So you admit that it is replacing an unfair situation with another unfair situation. It will solve no problem, other than tick off a lot of returning players who are now down a lot of gil with nothing to show for it.
It is not a good solution at all, it will fix nothing. The flow of unsatisfied people will be the same (if not worse, since the returning players may now be very angry). There will still be a massive shortage on housing.
The only solution is more wards. Ideally dynamic wards that will automatically add new space when they are running out. This will need a server upgrade, yes. That is why we need to make it known as something we really want.

[MageBlack]

So you admit that it is replacing an unfair situation with another unfair situation. It will solve no problem, other than tick off a lot of returning players who are now down a lot of gil with nothing to show for it.
It is not a good solution at all, it will fix nothing. The flow of unsatisfied people will be the same (if not worse, since the returning players may now be very angry). There will still be a massive shortage on housing.
The only solution is more wards. Ideally dynamic wards that will automatically add new space when they are running out. This will need a server upgrade, yes. That is why we need to make it known as something we really want.

Would you still be against it if there was a complete refund system? All items and gil was refunded? Is there any compromise you would be willing to entertain? Because until the plots are unlimited, there WILL need to be a line drawn in the sand. I don't want either side to be disadvantaged but I've been playing since 1.0 and just because I'm not on at the exact right time, I feel like i'm being punished.

[Titor]

Would you still be against it if there was a complete refund system? All items and gil was refunded?

I think that yes, I would be alright with a full refund system. However, it would need to be in the form of a gil refund, and not just a voucher to buy another plot, because who knows how long that one would be waiting for the exact plot they had bought to open up (same grade and size, in a location they desire).

At least with a full refund one would not be out much gil, and could just await the opening of new wards/relinquished plots to get another house. My biggest concern with force-relinquished is the amount of time and effort it took to get the gil, which would without a refund be lost. I do agree that it would be ideal for houses to be used by active players. I just know I personally would not want to lose all of the gil I saved up and bought my house with if unforeseen circumstances took me away from the game.

[MageBlack]

I think that yes, I would be alright with a full refund system. However, it would need to be in the form of a gil refund, and not just a voucher to buy another plot, because who knows how long that one would be waiting for the exact plot they had bought to open up (same grade and size, in a location they desire).

At least with a full refund one would not be out much gil, and could just await the opening of new wards/relinquished plots to get another house. My biggest concern with force-relinquished is the amount of time and effort it took to get the gil, which would without a refund be lost. I do agree that it would be ideal for houses to be used by active players. I just know I personally would not want to lose all of the gil I saved up and bought my house with if unforeseen circumstances took me away from the game.

Ok, that's good then. I wouldnt want anyone to be out that amount of gil either. It would have the opposite effect on housing and scare people off it. I don't think 31 days is enough, maybe after 3 months after your sub runs out, that would be a good litmus for people not playing. There are many other things that need to be done for housing too, like limit the amount of plots to, at the minimum, 1 per character and you have to have a certain level before buying a plot, a full refund system, make personal housing instanced and separate from FC housing, etc. Not sure what their future plans are but I have confidence they will be able to find some solution, it will just take time.

Regardless, we need some kind of band aid, More wards, before they drop the FC Airship patch. I at least want a house for our FC, then I can get a personal room and I will be pacified, for now

[Eidolon]

Honestly wish SE would just give us more wards. Sadly I don't understand the complexities of data and programming so I'm not going to claim it's easy/seamless to try and add more in. Even still, they clearly lack the supply to match the player demand of having more houses and should work on it.

It's kind of their own fault in my mind, though. This scarcity was caused by putting Player housing in the same places as FC Housing.