Reclaim land from inactive accounts post 3.0?

[Krylo]

FC leadership and housing are two VERY different things. If an active FC has their leader leave for an extended period of time for any reason, even if they fully intend to come back, it can leave them completely powerless to do anything.

Yeah, and inactive people having housing locks everyone else out of gardening, chocobo training, house creation/decoration, and--soon to be--Airship exploration.

You can't lock content out for active players to protect inactive players. It's asinine.

[DoctorPepper]

Yeah, and inactive people having housing locks everyone else out of gardening, chocobo training, house creation/decoration, and--soon to be--Airship exploration.

You can't lock content out for active players to protect inactive players. It's asinine.

lol lets be real here.. inactive players are not what's locking people out, lack of plots is. People in this thread keep pointing fingers at inactive players as if SE is not to blame or something. Even if they reclaimed every plot that was inactive, there still wouldn't be enough plots for even 25% of the players on populated servers based on unofficial census numbers.

[Vejjiegirl]

lol lets be real here.. inactive players are not what's locking people out, lack of plots is. People in this thread keep pointing fingers at inactive players as if SE is not to blame or something. Even if they reclaimed every plot that was inactive, there still wouldn't be enough plots for even 25% of the players on populated servers based on unofficial census numbers.

Even if there were more plots the problem would still be there, it would just take longer for it to come up.
Everyone quits eventually.

[Krylo]

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SE needs to do both: add more plots and reclaim from inactives. As time goes on more and more plots are going to be eaten up by people who quit/move on/whatever else and it's going to continue to be a detriment, and, as that there's a hard limit to the number of plots that can be added due to server space issues, just constantly adding more to accommodate both inactive and active players isn't feasible.

What's more feasible? Tripling/Quadrupling current wards and kicking inactives to allow the majority of people (and probably all people who actually have money for it) to buy a plot and have plots be opening occasionally after so they don't need to keep adding more until/unless there's a maintained population spike, or quintupling it now, then doubling that later, then doubling THAT later again, and then again into infinity until the death of the game because of inactive players, even if the population stays at current levels (or even if it drops)?

[Sapphic]

SE needs to do both: add more plots and reclaim from inactives.

With the freeing up of inactive account housing it would reduce the amount of new wards needed. One thing they need to do first is make it that no furniture is destroyed when picked up as too much is, especially the hard to acquire furniture. Then, the furniture can be put into storage and reclaimed upon renewal of account.

Free up inactive housing, put the furniture into storage, limit housing to one per account and there will be a healthy increase in housing availability for those who want. As freeing up inactive accounts land will not stop players with housing already buying up more plots.

[Aeyis]

I fully support this!

They need to implement the 31day inactivity penalty they mentioned once upon a time. just set up all items to be returned to the calamity salvager along with the reimbursement of funds.

A month is quite the short time considering how long most have to save to even be able to buy a house in the first place.

You already forfeit leadership of a Free Company after 35 days, why should housing be any different? Play the game, or pay the price.

ETA: Since people don't seem to get what I'm saying, let me put it this way: In real life, if you do not pay the rent, the landlord will evict you. The monthly subscription that you pay is your rent.

In real life the landlord of a bought house is...you.

Yeah, and inactive people having housing locks everyone else out of gardening, chocobo training, house creation/decoration, and--soon to be--Airship exploration.

You can't lock content out for active players to protect inactive players. It's asinine.

Because everyone else wants to enjoy gardening, chocobo training, or house decoration, right?

[Tuathaa]

They need to implement the 31day inactivity penalty they mentioned once upon a time. just set up all items to be returned to the calamity salvager along with the reimbursement of funds.

With you plan sure they would recieve some small reimbursement but you are screwing the person out of their plot and their hard work to aquire a plot and house.
If they come back they no longer have a plot or the plots available to replace it which is why i dont see SE doing this.

[Sapphic]

A month is quite the short time considering how long most have to save to even be able to buy a house in the first place.

That I agree with, 6 months is plenty of time. Being able to keep the house is a reward for keeping subscribed.

In real life the landlord of a bought house is...you.

In FFXIv, nothing is "yours" everything, including your character, everything on that character, your account, even the data on your computer that pertains to FFXIV is all the property of SE. So that analogy is irrelevant.

Because everyone else wants to enjoy gardening, chocobo training, or house decoration, right?

Without housing available they don't have that choice.

[SpookyGhost]

Instanced housing would've solved this problem. ( ' - ' )b

[nuyu11]

Instanced housing would've solved this problem. ( ' - ' )b

I would request SE to develop an apartment house due to scarce land issue in Eorzea.
Or Tree House.