Housing abandoned plots, this is needed SE!!! Thank you!

[Wings]

It's funny because that's exactly the time frame SE originally proposed for house reclaim. I agree that sixth months would be a reasonable time for reclaim, although I would prefer for there to be no reclaim at all. However, I understand at this point that they just have to go down this route due to how crappy the housing servers are.

But they did originally suggest 2 months. And at this point I'm not optimistic about their housing changes not screwing over people, since that has been pretty much consistent ever since housing was introduced.

Actually the original time was one month (possibly 35 days, the same as FC leadership), and you had to actually step through the door of said house, not just hang out in/use the garden, to prevent the house from being lost. The items from a lost house would be available to be picked up for another two months, apart from those that would be destroyed if picked up. People cried out against that implementation and it was scrapped.

[LineageRazor]

Because they bought it with the promise that it would not be taken away from them.

I don't recall any such promise.

In fact, SE has promised just the opposite; it's made quite clear that your account and everything in it do not belong to you, and may be taken away from you at any time for any reason or no reason at all, with no explanation given. It's all in the terms of service. They don't specifically mention housing, but housing is part of your account, so...

Actually the original time was one month (possibly 35 days, the same as FC leadership), and you had to actually step through the door of said house, not just hang out in/use the garden, to prevent the house from being lost. The items from a lost house would be available to be picked up for another two months, apart from those that would be destroyed if picked up. People cried out against that implementation and it was scrapped.

It's not surprising that folks would react badly to such a draconion policy. I don't think anyone in this thread, even among the most diehard supporters of property decay, feel that that was a fair solution. The problem was, SE didn't compromise - they simply dropped the idea entirely. They need to tailor the plan to some realistic expectations. Not everyone is going to spend a lot of time in their home. For many, a house is a place where you can showcase your accomplishments - it's a place you want OTHER people to have a chance to enter. Not much point in going in yourself - you KNOW what your accomplishments are, and don't need to see them yourself on a day-to-day basis! While that's not the only use for a home, I'll bet it's a common one.