Reclamation of Inactive Housing announced

[BreathlessTao]

Frankly, I'd much prefer that SE just faced facts and acknowledged that their server tech simply can't accommodate the neighborhood vision that the devs have and implemented instanced housing. It's really weird that they invest as much effort as they do into systems tied to housing content (gardening, airships, furniture, etc.) when only a small fraction of the playerbase, by design, is in any position to take advantage of them. What we have here is a band aid fix. A good and overdue band aid fix mind you, but a band aid fix.

THIS. So much this. -_-

Also mind this little detail:

The count for days of inactivity will begin on the release of patch 3.1.

...so, plots that have been abandoned for half a year or even longer, will still be unavailable for another one and a half month after 3.1 hits, whenever that happens. Way to go. -_-

[Felis]

* The count for days of inactivity will begin on the release of patch 3.1.

It seem in the english text they forgot an info.
in the german text it is also mentioned that "Subject to Demolishing" and "Steps Prior to Demolishing" are not on the same timer. After 45 days of not going into the house the house get the status of inactivity. And only after another 45 days it get demolished.

[BreathlessTao]

It seem in the english text they forgot an info.
in the german text it is also mentioned that "Subject to Demolishing" and "Steps Prior to Demolishing" are not on the same timer. After 45 days of not going into the house the house get the status of inactivity. And only after another 45 days it get demolished.

...wait what?! So basically plots become available after 90 days of inactivity, starting at the release of 3.1?

And hey another detail:

The price will decrease every six hours from the time at which it is made available for purchase.

- so they're going on sale at the full, original price again. Ugh.

[Pyroxene]

This doesn't fix the problem, this just needlessly punishes the players who got houses

This isn't going to work when every estate is owned by someone who doesn't leave it be for 45 days, in a year or so everyone will once again not be able to buy houses, and all this will do is annoy people and feel like a cheap gimmick to force you to keep playing the game every month even if you want to take a break from it

Terrible choice, I'm very dissapointed in this awful design decision

It's not too much to ask for you to log in once per month and visit your house if you wanna keep it.
At least now other people who are playing have a real shot at owning land currently not being used

[Malevicton]

Jesus they do exactly what people ask and still get met with "Ugh"

[Culfinrandir]

It seem in the english text they forgot an info.
in the german text it is also mentioned that "Subject to Demolishing" and "Steps Prior to Demolishing" are not on the same timer. After 45 days of not going into the house the house get the status of inactivity. And only after another 45 days it get demolished.

That's what I would have expected - a 90 day period. If what you say if correct, and I have no reason to think it isn't, then it's a 90 day demolition process. I'd feel happier about that for personal housing; 45 days for FC is acceptable.

[Cherie]

In before they forgot to add a couple zeroes to the coding and all houses demolish instantly when we log in... and your email box gets flooded afterward with like 5 email warnings...

I'm just kidding... I hope. :x

[Pyroxene]

In before they forgot to add a couple zeroes to the coding and all houses demolish instantly when we log in... and your email box gets flooded afterward with like 5 email warnings...

I'm just kidding... I hope. :x

Eorzea has natural disasters too
Just put it down to a group wiping on Leviathan and the housing ward was the collateral

[BreathlessTao]

Jesus they do exactly what people ask and still get met with "Ugh"

Doing "exactly what people ask" would be giving up on this broken and unsustainable housing model.
And yeah well sorry if we get upset when there are n number of details to something and they manage to go with the worst options for all n of those.

[Culfinrandir]

In before they forgot to add a couple zeroes to the coding and all houses demolish instantly when we log in... and your email box gets flooded afterward with like 5 email warnings...

I'm just kidding... I hope. :x

Well I hope they double check now that you've mentioned it! It doesn't happen until 3.1 in November anyway so there's no excuse for them not to check that code! =D