Thought it was a dumb idea when they first discussed it, and I still think it's a dumb idea now. That they took this long to add a nearly identical system which addressed none of people's concerns from the first time around, and they've let everyone go this long without adding new housing space, is pretty dumb too. This does nothing but placate people ravenous for housing at the expense of those who have it. I appreciate that you get 80% of the plot value back at the very least, but as mentioned earlier in this thread, by the time you fully furnish a house there's a good chance some of the items you have in it will be worth more than that.

Ultimately the gil is something that comes and goes, my real concern is that if a player does need to unsub for a while the space is still going to be highly limited upon his/her return. This doesn't make the system more accessible to players as a whole, but rather shifts ownership from one incredibly small subset to another over a lengthy period of time. I'd be alright with this system if neighborhood housing was a premium you were more or less paying for so that you can surround yourself with a populated and active housing community, while all players had permanent private instances on the side where everyone could have a house. As it stands though I really don't think it fixes anything about how limited the system itself is.

It's not much for me to log in and keep my house, so I'm not saying this as though I'm concerned about losing my house. I just genuinely think it's a lame band-aid.