Reclamation of Inactive Housing announced

[Ayerinn]

Because there are better ways to do it?

Wildstar does it right.

SWTOR does it right.

LOTRO (apparently, never played it) does it right.

I think also Aion does it right, with personal flats.

And I believe also Rift does it right.

This game doesn't? And because of technical issues?

every single one of those games is F2P...which means housing items are a significant revenue source for them - of course they are going to make it easy for everyone to own one (not that I don't think everyone should be able to have one in FF14, I 100% do think everyone needs access.) WS, SWTOR, RIFT are all solo house instances - totally different animal than a neighborhood, it is just another instance like anything else. Aion has housing districts but anyone can have a home via apartments...not sure what LOTRO has though.

[Voltyblast]

every single one of those games is F2P...which means housing items are a significant revenue source for them - of course they are going to make it easy for everyone to own one (not that I don't think everyone should be able to have one in FF14, I 100% do think everyone needs access.) WS, SWTOR, RIFT are all solo house instances - totally different animal than a neighborhood, it is just another instance like anything else. Aion has housing districts but anyone can have a home via apartments...not sure what LOTRO has though.

But they work fine don't they? Sure, maybe some issues now and you're forced to get some items from the shop, but I don't think that they need a 45 day relinquishing system to make it work.

SWTOR is ok but requires money to unlock additional parts, but you don't need a 3 floored house to begin with. I haven't played Rift and Aion too much to fully say how they are, but they work just fine and that's the important thing.

Does the housing work in this game? No, and now we have a stingy relinquishing time that doesn't allow anyone to have months worth of break. I am NOT saying that we should let the abandoned houses go untouched: I fully agree to that, I want everyone to have a place to stay in but I just don't believe that this is the right way.

All I'm saying is, you want it done good, or done it poorly? Because as far as I'm concerned the housing in FFXIV is in the latter.

[Waaltar]

Either Neighborhood housing or the one-price for everything sub model has to go because SE can't afford to do it as-is. They can keep one or the other, not both.

Currently, every subscriber is subsidizing the housing system for the limited number of players who get access to housing. The housing system has taken up many dev hours in terms of content development and it costs too much to run to let every subscriber have access to it.

So clearly, 'one price gets you everything' has been failing for a long time now already. To many, it's a much cherished part of how SE does business, so of course it has been a difficult conversation so far.

By accidentally making a housing system they couldn't afford to run, SE will be forced to do some major decision making, to reconsider their business philosophy and strategy. One subscriber price can not deliver players the deep content that the evolving market is demanding.

I'm glad they are beginning to work it out.