Can we get an Official clarification on housing Demolish timer (45 or 90?)

[Malicewolf]

Honestly, I don't care that much if it's 45 days or 60, or 90. I'm just glad they implemented something to eliminate those who simply aren't playing anymore and have a house (as it prevents others from having it). The fact that housing is exclusive to an extent is something that I actually like. Yes, it sucks when you are searching and searching and can't find a spot. One of my FC mates found an open lot open up and by the time our FC leader got there and bought it, he said there was 7 other people standing there trying to get it too (we got it though, yay!). But it really made us appreciate how much work it took to get the house we now own.

Now, the biggest issue I think everyone is running into here is the fact that the "reasons" that more than 45 days might be needed are NOT good reasons. We have ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE here that you deem to be "needing more than 45 days" saying she does not infact need it. The irony is the people who DON'T have an illness are the one's fighting the person who DOES that she needs more time to keep her house *facepalm*. None of us are saying there aren't circumstances which come up. That's life. In the middle of a dungeon run that took 1 hour queue time for me to find a party, my roommate accidentally turned off our internet and I had to spend another hour waiting to fight the damn hydra. I'm not blaming SE for not having a saved instance waiting for me to reenter the battle. Sh!t happens. You deal with it. Parameter's have to be set somewhere. There is no "perfect" line. I simply think the 45 day line is plenty.

As for the military deployment. 3/4 of my family is in or has been in the military. Many have been IN WARZONES. My family has sponsored midshipmen for over 10 years and those men and women have practically become part of our family as well. I have LOST some of those said people. Please do not say I do not understand. I may not personally be the one in the military, but I do know what they go through. There are very few assignments in which military men and women cannot access the internet. Majority of deployment assignments are not to the frontlines. Of all the mids we sponsored, 4 are in Florida, 2 are in Japan, 2 are in Oklahoma, 1 is in Hawaii, 1 is in North Carolina. None of them have no access to internet right now. 6 of them were in Iraq during the war. While there, I highly doubt any of them were worried about logging into an account, but we had skype calls with them occasionally (and to the point, they could easily ask someone to log in for them if it was that important to them). Yes, not all military deployments are the same. I DO understand this. But once again, circumstances happen. It's not SE's fault, nor is it the person's. But parameter's have to be made. I don't know too many military deployments in which the difference between 45 days and 90 will really make the big difference (but once again, circumstances).

The last argument of unemployment. Ok. That's fine. I truly do feel for those people. Hard times hit you and you needed to cancel your sub for an unknown amount of time because you couldn't afford it. That truly does suck. But, that's also life. I've been in that situation before and was unemployed for nearly 8 months. If I happened to of gotten a personal house in SE back then and lost it because of my unemployment then ok. I would of been angry and upset, but I also understand. SE is a business too you know.

But a majority of those complaining are NOT even under these categories. Most are simply those who "wish to take a break" giving out an argument because they don't want to lose their personal house they haven't visited for the last year and a half. To those people, I have no sympathy, hard work or not. Use it or lose it. To those unfortunate few out there who do fall into the category of unfortunate circumstances, I give my sincerest apologies for whatever hardship in life has come your way and wish you the best.

[WinterLuna]

Now, the biggest issue I think everyone is running into here is the fact that the "reasons" that more than 45 days might be needed are NOT good reasons. We have ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE here that you deem to be "needing more than 45 days" saying she does not infact need it. The irony is the people who DON'T have an illness are the one's fighting the person who DOES that she needs more time to keep her house *facepalm*. None of us are saying there aren't circumstances which come up. That's life.

Thank you for posting this, because it's exactly my point except I couldn't word it as well.

[LullaBell]

Now, the biggest issue I think everyone is running into here is the fact that the "reasons" that more than 45 days might be needed are NOT good reasons. We have ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE here that you deem to be "needing more than 45 days" saying she does not infact need it. The irony is the people who DON'T have an illness are the one's fighting the person who DOES that she needs more time to keep her house *facepalm*.

I have an illness and I disagree and found this notion distasteful. Not everyone's experience or situation will be the same, and being unwell yourself does not give you the authority to pass judgement on another persons situation or priorities. Just because someone has bigger issues for a time does not mean they won't look forward to returning to the game and enjoying their house when they are next able to.

I don't even own a house but I can sympathize with both sides of this argument. I just can't say I agree with most of the arguments in favor of the proposed system, and justifying taking houses away from other players. I just think the whole thing could have been handled better.

[WinterLuna]

I have an illness and I disagree and found this notion distasteful. Not everyone's experience or situation will be the same, and being unwell yourself does not give you the authority to pass judgement on another persons situation or priorities.

Again, please be careful with your wording here - nobody was passing judgement on other people's situations and I personally was only speaking for myself. I don't think I have any authority to speak for others so please don't make out that's the situation. Even so, you are missing the point of people's argument.

The point is that, with the situations people are presenting as argument, 45 days is a long enough to either log in or have a friend or family member log in for you. Again, if someone is unable to do that, then as sad as it is and not the players fault, they have to accept that the time has passed and they couldn't access their account.

The whole housing system could have been done in a much better way, but these arguments are stemming from the fact people think they're entitled to something just because of uncontrollable situations. The fact is, Square Enix has chosen 45 days. Like it or hate it, that's THEIR decision.

Another thing is that the number of active players who are looking for a house is far greater than the number of players who own one and are unable to log in due to these situations. SE cater to the majority.