Reclamation of Inactive Housing announced

[Seryl199]

Well, I've said in the past that I do think 45 days is too short, though at least initially I think it works for what this is primarily intended for; Freeing up plots owned by people who no longer play at all. We should want those plots freed up as soon as possible, active players are unlikely to be taking a break right after 3.1, after all, so a shorter timer shouldn't really affect anyone initially. In the long run though, I do think they should perhaps raise it to 90 or something.

Fair point, I'm in full agreement. The timer definitely needs to be revisited as housing availability improves, as it makes housing almost exclusive to full time subscribers. They deserve to be part of the housing scene, for sure, but I hope the system continues to grow and eventually provide for anyone that wants a house to be able to get one, regardless of how much subscription time they buy. It's a social medium, so I want it to be as accessible as possible so as to encourage as many players as possible to participate.

[Nalien]

Fair point, I'm in full agreement.

Yeah, if anything perhaps they should start selling this as a temporary measure, rather than effectively having it as a permanent "feature" going forward... They should probably be more open about this stuff, if they came forward and said "We've got the numbers, around X plots per server have not been used at all in several months, we're not going to spend resources on new servers for new wards with that kind of wastage", perhaps that would go down better... That is the justification people like me seem to be working on, though I'll admit I'm only assuming that. Apparently a plot is still owned, and still lacking an actual house back on my old server (which I left... around 2.3?), so I can't imagine the assumption is baseless... Some plots clearly are being wasted...

You say this now. Wait until you purchase a private estate and furnish it and then realize there's rarely ever a reason to enter your house once the novelty wears off.

Hey, I use mine pretty much whenever I'm on... It's a nice private place to craft in... It's both my go-to AFK spot and where most of the things I'd want are located (though the Unending Journal and Crystal Bell are still absent, but apparently they're planned), going forward it'll also have more features to hopefully enjoy in down time... Heck, when I get bored of certain content (not the whole game), it's also fairly nice to go about and redecorate the place. It's not keeping me subscribed by a long shot, but I'd rather enjoy redecorating than say, continuing to do Neverreap despite it melting my face off in boredom...

Still wish they'd change those crafting stations though... I'd like an actual benefit for having those things, reduced item wear perhaps? Would be nice without being a requirement for crafting... I mean that's effectively what the furniture foods do, which come to think of it are another reason I tend to actually use my house...

People who managed to get a plot get punished if something happens out of their control that prevents them from accessing their house. People who own a plot did not make this flawed system. People celebrate this punishment as if it's going to magically fix the core problem. Only seen on the OF. I giggled irl too.

I've seen less people claiming this is some magic bullet which will fix all our woes (actually I've seen no such people), and more people claiming this is the first step in addressing the problem... Again, why would SE want to invest in new servers to give us more wards or a better system, when the current system has an issue that is effectively wasting resources?