Time on House removal/reclaming is way to short! (private houseing)

[Shirobi]

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Too bad. You should have been an early supporter and had the money ready to go when the housing was originally available.

This is screwing over dedicated, long term players for newbies.

[Skybourne]

Too bad. You should have been an early supporter and had the money ready to go when the housing was originally available.

This is screwing over dedicated, long term players for newbies.

Just because people like you have been a subscriber since the beginning doesn't automatically give you more of a right to home ownership, if you can't stay active then too bad, and don't even try preaching work or financial issues, if you were really worried about it I'm sure you could find someone close to purchase the lot from you and while there are items that couldn't be replaced easily that is a small price to pay, though I would sort of think so long as an account is active then there shouldn't be a timer so I will give support for that part. Though a real solutuon would be limiting one house per account for starters, just because anyone would want to take a break from the game shouldn't excuse you from holding a limited resource indefinitely.

[Kinseykinz]

Too bad. You should have been an early supporter and had the money ready to go when the housing was originally available.

This is screwing over dedicated, long term players for newbies.

No it's not. If you ARE such a player, then you have an active account dedicated=you pay your sub. And if you play and pay, then you won't lose your house. It's for exactly what the person you quoted said. To allow newer folk (and even, get this old, dedicated players) who'd like homes, a chance to get one, by removing them from people who no longer play/pay to play. Also, it will make it easier for SE to judge the actual player need for housing on each server to better provide additional housing/wards etc.

People really need to start looking forward. This game, if FFXI is any indicator, could have a decade+ lifespan. Over that time, you really don't think a fair amount of people living in the current wards won't move on/play something else etc. Those wards, if nothing is done, will become ghost towns, wasted server space, and just add to game bloat. This new system will make it so even 10 years from now, ward 1 on any server/any plot has a human actively playing the game behind it. And therefore, as in real life, keeps the value/desire of the entire ward up. But it also will mean that we won't need to add extra space every couple months simply because all houses are full. The space will be added when 1. All spaces are full and 2. Not enough spaces are going vacant in a reasonable timeframe. I don't want to go though a 40+ ward list to find a friends house...I'm sure you don't either. This system helps fix it.