Reclamation of Inactive Housing announced

[Malevicton]

The intention was clear, yes, but he was also referring specifically to a system that (at the time) didn't even exist yet. That article is part of a Q&A from before housing had actually been implemented. At the time, they may indeed have seen it as a thing of the past. But housing in this game was new, and its evident that some people (in this thread, even) actually wanted some sort of house relinquishment system and are glad that it's being implemented even if that implementation isn't ideal. Maybe they didn't want to do it initially, but evidently 2 years of having the current housing system in place and receiving feedback on it has changed that.

Honestly I feel like that kind of makes it worse. They knew it was a possibility and were trying to actively avoid it before the system was ever in place. It was designed with the intent of avoiding this exact situation, and yet here we are.

This decision seems to be based on player feedback and the things that people were asking for for a while now. This was announced a while back as well, wasn't it? I doubt that this will be the only step they take to try to fix the housing system (at least I hope so, anyway). Heck, this might not even be a permanent implementation, either - they could very well change aspects of it going forward. It hasn't actually been added yet, after all.

It was announced around April 2014 and scrapped due to a lot of negative feedback. :P Also doesn't make them look good. Makes em look desperate and disorganized.