Quote Originally Posted by Alex_Lenderson View Post
How is having a house an ultimate achievement? I mean... really?
Because its the largest, most time consuming, most customizable, content locked, most expensive thing you can acquire in the game? A lot of people see housing as the most difficult and time consuming achievement one can acquire because for a lot of people, especially those who don't care about competitive raiding at the cutting edge of difficulties (which is most of the population of any mmo) it is the ultimate achievement. Everything you did was leading up to it. Every bit of money for the crazy expensive item that every player drools over.

It's the Anaconda in Elite Dangerous. It's the Gold Challenge Mode gear in Warcraft. It's the apex achievement for alot of people. There is nothing more expensive and prestigious than owning a house in this game. For a lot of people who lose their houses, they will likely feel that with their greatest achievement stripped of them, they will feel there is no point in coming back. For me, having to commit to play this game forever in order to achieve that apex, there's no point in going forward.