RENT: A Better Housing Solution

[AnduinLynn]

I don't consider logging in simply to avoid the housing reclamation as "using" it, so it isn't about people using a house in a way I wouldn't want. I do not appreciate how players snatch a plot, and then simply keep it around for "if" they ever start playing the game again, and do not actively play it currently. Yes, of course this is all up to SE whatever whatever, but bottom line is that I'm saying it is selfish, and that this suggestion could prevent that, as it will eliminate those who have no care to invest time into the game, and simply wish to keep their house as a trophy rather than using it during active gameplay.

Whatever though, if you wish to pop in and out to have your name on an abandoned house, go for it. I just think it isn't right, and that this method is a very simple countermeasure to prevent those who pop in and out.

[StouterTaru]

I don't consider logging in simply to avoid the housing reclamation as "using" it, so it isn't about people using a house in a way I wouldn't want.

So going to a NPC and paying them periodically would constitute using a house?

Logging in does nothing for the reclamation timer, it's entering the house. Gardening, chocobo raising/coloring, exterior decorating, moogle mail all happen without resetting the timer.