Quote Originally Posted by alimdia View Post
I'm not against the auto demolition system, but 45 days is too short, and either proposal to increase the timer or change the system so it takes into account whether your sub is active or not would be welcome over what we have right now.

The current system is punishing players for taking short breaks, and created a subset of this community with players who actively want to take housing away from other players.
Unfortunately, I feel like basing housing demolition off of active subscription isn't exactly the best idea because it's open for potential "abuse." I took a break around the holidays last year, and returned for 3.55a, but I'd left my sub active (I was really only planning to take off a week or two, but it ended up being longer, and I did sign in briefly for the Heavensturn event for like 20 minutes). So, what if someone decides that they want to take a 6 month break, but leave their sub active just to keep a house? Not only are they wasting money, but they're not even playing the game, much less using the house. And there are others that would just keep playing as normal, but not even use their house. I'm firmly against letting people just keep things that they aren't even using just because they want to keep it (yet, can't be arsed to even step into it every 44 days). Especially if the items are as limited as housing (which isn't the fault of any group of players, but a poor design choice on SE's side). I feel that the ones that decide to abuse that feature would just ruin it for the rest of the playerbase, regardless if the number is small or large.

How many days would you propose would be a good time frame? I think the 45 days is decent enough, but extending it to 60 could possibly also work. I think 90 would be pushing it; max I think should be 75. That's two and a half months. Plenty of time for those that just want to take a casual break from the game due to lack of content or burn out or whatever personal reason, and still maintain their estate.

People that are called away from the game due to extenuating circumstances for extended periods of time (be it work, deployment, illness, natural disaster, etc.)....I know none of that stuff is really within their control, but SE can't and shouldn't offer special catering to those individuals (that probably sounds cold, but that's not how I'm intending it to sound). Especially considering the player's leave time will vary based on circumstances (they could be away for six months on business, or be deployed overseas for a year or more), and why should SE cater to such varying lengths of time? It becomes unfair because not every player receives the same grace period on housing demolition.

If one person gets special treatment, then everyone will start to demand the same treatment. And if they don't get it, Reddit and the forum will blow up with threads complaining about it.