My absence and return - thoughts on demolished houses

[Dark-Saviour]

Okay... so you were aware of it already but still said screw it. But came back to tell S-E that you didn't care but you actually do. Is this like...Schrodinger's House or something?

They saw a system designed to force them to sub being implemented, said, "If I can't take breaks without losing all my crap then I'm done with this game." and came back to tell SE that losing everything majorly destroys any incentive to ever sub again.

I can't say you'll get a lot of sympathy here from many of us. There's two major housing issues as it is right now.

The only two major issues are SE's design and SE's architecture. Nothing community-wise needs to be done if those problems are addressed properly.

Before anyone says similar to me, I know the systems S-E put into the housing is absolute garbage and flawed, but it's the fact he KNEW he had a chance to save it and did nothing about it. Then says he's "taking his business elsewhere"

When your means of 'saving' it is paying a sub during a period you will either not be playing or simply can't afford to pay it, I won't fault a person for not playing along.

[MaikoRaines]

They saw a system designed to force them to sub being implemented, said, "If I can't take breaks without losing all my crap then I'm done with this game." and came back to tell SE that losing everything majorly destroys any incentive to ever sub again. The only two major issues are SE's design and SE's architecture. Nothing community-wise needs to be done if those problems are addressed properly. When your means of 'saving' it is paying a sub during a period you will either not be playing or simply can't afford to pay it, I won't fault a person for not playing along.

If one says nothing, then a company never finds out what is causing people to leave. Feedback about WHY you're leaving is critical in improving a product.

Not disputing this issue - it's a slippery slope. If someone owned a home, decided to either take an extended break or quit altogether, how is S-E going to determine that the house belongs to a player that just quit outright versus a player who unsubbed?

Some people argue 45 days is more than enough or not enough at all. What is a reasonable amount of time? A year? Never? If someone quits and they own a house, why should they still be entitled to own it if the assets never get used? Tell me how it's fair that someone who hasn't subbed for more than a year with no intention on coming back should keep their house versus someone who needs to take a break past 45 days should receive the same treatment? 45 days is a slap in the face. A year is justifiable to release assets to people who are active.

Or better yet, instanced housing is eternal.

I've also never known for S-E community reps to log in, ask what's up for an individual who makes posts like these because post like these are a dime a dozen. Then again, I've never seen them recently address this housing debacle either.

[Geryth]

Some people argue 45 days is more than enough or not enough at all. What is a reasonable amount of time? A year? Never? If someone quits and they own a house, why should they still be entitled to own it if the assets never get used? Tell me how it's fair that someone who hasn't subbed for more than a year with no intention on coming back should keep their house versus someone who needs to take a break past 45 days should receive the same treatment? 45 days is a slap in the face. A year is justifiable to release assets to people who are active.

That's thinking within the walls they engineered around the housing system. What they've done makes sense with what's there. In fact, as I've said, the apartments are actually a decent compromise. But the real issue is why they had to delete houses in the first place...

Or better yet, instanced housing is eternal.

You're on the right track!

[Naunet]

Or better yet, instanced housing is eternal.

That's why we want instanced housing.

[Dark-Saviour]

That's why we want instanced housing.

The only problem is, I have a strong feeling instanced housing would either have a cap on it, or ultimately be subject to deletion as well.
"The amount of storage it takes up is far too much and our system will become unstable, yadda, yadda."
:-(