[Request] Please Suspend Housing Demolition for NA

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Thank you Yoshi!

[Matrinka]

I'm sitting here over an hour away from my home because I'm on day 5 of not having power. I'm one of the lucky ones - I had family that lived close enough I could go to their home and crash since they still had power and therefore AC. So many of my colleagues, friends, and neighbors are trapped in their homes and have no where else to go. Hotels with AC have no vacancy. You know what you need during the day when everything feels miserable? Some sort of mental escape.

It took me 2 days to get to come here because all the roads up were either flooded, no lights, or had debris on them. I was under curfew as well - too dangeous for non-essential needs people to be out. I live in Orlando. After the first day of the storm, it was hot, humid, and I had a ton of damage to clean. So did everyone around me. McDonald's had a 3 hour wait for food because they were the only ones open and able to sell hot food - and even that took 2 days. It is in the 90s - and there is no relief in sight - as so many of us still don't have power. You can't exactly go out and do anything to take your mind off the heat and lack of agency to do anything about it. Stores, even major retailers, are closed. They don't have power either. Its too hot out to do much work outside. When you get home there is no relief of sweet AC. You know what there is a ton of time to do? Day dream to take your mind off the misery. You can only fixate on the damage, hope of the power company fixing things, scavenging for ice to keep all your food from rotting away in the fridge, trying to just cool down and not lose hope. Yeah, some people are living in terrible situations - thinking of video games, since you can't exactly play them - gives a bit of relief. You don't know what it is like. Stop judging people for trying to take their minds off of being miserable just 'cause you think our thoughts should be fixated on the misery a natural disaster brings 24-7. Our brains need a break from it! Yeah, thinking about something we love that is a major form of entertainment and stress relief we're currently being denied - is vital. When you start looking at bucket trucks with linemen on them like you are 8 years old hearing the ice cream truck, it SUCKS.

[Gvaz]

If I had to quit for x months, maybe the house should be archived until I get back, which upon then it goes in a queue and gets auto placed somewhere at the next available opening. That way I can have my house and not loose all that progress on a house if I had a lack of funds or something.

I'm sitting here over an hour away from my home because I'm on day 5 of not having power. I'm one of the lucky ones - I had family that lived close enough I could go to their home and crash since they still had power and therefore AC. So many of my colleagues, friends, and neighbors are trapped in their homes and have no where else to go. Hotels with AC have no vacancy. You know what you need during the day when everything feels miserable? Some sort of mental escape.

It took me 2 days to get to come here because all the roads up were either flooded, no lights, or had debris on them. I was under curfew as well - too dangeous for non-essential needs people to be out. I live in Orlando. After the first day of the storm, it was hot, humid, and I had a ton of damage to clean. So did everyone around me. McDonald's had a 3 hour wait for food because they were the only ones open and able to sell hot food - and even that took 2 days. It is in the 90s - and there is no relief in sight - as so many of us still don't have power. You can't exactly go out and do anything to take your mind off the heat and lack of agency to do anything about it. Stores, even major retailers, are closed. They don't have power either. Its too hot out to do much work outside. When you get home there is no relief of sweet AC. You know what there is a ton of time to do? Day dream to take your mind off the misery. You can only fixate on the damage, hope of the power company fixing things, scavenging for ice to keep all your food from rotting away in the fridge, trying to just cool down and not lose hope. Yeah, some people are living in terrible situations - thinking of video games, since you can't exactly play them - gives a bit of relief. You don't know what it is like. Stop judging people for trying to take their minds off of being miserable just 'cause you think our thoughts should be fixated on the misery a natural disaster brings 24-7. Our brains need a break from it! Yeah, thinking about something we love that is a major form of entertainment and stress relief we're currently being denied - is vital. When you start looking at bucket trucks with linemen on them like you are 8 years old hearing the ice cream truck, it SUCKS.

While the situation sucks, truly it does, on another hand: Lots of time for Reading Books.

[Matrinka]

If I had to quit for x months, maybe the house should be archived until I get back, which upon then it goes in a queue and gets auto placed somewhere at the next available opening. That way I can have my house and not loose all that progress on a house if I had a lack of funds or something.



While the situation sucks, truly it does, on another hand: Lots of time for Reading Books.

I've plowed through a few of them so far. I'm just really depressed over this and want life to go back to normal.

[Asura-Edge]

Also a thought for the French Isle... :/

[Kassatsu]

Thank you Yoshi P. As someone effected by Hurricane Irma this warms my heart. I was lucky enough to only be without for 5 days but there are meany that are looking at weeks if not months before normalcy could possibly be restored.

[Valinis]

All these silly replies saying that limited housing that not every player has access to, and is locked behind a subscription to maintain is a great feature. What a wonderful community.

[Mikki]

Although the gesture is very kind from the dev team, I think this is a band-aid fix for a real issue. The housing timer is just too short - so many things can keep someone away for a single month. An illness, a life event, a disaster. What we need is for the timer to be extended to 3 months. This is the chunk of time many people buy their subs in anyhow and I honestly think it's a much more fair time frame.

And I say this as someone who doesn't have a house personally but wants one. Housing itself is not so difficult to get if you have zero preferences; I watch the market all the time and see houses open up. But if you have your heart set on a specific lot and saved up so much gil for it and waited until it finally became free.... it's just a shame to lose it so easily after putting in so much time, effort and patience simply because you had other obligations for a month. I don't think it's right.

[Bongaboi]

FFXIV Producer and Director Yoshi-P here.

It warms our hearts to see such an outpouring of support for those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma in recent days. The thoughts and prayers of all of us on the FFXIV development and operations teams are with the people of Texas, Florida, the Caribbean, and the other areas affected by these terrible storms.

Many of you have requested that we suspend estate auto-demolition, as players in these regions may have difficulty logging in at this time. The team understands this, and so we have decided to suspend auto-demolition temporarily.

Commencement of Auto-Demolition Grace Period: September 15, 2017
Duration: 14 days (tentative)

At the end of this two week period, we will determine whether or not it is necessary to extend the grace period, and inform you all of our decision.

Good call, Yoshida-sensei! *bows*

[Bongaboi]

No we need this system. People who suggest otherwise are just salty people who are no longer playing and lost their house. Sorry but if you don't play you shouldn't have your house IMHO.

Hurricane insurance.