Restrict Personal Houses to 1 Per Server!

[Niraves]

Perhaps that's because the wards have several people that own multiple plots of land, which is driving down how many players are actually in the ward....

Yeah, I'm sure that's it. /s

Long and short of it is no matter how much it sucks for some folks this idea has all the earmarks of being an attractive solution to SE. Just like demos were. It's going to do the exact same thing, cause a lot of people who did nothing wrong to lose a lot of things they worked hard for and give them compensation they feel is inadequate. But just like demos it's something that probably should have been there from the beginning and it's something SE could have avoided doing entirely if they'd implemented any of the above suggested fixes instead.

Long and short of it is, taking houses from players actively using them is not the same thing as demoing a house the player hasn't entered for 45+ days. If you aren't using the house you don't deserve it, same thing for 90% of the people who snatched up all the new plots in Shirogane and have done absolutely nothing with them since.

I say we reduce the demo timer to 7 days, require players to have a minimum of 50% of the item cap inside the house and outside in the yard, and if these things aren't met, on the players next login, they get to watch a short cutscene of their house being blown to bits while a bunch of random NPCs cheer in the background.

That should free up some houses, without having to strip players who are actually using their homes of their property.