It's time to reinstate Housing Auto-Demolitions

[Dualgunner]

This is a good post, thank you.

Will answer with the reasons I think Housing demolition should be reinstated, particularly with 4.2 on the (albeit distant) horizon;
1. Server black market prices for housing have increased, undoubtedly, and continue to do so despite 4.2 being so close. This is simple supply and demand economics - there has always been a shortage of supply but that has become even more profound with players no longer losing their homes due to inactivity.
2. With limited resources available, the priority should be given to players who play right now. This you have already noted.
3. Unlike other solutions to housing problems, this is one we know SE will actually cause to happen.

1. I'm doubting! Bring some numbers to back your claim.
2. Fair enough
3. It's not a solution though. There is no solution with this housing system, but they're in too deep to fix it.

[Paladinleeds]

3. It's not a solution though. There is no solution with this housing system, but they're in too deep to fix it.

Although not a complete solution, it would ensure anyone who wanted a house could at least get one. And that is, keep the wards as they are, but add an instanced housing area in Ishgard. Want to keep it true to lore? Make it so you have to have beaten the Heavensward MSQ (or at least the last bit of the Dragonsong War MSQ and henceforth be in Post-Dragonsong War MSQ territory) to be able to access and purchase. Now, for FC houses, you can offer a teleport but it's in a way you can't access Ishgard that way, and possibly with a different backdrop, if you haven't met requirements. There is a way to add instanced housing without deleting what we have currently.

[SendohJin]

Although not a complete solution, it would ensure anyone who wanted a house could at least get one. And that is, keep the wards as they are, but add an instanced housing area in Ishgard.

They are never making instanced housing.

G: Are there any plans, maybe in the long-term, to provide new wards on demand dynamically, allowing all players will be able to get a house? Alternatively, could apartments be expanded with things like terraces or yards, to allow those who don’t have a house to access outdoor features?

NY: I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “dynamically,” but with us making active efforts to alleviate current issues with the addition of new plots, I believe we will be able to be more flexible in accommodating housing-related issues. However, we are not able to create a system in which land is generated automatically whenever there is a deficiency, or create a system in which the number of plots changes depending on a world’s population.

“Following those initial updates, we would like to shift our focus to new initiatives, including updates to apartments.”

The reason we would not choose to implement a system such as this is that it could compromise the stability of the housing areas, which we want to avoid at all costs—your understanding would be appreciated.

https://www.dualshockers.com/final-f...naoki-yoshida/