House Payments

[Alien_Gamer]

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1. So let me get this straight, your solution for trying to take away the houses of people that use it and can't afford it under this system is to have them depend on the generosity of others? And that doesn't give you a hint that this is a bad idea? The only thing an upkeep is does is make people work harder to keep what they have. You also have yet to describe any benefits to this system beyond your statement that it will be good for players....which it isn't.

2-3. Auto-demolition exists, SE will not allow an in game system to trump this because its not in anyone's best interest to allow it. Have you considered the consequences of what would happen if they did? Lets say you can pay for your house for 6 months and the demo timer doesnt take effect until then, what would happen? People would just wait 6 months to log in instead of 45 days. If SE stopped sending emails those people would just set a calendar alarm in their email client to remind them or have a tennant that still plays remind them. So no change there. What would change is the length of time an unused plot would remain un demolished. Instead of it happening at 45 days it would happen at whatever amount of time a person prepaid it. So now SE has just pissed off all the people that were in favor of the timer as their only realistic chance to get a house outside of expansions and sellers. And the people who are pissed about the timer existing in the first place? They're still pissed because not only does it exist but its less effective. Then you have the people who make less gil, the raiders and non crafters, they're upset that they don't have the chance at a house now because the gazillionaire crafters have prepaid for the next X months. Not to mention, the subs that SE would be getting every 45 days are now extended to every 180 days, thats only half the revenue stream from that audience...SE certainly won't be happy about that.

So no, this won't make it easier to keep because it will never happen. There is no reason to make it happen because it benefits nobody.

4. See my previous comment. Its their house, you have no right to dictate how they use it or don't use it. If they want to buy it and do nothing with it, then thats on them. Many people do complain about people buying houses and not decorating them and they get the same answer. If its not your house then you have no business dictating anything about that house.

Also, housing is a status symbol in every game. Even if housing was unlimited it would still be a status symbol for people to show off their design skills and trophies from EX trials/raids.

So far you've come up with 2 arguments for this, combatting flippers and you don't like how people use their house. The first this doesn't work for, the second is none of your business. I get that you want a house, but you're going at it the wrong way with this suggestion.