Extend auto-demolish

[Jojoya]

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Limited resources should never be reserved for those who aren't actively using them. Should that person who's only stepping foot into their house once every 45 days to prevent auto-demo lose it so it would actually go to someone who would be actively using it? Sure.

But how certain are you that the house isn't getting used just because you don't see decorations? Not everyone uses their housing in the same way. I've got a neighbor who's done almost nothing with their house yet I do see them go in and out a few times a week as I do my gardening. Maybe you should ask your friend why they're holding onto something they aren't using when it could go to someone who would use.

What makes you think SE doesn't care? They do care about their paying customers or newer players wouldn't have access to housing because people who played the game 2 years ago but have since quit own it all. The 45 days is pretty darn generous. How often have you had serious real life issues take you away from the game for 45 days? How many people do you personally know that have had that happen? Would you rather they take away the house after a week instead?

The system may not work the greatest but what you're suggesting would break it even farther all the for sake of people who may never return to the game.

I've been through auto-demo with my first house. I understood that was a risk at the time I bought it. I hadn't planned on being away from the game for 9 weeks but hey, it happens and this is just a game. Better that the house went to someone who was playing and using it rather than leave it sitting there for me when I might have never returned.

I understand that auto-demo is still a risk with the new house I have that I've invested even more into than I did with my first house. I know with my real life situation I might end up unable to play for another 9 weeks or even longer at some point. If I lose the house, I lose the house. It's a petty, trivial concern compared to real life. At least for now, I'm actively using and enjoy the house and inviting others to come in to enjoy it as well. If I lose it later, I lose it. If i'm able to return to the game again, I'll rebuild and start over just as I did this last time. Gil is too darn easy to make and furnishings too easy to come by.

I get where you're coming from, truly. I do. But I feel it's a bit ridiculous to say that one small lapse in your play time results in losing something you've worked hard for and typically do use regularly. Yes, real life comes first and that's exactly my point. You don't get a choice. Real life comes up and suddenly: Sucks to be you. Bye bye house. It's difficult because every situation is different and it's hard to say who really "deserves" it - a beautifully decorated house, lost in a small lapse of time gets bought up by someone who leaves it empty and never goes in except to stop the timer. Sounds fair. But regardless, you don't really get to say "it's just a game, get over it and worry about your real life" because you don't get to determine how someone else values the things they invest their time in.


That's why it would be better to have DECENT instanced housing. IMO, it would be better to keep the current houses as FC only and use instanced for personal. But overall, I don't really want the timer to change so much as I wish that the system itself would change because I think it's awful right now. I just hate this horrible attitude of "It's just a game, screw you and all the time and effort you put into this. Sucks but get over it. SE doesn't care and neither do we."

Yeah, sorry. I am going to judge someone who's going through a hissy fit over losing a house in a game because they weren't playing the game for an extended period time. That's someone who's either very sheltered from the realities of life or extremely shallow. Even in a game, there are times you need to make risk assessments and accept the loss if things don't turn out in your favor. It's not that hard to rebuild in game since that's just a part of playing the game.

I agree there's a need for better instanced housing, which is what apartments are. There should be size options comparable to the house interiors. SE said they're thinking about increasing apartment options and hopefully that's something we'll see next expansion.

I don't think the ward housing needs to be reserved for FCs, though. On most worlds the wards would be half empty if it were FC only because there just aren't that many active FCs that want housing but don't already have it. On Coeurl, we've got over 100 smalls and around a dozen mediums available at any given time. A lot of those smalls have hit minimum price. Any FC here that didn't have a house but wanted one could easily get it. I get the situation on Balmung and a couple of other high pop worlds is different but it could be that SE just can't set things up to allow wards to expand as needed on an individual world basis. Adding more apartment options would probably be the better solution for those worlds.