Suggestion to SE (Housing)

[Claviusnex]

Another timer won't fix anything just like the current timers don't fix anything. The problem is the ward based housing implementation itself. It will never be able to provide all of the housing needed on the larger servers efficiently and will end up with an excess of housing on the smaller ones. Until SE develops a fully instanced based housing system that reflects the features available for today's ward based system players needs will not be met and server resources will be used inefficiently. SE does not need to totally abandon the existing system and could leave it running in parallel for those players that are willing to put up with the drawbacks. In fact if I could get a fully instanced house with full exterior that can be upgraded or downgraded at will with a main city entrance I would leave my dead ward in a heartbeat. I'm sure there are many other players who would do the same.

[Vivi_Bushido]

Another timer won't fix anything just like the current timers don't fix anything. The problem is the ward based housing implementation itself. It will never be able to provide all of the housing needed on the larger servers efficiently and will end up with an excess of housing on the smaller ones. Until SE develops a fully instanced based housing system that reflects the features available for today's ward based system players needs will not be met and server resources will be used inefficiently. SE does not need to totally abandon the existing system and could leave it running in parallel for those players that are willing to put up with the drawbacks. In fact if I could get a fully instanced house with full exterior that can be upgraded or downgraded at will with a main city entrance I would leave my dead ward in a heartbeat. I'm sure there are many other players who would do the same.

I understand they want us to have that neighborhood feeling, but it no longer feels like a neighborhood when most of the houses are locked, have empty yards, and or you never see the owner around, like ever. And when you do see them, they usually ignore you as if you're a pest for waving at them. They might as well go to instance housing at this point. I think most people use housing for private isolation anyway.