PSA/ALERT: Houses are getting demolished when they shouldn't. SE needs to see this!

[AngelCheese77]

Well, all I can say is someone got me a plot yesterday .... so if I lose the house Imma gonna be really upset.

[Final-Fantasy]

Has anyone had their plot automatically relinquish while actively using it, and have proof?


So far none by the looks...


I mean, come on, if I just logged in and found my house in the possession of someone else, heads are going to roll and I would be posting any little bit of info/screenshots showing that I owned said plot, and the Resident Caretakers menu showing its actually relinquished legit or by other means and not by force of either myself or by a GM (Gil buyers or shady shenanigans) etc

[Warghoul570]

Just got back from my vacation and my house is fine... party on...

[Alleo]

Its just my opinion but even if those had all been lies or maybe wrong memories on how long they were away, SE should have still stopped the timer as soon as the first reports came in. Just to be sure, because investigation can take some time and if it was not a lie this could mean that others might lose their house too. And if it was somehow a lie then resting the timer for a week or two would have also done no harm.

[LalaRu]

Even if someone didn't got notice emails, s/he knows the rule of 45 days.

Blaming SE for not sending emails is just trying to avoid to blame yourself being careless of your housing.

[Luna-M]

Why have they not just suspended all demolitions until they can get their code fixed? The paranoia is infuriating.

Cause there hasn't been verified to be an error. Many alleged reports and "me too reports".

[Raven2014]

Its just my opinion but even if those had all been lies or maybe wrong memories on how long they were away, SE should have still stopped the timer as soon as the first reports came in. Just to be sure, because investigation can take some time and if it was not a lie this could mean that others might lose their house too. And if it was somehow a lie then resting the timer for a week or two would have also done no harm.

There are many reasons they can't do that or shouldn't even do that.

- It sets a precedent that any time if anyone want to freeze the timer, they just have to conduct a smoke and mirror campaign to get their wish. Considering the tone and nonchalant of many of the "me too" post, it seems fairly obvious some are hoping to just piggy back this narrative to fish something for their own.
- The timer is not something SE can turn on/off by flipping a switch. Remember each time they do it, they have to take the whole servers down. So no, they should only do it once they believe they have actionable reason to do so.

I'm pretty sure we would have seen a much sweeper and faster response if EVERYONE WHO HAD MADE A CLAIM about this alleged bug all went out and fill a report in the bug forum, but that's not what happening. Despite how potentially huge this bug is, it has seen an usually low, almost comical low afford from the 'victims' to bring the issue to light. Another thread of similar nature was made on reddit yesterday, and despite reaching 100+ posts, contain ONE guy who claimed it happen to him ... 2 years ago. Along with 3 additional "it happened to my boyfriends" with again by some extreme coincidence, none want to make a report on the official forum. The original guy (the one who made the first claim) who claimed the GM "had admitted the bug exist" - which had proven to be a false claim - days ago had disappeared when pressed for detail, even on reddit. There is even one guy went on at length how SE should still do something even if people don't file bug report, to reddit credit that guy got downvoted to the ground.

Like I said, regardless of whether this bug is real or not, from an operation point of view, each time a new claim come up it actually give people less reason to believe and do something about, not more. Even on reddit, after the intial emotion/panic dried up without any credible evidence, people are starting to wise up as well.

[Odstarva]

But it was on reddit guys, therefore it must be true. Gosh.

/wink

[Canadane]

My best advice us to simply never use Reddit.
Worked for me so far.

[worldofneil]

Why have they not just suspended all demolitions until they can get their code fixed?

As others have pointed out, it's not even confirmed there is an issue. But there's also no "just" about it. As we've seen before, turning the timer on and off requires maintenance, they can't just do it and I'm sure they don't want to take the game down unless they really have to.