Is it time to rework housing timers?

[MaybeOliverB]

They DID in fact come out and say it was against the rules to house flip for the amounts that I have mentioned, and that any player found in violation would be dealt with. It was even discussed here on these very forums, and announced by Yoshi P himself at E3 2016 Live Letter. So apparently you have not been up to date on the news at all. See: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...to-this-thread

I am not broke, but please refrain from saying that I am "playing the game improperly". Please refrain from simply presuming things that you obviously do not know. I did know that they made THAT particular change, when you, apparently, did not.

But, we are getting way off topic, as the discussion was about the timers, not about the flippers who sell them. The timers do stop the flippers. Balmung's housing market, in terms of third party sales, have plummeted way down to almost nothing... THANKS to the timers. They should be reduced, not removed.

Sorry, but there has never been any actual statement by an employee on these forums, on the lodestone or in the FAQs ingame. You can't take a live translation seriously or an inquiry to one single gm as factual evidence regarding the "legality" of trading houses. Once again, SE has nothing to gain from interfering with people trading houses unless someone gets scammed. If there was an actual change in the rules regarding housing, please show the lodestone page or the part in the ToS where it says so (ps: there isn't).

Btw, house trading is surging on Balmung because of the upcoming datacenter shuffle. If you think this specific timer is preventing anyone from acquiring more than 2 houses on a congested server, there is probably a flower next to your name ingame.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...la=1&kid=68216