Hoarding Houses - Sometimes a Depressing Sight (a rant)

[shmily]

Dude I feel your pain. We have one person who grandfathered in and has almost 30 plots, including most of an entire ward in LB...so far....just under that one tag. It's.....so disheartening. Apparently even though we pay a sub and pay our dues and level our characters and learn to make gil, it's still not enough, and will never be enough, because someone who played at the beginning's gameplay experience is more important than that of an entire server. And if you think that number is small and shouldn't be that big of a deal, it is a big deal. And they aren't the only ones. There are multiple, multiple people who bend the rules with FC housing. I met someone who had 5 mediums, and 4 kugane houses! They said there's an entire linkshell dedicated to house mongers who love decorating. How can the GM's miss that?!

I get that grandfathering seems like a nice gesture to celebrate loyalty, but....at the expense of everyone else who's gaming? Really?

[Penthea]

I get that grandfathering seems like a nice gesture to celebrate loyalty, but....at the expense of everyone else who's gaming? Really?

We don't really know if this is why SE allowed grandfathering. They have already expressed an interest in letting all characters access the same private home. Perhaps SE plan to remove grandfathering when this feature is brought in. While I disagree with grandfathering I do understand SE not wanting to suddenly cut off characters from content by removing their access to housing.

If SE plan to do the above they absolutely should allow grandfathered players to choose which private home they want to keep. Though I do not hold a great opinion of these people, I think it would be cruel to assign them a random private home. And of course SE should refund the full price of both the plots and houses that are revoked.

We have one person who grandfathered in and has almost 30 plots, including most of an entire ward in LB...so far....just under that one tag. It's.....so disheartening.

If they're all fc tags then sadly grandfather removal would do nothing about that. SE lifted the restriction on how many fc houses a single account can have on a single server. It is now eight. Presently the difference between grandfathered players and the rest of us is how many private homes we own. If it's a mix of private and fc houses, well that's a different story.

I admit I'm a bit confused as to why the restriction on fc housing was lifted. I seriously doubt there are many out there who own several fc houses with the intention of managing more than one community. I lead a modestly sized fc and I couldn't imagine having time to manage another. Furthermore the restriction helped to prevent further workshop abuse. Some fcs have several dummy fc houses funnelling all their workshop spoils to one fc. Lifting the restriction feels like a step backwards.