Taxes to put off auto-demo

[deadman1204]

Plots are limited and thats not going to change, so auto-demo needs to occur to clean out plots held by players that have quit/taken a long break.

Alot house owners find themselves in a position of having alot of gil and nothing else to spend it on (but more housing bits). What if there was a tax payment option before auto-demo happened. You could put gil into escro (so it only spends what you allow). Starting on the day auto demo would trigger (day 45 without entering house), it withdraws gil from the account. As long as there is enough gil to make the daily payment, demo is postponed (this also generates an additional email each day you pay demo tax). To prevent rich players from indefinitely locking up a property, the price would dramatically increase over time. Something like this:
Day 45: 100k gil
day 50: 1million gil
day 55: 5million gil
day 60: 20million gil
day 65: 100million gil

Your account would be billed each day, with the unlisted days increasing proportionally (so day 52 might be 2.5 million).

This would provide 2 benefits:
1. People would be have a bit of padding if they miss their auto-demo email. However they couldn't put off demolition indefinitely
2. It creates a serious gil sink for the economy, which would be a good thing.

[SweetestLily]

What is it with people on the forums and trying to get rid of auto demolition in any way they can? There is already an easy solution to not losing your house. USE your house.

[JWag12787]

Nice idea.
But how about -- use your house at least once a month and not have to worry about it?
I mean, heck. I make time to visit my house, and the FC house, at lesat once a week, even if I Can't play...

[deadman1204]

My goal wasn't to remove auto demolition. That would be bad. However by extending the deadline for 1-2 weeks we can introduce an amazing gil drain into the economy.

[Yshtola]

I've seen very poor suggestions in the housing forums, but this might just be the worst one yet.

[Lolli282]

The only way a rich person can indefinitely lock up a property is by using it just like everyone else. As long as homeowners do this who cares how much or little money they have?

[Wyvernheart]

It's a wonderful idea for people who for some reason wont be able to play. Some people may have something to do for a month or two and wont be able to log during that time. You shouldn't have to lose your house because you have responsibility outside of a video game.

[Lolli282]

It's a wonderful idea for people who for some reason wont be able to play. Some people may have something to do for a month or two and wont be able to log during that time. You shouldn't have to lose your house because you have responsibility outside of a video game.

Wyvernheart the timer is for 45 days so roughly a month and a half.

[DarkMasamune]

I do understand that sometimes, real life gets in the way and you can't play the game for some time.

But 45 days is far more than enough to get a chance to reset said timer by just using your house. So many players wishes they'd have a house, if someone can't use their own for that amount of time, perhaps it is for the best that they lose the terrain so someone else can buy it.

[Kenky]

No.

Legit, no. We already pay 4M+ gil for the house and plenty of people would be pissed off beyond belief that they lose all of their gil alongside all of the housing items.

While yes, It would be a lovely gil-sink, it would also put a serious dampener on housing in general. We play games to have fun and get away from lifes stresses. Why are you people so adamant in bringing those stresses into it?