Taxes to put off auto-demo

[Vidu]

Terrible suggestion - not only would it encourage RMT, but it also has the potential to leave someone not only homeless after taking a (possibly forced) vacation from the game but also broke. Specially if the withdrawl of money just happens automatically, with no options to turn it off - great, now you have someone who had a small house and maybe enough gil to pay the first 3 or 4 payments, but is still gone for longer. They come back and not only is their house gone, but basically all their money aswell. I wouldnt blame someone for quitting the game after that...

Just step inside your house once every 45 days, shouldnt be to difficult - and if it is the only thing you should lose is the house, nothing else.
Mor gil-sinks would be nice, but there are far better ways to achieve that - expensive mounts and minions, for example.

[Kytrin]

Terrible suggestion - not only would it encourage RMT, but it also has the potential to leave someone not only homeless after taking a (possibly forced) vacation from the game but also broke. Specially if the withdrawl of money just happens automatically, with no options to turn it off - great, now you have someone who had a small house and maybe enough gil to pay the first 3 or 4 payments, but is still gone for longer. They come back and not only is their house gone, but basically all their money aswell. I wouldnt blame someone for quitting the game after that...

Just step inside your house once every 45 days, shouldnt be to difficult - and if it is the only thing you should lose is the house, nothing else.
Mor gil-sinks would be nice, but there are far better ways to achieve that - expensive mounts and minions, for example.

I am absolutely with you on all this. Though I wouldn't specifically object if they increased the length of the timer to 60 or 90 days instead of the 45. Two or three months isn't unreasonable either, that's still less than a patch. And for the folks who have RL emergencies crop up it would save a considerable amount of pain and anguish. Although granted, it would also allow those who aren't really using their houses more chance to hang onto them as well. Still, it may benefit more than it harms in this case.