Quote Originally Posted by Ixon View Post
Ah yes, the company that suspended auto-demolition on multiple occasions due to server congestion or a pandemic is truly "predatory". I for one think it's a fantastic idea for people who haven't logged on in months to occupy a house that someone who actively plays could reside in. True. True. The fact that they even added houses to what a trash heap 2.0 framework was isn't astounding at all. It's not like they have been putting in sub-optimal additions to a busted framework just cause players asked for it since 2.0 or anything close to that. I would like a source on "then quickly went back on their promise never to require sustained subscriptions just to keep said houses."

Does the housing system need rework, yes. Could they implement it better, yes. Is it "predatory" - "seeking to exploit or oppress others"? Highly doubtful. The entire lifespan of the game has been an adventure of "add a thing, issues with the thing, patch the thing until we can rework the thing". Of course the original housing is faulty, it was added in 2013? Almost nothing in the game from 2013 still exists, housing is just a bigger item to handle.



You can cap current weekly tomestones in like 4 hours. The Relic is SUPPOSED to be a grind, literally designed that way. Not to mention modern relics aren't nearly as bad as ARR relics. "massively slow-to-reach achievements" This is an MMO right? First of all, there is not a "massive" amount, 2nd even if there was, oh no, SE added a goal to reach while I have been playing this game for years. Like what even is there? Hunts? FL wins? Commendations? Sure some might take a while if you are brand new, but most you just end up getting passively by just playing the game.
Considering enough people have been arguing against the system for this many years i’m inclined to believe it’s pretty predatory. If not predatory then at the least just…shows how incredibly irresponsible the company is. Either way this discussion is getting derailed. The whole point is asking for more and diverse endgame, which this game definitely could use. Unfortunately though i don’t see it happening considering where they’ve decided to now pour time and resources…making the game less of an mmo and more of a single player visual novel sadly.