The house owner take a break. Can I take the house?

[Knot_D]

I had a friend whose demolition timer did not reset even though he had been in his house the day before. One of my alts was tenant so I could see the demo timer was still active. I let him know and he was confused. He went into his house. It didn't reset. He logged out of the game then back in, re-entered his house. It didn't reset (I'm refreshing my alt's Estate timers while this is going on). At that point he interacted with his Summoning Bell and then Timers showed it reset to both of us.

I don't think it's intended to require interacting with an object but things can be bugged. Interacting with an object ends up a safety measure.

Well that's... Interesting. I once had the notice and just simply enter the house reset the timer...

[Divinemights]

I simply just don’t get it how can a house owner lost their plot if you put a repair npc and just use it daily.
I mean how difficult could it be?
You must need a repair after finished duty, why not just port back to your house and repair.

[MistakeNot]

I simply just don’t get it how can a house owner lost their plot if you put a repair npc and just use it daily.
I mean how difficult could it be?
You must need a repair after finished duty, why not just port back to your house and repair.

Why would one ever want to use a repair npc? Much easier and better to repair the gear yourself.

[Jojoya]

Well that's... Interesting. I once had the notice and just simply enter the house reset the timer...

I'm sure that works in most cases. I half wonder if my friend's problem might have been related to connection issues (he was using a mobile hotspot that wasn't exactly reliable at the time).

I'll admit I had been a skeptic myself when it came to others claiming that entering their house didn't reset the timer. It took that incident with my friend to make me see that it truly does happen. Since then I've always encouraged others to make a habit of interacting with an object in their house just to be on the safe side.

I simply just don’t get it how can a house owner lost their plot if you put a repair npc and just use it daily.
I mean how difficult could it be?
You must need a repair after finished duty, why not just port back to your house and repair.

Crafters don't need a Mender. Self repair is more convenient, cheaper and lasts longer. I haven't used a Mender on this character since Heavensward so have no need for one in my house.

To me a Summoning Bell makes the most sense between retainer ventures for easy gil and inventory management. Those are useful to every player.

[Divinemights]

Why would one ever want to use a repair npc? Much easier and better to repair the gear yourself.

Why would people need a house when they are not using this basic function?
There is no Housing crisis, just vanity at play.

[Divinemights]

Crafters don't need a Mender. Self repair is more convenient, cheaper and lasts longer. I haven't used a Mender on this character since Heavensward so have no need for one in my house.
To me a Summoning Bell makes the most sense between retainer ventures for easy gil and inventory management. Those are useful to every player.

The people shouldn't complains about they are not "seeing' demo warning email (I can confirm SE do send it)
This group of people probably don't pay attention to emails coming into their inbox

[MistakeNot]

Why would people need a house when they are not using this basic function?
There is no Housing crisis, just vanity at play.

What "basic function"? Repairing gear is not a basic function of housing, and not a reason to get a house in the first place.
Unless you are too lazy to level crafters, there is rarely any point in using NPC menders at all - one is better off without using them.

[Jojoya]

The people shouldn't complains about they are not "seeing' demo warning email (I can confirm SE do send it)
This group of people probably don't pay attention to emails coming into their inbox

Quite possible since a lot of players (myself included) tend to have email addresses specific for their gaming and so rarely have reason to check them frequently unlike a main email address. I check mine roughly every 2-3 weeks, long enough that I could fail to see the email before demolition has occurred. It won't be an issue for me since I'm actively using my house daily but it could be a problem for someone who doesn't.

Then again, we've also had the stories of players getting emails notifying them about a scheduled demolition for a house they (or their FC) don't own in addition to the stories where someone said an email was never received. Is SE sending the email to the wrong player in some cases?

Bugs happen, just as in the case of my friend that didn't have a timer reset until he used his Summoning Bell.

What would be helpful is if SE got rid of the separate tab for Estate timers and displayed them on the main Timer page instead. An active demolition timer would be far more likely to be noticed there. House demolition could listed at the top, with workshop status listed at the bottom.

[Illmaeran]

I had a friend whose demolition timer did not reset even though he had been in his house the day before. One of my alts was tenant so I could see the demo timer was still active. I let him know and he was confused. He went into his house. It didn't reset. He logged out of the game then back in, re-entered his house. It didn't reset (I'm refreshing my alt's Estate timers while this is going on). At that point he interacted with his Summoning Bell and then Timers showed it reset to both of us.

I don't think it's intended to require interacting with an object but things can be bugged. Interacting with an object ends up a safety measure.

As far back was I can remember, we had to interact with something in the house to count as having been in it. Because of that, I always sent my retainers out on ventures right before logging out to make sure the game knew I was in there.

[LaylaTsarra]

As far back was I can remember, we had to interact with something in the house to count as having been in it. Because of that, I always sent my retainers out on ventures right before logging out to make sure the game knew I was in there.

I don't take a chance I go in and always interact with a vendor there be it the mender or whoever.