Reactivate The Housing Demolition Timer

[Shazzinoth]

War is still going on. It's not going to come back until it gets resolved.

There have been wars going on (practically) for decades non stop at this point. It's not really a viable excuse

[MistyMew]

Timer needs to go.
Its bordering unethical to take away ANYTHING we have paid for/earned/achieved in the game. So Karenish

Why not just delevel everyone to 1 and delete all gil, mounts, pets, glamours if you don't log in every 45 days. (while still paying to boot)
How nutty can Yoshi be thinking a timer with an active subscription is a good idea??...its ridiculous without an active sub let alone with one lol

how about meet demand instead

[Big_Bap]

Timer needs to go.
Its bordering unethical to take away ANYTHING we have paid for/earned/achieved in the game. So Karenish

For someone who's been here since 2011, you're either oblivious or have been afk this whole time

[Lihtleita]

If players had to pay more to keep a house, fewer would demand one.

bud thats what your monthly sub is

[Jojoya]

bud thats what your monthly sub is

No, the monthly sub is for access to the game servers.

If you're going to use that line of thinking, then nothing in this game should have a gil cost. We should get everything for free because we pay a sub.

[Illmaeran]

Timer needs to go.
Its bordering unethical to take away ANYTHING we have paid for/earned/achieved in the game. So Karenish

Imagine a game where there's a limited resource that people retain possession of in perpetuity even if they quit the game and never come back. Just imagine the public outrage from people playing the game who will never have access to that limited resource because people who don't play don't lose it.

Imagine going back to before patch 3.1.....

[KuroMaboroshi]

There have been wars going on (practically) for decades non stop at this point. It's not really a viable excuse

It's not a question of "is there war somewhere", though, as like you say, that is not realistic. But it is a question of "is there a major disaster currently affecting one of the areas that FF XIV does a significant part of its business in".

Sure, there will always be some war somewhere, same as natural disasters and whatnot. However, right now we are looking at a war in one of the four official operating regions of the game, Europe. It is a show of goodwill to affected customers, hoping that they will return to the game when times get better for them, so that they don't feel punished by the game for circumstances completely outside of their control.

In principle, I agree with what many have said here: The housing demolition timers is a bandaid fix for the problem of "there is not enough housing", and I would love to see it removed, though I acknoweldge that it is neccessary until sufficient amounts of housing can be supplied.

[Aldotsk]

There have been wars going on (practically) for decades non stop at this point. It's not really a viable excuse

You mean, it's not a viable excuse for you because you can't get a house? So your only way of getting a house is having someone who may have lost family and a home during this crisis and can't come online for 45 days, and have them automatically be booted from the housing?

Man. Must be nice to have someone have that kind of thinking.

[dspguy]

Timer needs to go.
Its bordering unethical to take away ANYTHING we have paid for/earned/achieved in the game. So Karenish

Why not just delevel everyone to 1 and delete all gil, mounts, pets, glamours if you don't log in every 45 days. (while still paying to boot)
How nutty can Yoshi be thinking a timer with an active subscription is a good idea??...its ridiculous without an active sub let alone with one lol

how about meet demand instead

There was a time when MMOs would delete your character if you unsubbed for 6 months or so. I think they learned awfully quick that that is a terrible business model.

[Aldotsk]

There was a time when MMOs would delete your character if you unsubbed for 6 months or so. I think they learned awfully quick that that is a terrible business model.

Diablo 2 flashback.