Great, auto demolition paused once again...

[JamieRose]

Squeenix uses anything and everything as an excuse to shut off autodemo.

I'm honestly surprised they didn't shut it off in NA because it actually rained in Southern California.

[dspguy]

As much as I agree that the situation is obviously very sad to witness, I still dont see why the game should adapt to disasters happening in real life, this will probably be a very disliked opinion, but I still dont get it.

With that said, EU's housing scarcity is nowhere like the NA one, so I think it's okay

I think the idea is that there's one aspect of the game that is tied to being subbed, and that's housing. SE set a precedent in the first 7 years of the game where local disasters resulted in auto-demo being suspended - mostly hurricanes and typhoons. If you've been at ground zero for one of those, it is quite possible life won't be "normal" enough to play a video game for months. On the other hand, how many people really would have lost their virtual real estate due to these disasters? Hard to say.

I understand how you feel and I also think I understand the decision SE made as well. In theory, there will always be a disaster (manmade or natural) to contend with. There are ongoing crises across the world even before the Turkey/Syria earthquake.

[Themarvin]

So, how many years will this take now before we see auto demolition again, at least in Europe?

This is because SE cares about people, real people, alot of dead people due to this disaster, and just because it did not hit your neighborhood does not make it less important to care about, they play FFXIV and other games there too you know?

How about you pay some respect and think more deep into things.. FFXIV IS JUST a game... so is housing... and if housing is that important, then I believe you can play the Sims or somethign down those lines.

[Elevin]

This is because SE cares about people, real people, alot of dead people due to this disaster, and just because it did not hit your neighborhood does not make it less important to care about, they play FFXIV and other games there too you know?

How about you pay some respect and think more deep into things.. FFXIV IS JUST a game... so is housing... and if housing is that important, then I believe you can play the Sims or somethign down those lines.

*looks at your threads on housing* You should heed your own advice.

No offence, but this is a live service game, pausing and unpausing a feature in it for a miniscule fraction of the player base is ridiculous. All the Ukraine players were busy protesting in Limsa for several months before they went back to their normal routine, yet auto demo was only turned on recently...and now off again. It's completely arbitrary on what SE picks and chooses to pause auto demo on and needless to say anyone that is affected by stuff that doesn't make international news gets neglected by SE.

IF anything, SE should open up an account option to allow people to pause auto demo on their account for a period of time for unforeseen reasons such as medical issues, or other issues (no internet due to moving house) or disasters and stuff like that. Not pause auto demolition for several million people because a thousand people may be affected by something.

[PaalHenrik]

*looks at your threads on housing* You should heed your own advice.

No offence, but this is a live service game, pausing and unpausing a feature in it for a miniscule fraction of the player base is ridiculous. All the Ukraine players were busy protesting in Limsa for several months before they went back to their normal routine, yet auto demo was only turned on recently...and now off again. It's completely arbitrary on what SE picks and chooses to pause auto demo on and needless to say anyone that is affected by stuff that doesn't make international news gets neglected by SE.

IF anything, SE should open up an account option to allow people to pause auto demo on their account for a period of time for unforeseen reasons such as medical issues, or other issues (no internet due to moving house) or disasters and stuff like that. Not pause auto demolition for several million people because a thousand people may be affected by something.

Like a gym would if you were physically injured and unable to workout? Yea, that makes sense. Except, when your house is smashed to bits, you're attending funerals for your loved ones and friends, or running away from missile strikes, how are they supposed to (if they are even in the mindset) contact SE and ask for a pause with all the other stuff going on?

[Elevin]

Like a gym would if you were physically injured and unable to workout? Yea, that makes sense. Except, when your house is smashed to bits, you're attending funerals for your loved ones and friends, or running away from missile strikes, how are they supposed to (if they are even in the mindset) contact SE and ask for a pause with all the other stuff going on?

you have 45 days since you last logged in to find a phone, login to your account and request a pause on your housing demolition. But quite frankly, if i were in that situation, losing my house in a virtual world would be the least of my problems, let alone games in general. So I wouldn't be bothered in that situation in the slightest.

[PaalHenrik]

you have 45 days since you last logged in to find a phone, login to your account and request a pause on your housing demolition. But quite frankly, if i were in that situation, losing my house in a virtual world would be the least of my problems, let alone games in general. So I wouldn't be bothered in that situation in the slightest.

Yes same here. There are far worse things in the world, as evidenced, than losing a virtual house.

[Alycen]

Or maybe... just maybe, we should continue pushing for them to implement a way for people to not have to worry about losing their virtual house, neither for the rest of the playerbase to count on others losing their house so they can have a chance at getting one themselves.

It's just...weird.

[Themarvin]

*looks at your threads on housing* You should heed your own advice.

No offence, but this is a live service game, pausing and unpausing a feature in it for a miniscule fraction of the player base is ridiculous. All the Ukraine players were busy protesting in Limsa for several months before they went back to their normal routine, yet auto demo was only turned on recently...and now off again. It's completely arbitrary on what SE picks and chooses to pause auto demo on and needless to say anyone that is affected by stuff that doesn't make international news gets neglected by SE.

IF anything, SE should open up an account option to allow people to pause auto demo on their account for a period of time for unforeseen reasons such as medical issues, or other issues (no internet due to moving house) or disasters and stuff like that. Not pause auto demolition for several million people because a thousand people may be affected by something.

What is wrong with you?

[SlouchyBard]

What is wrong with you?

I'm gonna chalk it up to selfishness. Apparently the 22k toll isn't good enough. Or high enough? Not sure. gcbtw