The Last Resort for Housing and Hoarders

[Nepentha]

it is unfair for players to hold onto a house without making use of it or decorating it. By enforcing decoration, GMs can ensure that houses are being utilized to their full potential. Decorated houses can enhance the gameplay experience for all players, as they can be used for socializing, events, and other activities. By encouraging decoration, GMs can motivate peoople to create a more immersive and enjoyable game world for everyone. Decorating a virtual house can be a fun and creative activity, and by requiring players to decorate their houses, GMs can encourage players to explore their creative side and create unique and interesting spaces. Without an enforcement of decoration, some players may hoard multiple houses just to prevent others from having access to them. By enforcing decoration, GMs can prevent hoarding and ensure that houses are being used fairly and equitably.

Overall, while some players may not like the idea of GMs inspecting houses and enforcing decoration, it can promote fairness, enhance gameplay experience, encourage creativity, and prevent hoarding.
It is necessary because people keep getting houses only not to decorate afterwards.

"I don't like how you use your house, therefore I think it should be taken from you."

GMs can barely keep up with the workload right now with in game tickets and you want them to become the Housing Police now, too?

You know how to resolve your housing issues? Leave Balmung. Go to a Dynamis server. Most of them, except Seraph I guess, have housing available.

[Themarvin]

"I don't like how you use your house, therefore I think it should be taken from you."

GMs can barely keep up with the workload right now with in game tickets and you want them to become the Housing Police now, too?

You know how to resolve your housing issues? Leave Balmung. Go to a Dynamis server. Most of them, except Seraph I guess, have housing available.

They can fix alot of things with enforcing the current ruleset on people that already own multiple housing, and no it wont be bad PR and if you like the game you would keep on playing anyway, and do so what they tell and talk about in the ToS addendums they can make anytime any day.

[Jojoya]

They can fix alot of things with enforcing the current ruleset on people that already own multiple housing, and no it wont be bad PR and if you like the game you would keep on playing anyway, and do so what they tell and talk about in the ToS addendums they can make anytime any day.

What is there not being enforced in the current ruleset? "You do not have a character on the same World on the same service account that purchased and maintains a free company plot" allows for multiple FC house ownership on the same service account.

If you're referring to players with multiple grandfathered personal houses from prior to 4.2, I doubt that there are that many left to make a noticeable impact if SE removed the grandfather clause (which they won't). It doesn't fix anything.

Continuing to slap more bandaids on the current system does not fix anything. What is needed is a new system that addresses all the concerns that players have had when it comes to obtaining the house of their choice. A new system doesn't even have to replace the existing system. Let them co-exist. It could turn into a good experiment for MMORPGs in general. Which of the systems do players tend to gravitate toward when allowed to choose?

[Stormpeaks]

What is there not being enforced in the current ruleset? "You do not have a character on the same World on the same service account that purchased and maintains a free company plot" allows for multiple FC house ownership on the same service account.

If you're referring to players with multiple grandfathered personal houses from prior to 4.2, I doubt that there are that many left to make a noticeable impact if SE removed the grandfather clause (which they won't). It doesn't fix anything.

Continuing to slap more bandaids on the current system does not fix anything. What is needed is a new system that addresses all the concerns that players have had when it comes to obtaining the house of their choice. A new system doesn't even have to replace the existing system. Let them co-exist. It could turn into a good experiment for MMORPGs in general. Which of the systems do players tend to gravitate toward when allowed to choose?

"You get an LB41, you get an LB41, you get an LB41, oh and you get an LB41 too! Everyone gets LB41's !"

What an amazing housing system to have, absolutely 0 pride in anything, just "poof plop a house on the plot there that you had to do absolutely nothing for" because somehow housing cant stay unique and it has to be for literally every single player in the game.

At this point I hope they will do instanced housing on the island, then you will have your instanced housing and leave us that care about housing the hell alone, so tired of this constant "everyone DESERVES", some things stay unique, they are made to be, it is what it is, but you really think you are going to get LB41's and top tier quality plots as instanced, you're dreaming and I damn well am happy about the fact that it will never happen, and if you think it will happen, you are absolutely delusional.

[Themarvin]

What is there not being enforced in the current ruleset? "You do not have a character on the same World on the same service account that purchased and maintains a free company plot" allows for multiple FC house ownership on the same service account.

If you're referring to players with multiple grandfathered personal houses from prior to 4.2, I doubt that there are that many left to make a noticeable impact if SE removed the grandfather clause (which they won't). It doesn't fix anything.

Continuing to slap more bandaids on the current system does not fix anything. What is needed is a new system that addresses all the concerns that players have had when it comes to obtaining the house of their choice. A new system doesn't even have to replace the existing system. Let them co-exist. It could turn into a good experiment for MMORPGs in general. Which of the systems do players tend to gravitate toward when allowed to choose?

If you are grandfathered, you stand above any other player in the game, and also instead of acting, which SE should... then they should not allow Private Pyle eating donuts in front of everyone that is being punished doing pushups.