The Last Resort for Housing and Hoarders

[Celine_Aurora]

Thank you, you've convinced me to leave the medium I got last round completely undecorated, except for one junkmonger to sell sub drops to.

Please leave both an outside and an inside message book to farm salt.

[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.

[Khryseis_Astra]

"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.

Yes everyone deserves to participate in content for a game they PAY to play… I don’t understand the absurd idea that getting a special plot - or a plot at all, because I think it was you who said that some people won’t get a house at all and you’re totally ok with that - is some sort of in-game achievement. You got Shiro 60 because you were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, that’s it. Nothing special about that, nothing was won, and nothing gets taken from you if there are hundreds of Shiro 60s in an instanced housing directory that you will never have to interact with in any way if you don’t want to.

This whole “I got mine, if someone else gets to have it too, it cheapens it” attitude… but telling others they’re “throwing tantrums” by saying they want equal access to in-game content. Ok…

[Stormpeaks]

Yes everyone deserves to participate in content for a game they PAY to play… I don’t understand the absurd idea that getting a special plot - or a plot at all, because I think it was you who said that some people won’t get a house at all and you’re totally ok with that - is some sort of in-game achievement. You got Shiro 60 because you were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, that’s it. Nothing special about that, nothing was won, and nothing gets taken from you if there are hundreds of Shiro 60s in an instanced housing directory that you will never have to interact with in any way if you don’t want to.

This whole “I got mine, if someone else gets to have it too, it cheapens it” attitude… but telling others they’re “throwing tantrums” by saying they want equal access to in-game content. Ok…

Once again, this is my personal opinion on it, I have my right to have it just as much as other people have the right to theirs, because getting my S60 was technically done via RNG, doesnt mean I didnt spend 2 years, including some placard time as well trying to get one, and had never managed to before, and when I got it, I was the happiest I could've been in a long time, that was my long term goal for the game and its housing, and I got to it by putting in work for it over 2 years, every single time one was up under placard system, which was pretty intense, and then less work via the lottery, but still put in the time anyways to try and maximize my chances.

Yes, if random Johnny logs in the game and plops a shiro 60 out of the sky, while I had to work for it for 2 years, the plot wont have the same value, because literally everyone has one, I'm not sure why this even has to be said, this is like saying that apartments are valuable and yet every single person in the game has one, and that it will feel good or you will feel pride to have one, hint : you wont.

[Jojoya]

Once again, this is my personal opinion on it, I have my right to have it just as much as other people have the right to theirs, because getting my S60 was technically done via RNG, doesnt mean I didnt spend 2 years, including some placard time as well trying to get one, and had never managed to before, and when I got it, I was the happiest I could've been in a long time, that was my long term goal for the game and its housing, and I got to it by putting in work for it over 2 years, every single time one was up under placard system, which was pretty intense, and then less work via the lottery, but still put in the time anyways to try and maximize my chances.

Yes, if random Johnny logs in the game and plops a shiro 60 out of the sky, while I had to work for it for 2 years, the plot wont have the same value, because literally everyone has one, I'm not sure why this even has to be said, this is like saying that apartments are valuable and yet every single person in the game has one, and that it will feel good or you will feel pride to have one, hint : you wont.

Just because we had to suffer through a bad system for years shouldn't mean that everyone should always have to suffer through that bad system.

We'd still be back in the stone ages without things like electricity and indoor plumbing (and no computers/smart phones/etc) if human beings decided that was the correct approach to use.

Things change with time, and it's generally to create QoL/ease of access or use. How others obtain items now or in the future does not take away the value of the effort you put in to get that item in the past. You know what you did. You know what your options were at that time.

[Toutatis]

Yes, if random Johnny logs in the game and plops a shiro 60 out of the sky, while I had to work for it for 2 years, the plot wont have the same value, because literally everyone has one, I'm not sure why this even has to be said, this is like saying that apartments are valuable and yet every single person in the game has one, and that it will feel good or you will feel pride to have one, hint : you wont.

Not everyone plays the game for others. To me it's just for fun (work is elsewhere) and as a convenience base. I don't care what others think of my game houses and I couldn't care less what others do with their house. I don't understand the importance some people give to a mere pixel house in a game lol. Everyone who pays for a sub should be able to get one.

[Stormpeaks]

Not everyone plays the game for others. To me it's just for fun (work is elsewhere) and as a convenience base. I don't care what others think of my game houses and I couldn't care less what others do with their house. I don't understand the importance some people give to a mere pixel house in a game lol. Everyone who pays for a sub should be able to get one.

I will repeat it once again, this is a matter of opinion, I value houses because its the main thing I do in the game, it's really that simple, and I dont expect you to share that with me as I assume (feel free to prove me wrong) that you dont only do housing in the game