Housing - Inactive Plot Clearing

[Lyrinn]

I am not talking about taking away houses from inactive players. There is a small plot of land I've been keeping an eye on for over 6 months and the plot is literally empty - i.e. no house, nothing to "enjoy." As far as I know, this player hasn't been on since the plot was bought, or if he was, he has done absolutely nothing because his lodestone profile has remained unchanged for months.

Is there any good reason to let an inactive player to squat on unused land for so long when there's still demand for housing and server capacity is limited?

[Alberel]

I'm fully in support of introducing some sort of system for reclaiming plots from inactive players. Unfortunately there is a small vocal group that thinks it is unfair for them to lose a plot if they don't play for months on end. I've even been accused of being selfish for advocating the forced relinquishing of inactive plots despite these squatters actually being the selfish ones...

SquareEnix tried to implement something like this a while back and people screamed about it so I don't know what it will take for them to actually do the right thing and add it anyway. I know some would say they should be adding more capacity instead but then that would leave most of us living in ghost neighborhoods full of mostly abandoned houses. I'd rather have actual neighbors thanks!

[Spawnie]

i dont think its selfish espiecally if some1 pays 50m+ for a plot then work n real life issues keep them busy n unable to play for 3 months.. so its selfish they cant find time to play when busy in real life??

[MilesSaintboroguh]

i dont think its selfish espiecally if some1 pays 50m+ for a plot then work n real life issues keep them busy n unable to play for 3 months.. so its selfish they cant find time to play when busy in real life??

Then why would you buy a house knowing you cannot play for months at a time? Wouldn't it be more fair to have land for someone who can play more often?

[Gralna]

Most other MMO's i've played have a repossession system for situations like this, all that happens is the plot goes back up for sale and all your stuff that was inside can be reclaimed at an npc, along with a voucher to get another plot. Of course those MMO's had a rent system for housing, so it wasn't really repossession due to inactivity, but due to running out of rent on the plot.

I would fully support this though, if I was gone for months on end, I'd prefer my plot actually be used by someone that plays the game, as long as I was able to obtain all my stuff and not have to pay full price for another plot when/if I came back.

[Anna_Lannis]

Maybe allow an active player to buy the house from an inactive one, and the inactive one gets the gil(or some of it). Maybe give the inactive player a voucher for the same size of land or smaller, with soemthing similiar to the Calamity Salvager to get thier housing stuff back.

[Kyros]

The reason people where complaining was because the time was set to a Month of inactivity, which was absolutely ridiculous. It had nothing to do with it being a bad idea or whatever. I'd think 6 months should be plenty of time to cover for any "misshaps".

[myahele]

Yeah, I think if you haven't played the game/or be bothered to go into your plot for atleast 3 months then it should be forfeited. Land is scarce enough as is and it's ridiculous that those who no longer play the game still keep the land.

[Anna_Lannis]

Another question: what stops a person from logging in 1/week to keep in touch with friends/FC members?

[Fleur]

IMHO, taking away someone's plot of land that has no house on it isn't a whole lot better than taking away a plot of land with a house on it, as the plot itself is very expensive.

I would be okay with something like this only if a player that got "evicted" due to inactivity was given some sort of voucher(s) so when/if they returned they could re-obtain what they had lost. Housing is very pricey, and I don't think anyone should lose that much gil just because they hasn't played for awhile.

Otherwise, it is kind of like saying that only people who will never take an extended break from the game should be able to have a house, y'know?