Housing - Inactive Plot Clearing

[Arkista]

I made a Huge QQ thread about this after housing was introduced, SE had said something about taking away FC houses from ppl who were inactive... Blah Blah Blah. I didn't find it fair to spend all that money at the time and to lose my house, if for some reason I was unable to play. 2.3 rolls around and I had some IRL stuff happen and I couldn't play. I own a small FC, people were quitting and there was just a few of us left. Well 6 months go by and things in my life are better and I was able to start playing again right before patch 2.5. Luckily my FC house was still there (thought it would have been gone) and my leadership passed to one of my alts and not one of the inactive players in my FC.

I get 6 months was a long time, I really did think the house would have been gone. But thankfully it wasn't. As I said back then, if SE needs to free up space for active FC's, They could remove the house, but issue the FC leader a Voucher or Land Deed for the same size land/house. You would lose all Furnishings, but at least you can get a house. But I would say after 90 days after inactivity, no less.

[MomomiMomi]

The initial announcement of 35 days was really stupid, but I'd be mostly okay with 95 days. 185 would be great, and I couldn't possibly ask for more. I do think there should be a point where you lose it. I think not playing for 6 months is a pretty clear point where you probably don't even care, and quite possibly have quit the game.

[Aladire]

I think the simple and best solution would be to force you off the plot. When you leave a plot, you lose the money. But! If you are forced off due to inactivity for months, meaning not logging in at all, for say 3 months or more, then you would be forced off the plot if there and you would get the money back in the mail. But, the part I have no idea to account for would be the items if someone was furnishing it. Maybe they should keep it if they were?

[SarcasmMisser]

I think a forced auction after a lengthy period of inactivity is a good system, and the sales proceeds are credited to the player's account so they are not out of pocket. Have the starting bid at the base value of that plot, since for small plots people are willing to pay a lot more and the increased value reflects inflation.

Really just being able to sell houses directly would reduce a lot of demand in general, there are a lot of virtually dead FCs that own prime real estate and their surviving members would probably like money more than the house.

[Mykll]

Brings memories in UO of squatting around a house that would collapse any minute to slap down my house before someone else in the crowd does first.

[myahele]

housing is scarce and can be a commitment. I personally think people should lose their house after 3 months minimum. If a person can't be bothered to not log in within that 3 month then shey should lose the plot and have all belonging placed into the house salvager.

[MistyMew]

I do not agree with repossession.

Many people take planned and unplanned extended breaks from mmos for a variety of reasons.
I always end up taking breaks from a game when it starts to become too tedious , if rl gets crazy, or if I end up having new goals in other games that I play and pay for regularly.

I certainly expect my purchases to still be there when I return no matter how long I am away for Oo.

In my case I never end a sub, a 2 week break to a year break, I continue to support the game by paying for a sub continuously. Don't assume that just because some are not about means they are not still paying each month.

Even for those that do end subs temporarily, I don't agree with snatching away what they bought because of SE's refusal to upgrade or expand .

Our focus (as always) should be directed to SE, not towards each other, and pressure them to expand and upgrade to meet the demands they knew would be there in the first place.
Its quite unacceptable that people are still without a home due to the games limitations, that is more in need of a change imo then a change to how they deal with players who may be away for a time.

Place the forum pressure on actually fixing the core problem by offering needed space, not bandaid yet another unacceptable limitation by trying to take away something from another.

[Spawnie]

agree with misty 100% since my work occasionally takes me over seas for sometimes up to 3 months i still continue to sub even tho im unable to play if i returned to see somethin i worked my butt off gettin money for removed cause real life kept me from loggin in = instant cancel my sub uninstall the game n throw the disk in the bin lol

its SE's responsibility to keep up with supply n demand not confiscate somethin off some1 just cause some1 else wants it

[Kio]

I really don't like this idea, it would unfairly target those whom have unexpected absences or give further reason for those whom have not to return to the game. I think rather than punish players whom bought into the housing system early, they should make an alternate housing zone that is purely an instance of an individual house for all players to have access to. It wouldn't matter that way if people can't log on for a while then and will do away with this nonsense of the neighborhood limitations.

[mbncd]

[Snip] [T]hey should make an alternate housing zone that is purely an instance of an individual house for all players to have access to. It wouldn't matter that way if people can't log on for a while then and will do away with this nonsense of the neighborhood limitations.

I've always been an advocate of the personal instanced housing solution, even if it was a cheaper version with less functionality (like an apartment, more than an inn room but less than a small house, maybe allows pot plants for gardening).

With instanced housing, after a couple of weeks of inactivity, the house could be archived. To get it back you'd have to go and talk to an NPC and maybe wait 24 Earth hours but that'd be about it. You'd still have your place and everything within, but while it wasn't being used it would place almost 0 strain on the running services of the game. It also wouldn't be persistent when you weren't there so that'd be a big boon too.

Why they insisted on such a rigid system as neighbourhoods for everything other than inn rooms and personal rooms is beyond me...