Thread: Reclaim land from inactive accounts post 3.0?

With 3.0 coming out some inactive accounts will be reactivated some will not.
Are there any plans to reclaim land from inactive accounts post 3.0?



My wife and I have enough gil to get a small plot, and we want to get married IG, however we would like a house to share and currently there aren't any.

I would hope this house cleaning per say would happen before adding any more zones.


Edit
Inactive is someone not paying for sub.
Not someone who isn't logging in.

I fully support this!

They need to implement the 31day inactivity penalty they mentioned once upon a time I've changed my stance on this a little in further posts but some people seem to get stuck on this. I cant say how long it should be but perhaps 31 days after the persons subscription runs out or something else. There needs to be some cut off period where houses are assumed abandoned. Without an unlimited amount of housing plots available you cant just keep a plot indefinitely. Just set up all items to be returned to the calamity salvager along with the reimbursement of funds. It doesnt matter when you set this line, some people wont be happy but we need it. why would someone need to keep their plot if they havent subbed in 3 years, yet someone who plays every day is homeless cause none are available. There also needs to be other restrictions like one house per account/player/character (take your pick).

Regardless, the housing as it is needs some attention, its not utter garbage, but with SE adding in more content directly linked to it there are going to be people locked out of content for no other reason than just not being there in time. It becomes an unattainable goal.

Originally Posted by PantslessPrince

I thought they were adding plots? If that happens there won't be much need to reclaim.

Edit:
I am against reclaims because I couldn't play for a year. If I had a house I would have been screwed.

This is why i suggest the refund and placing items back in a salvager instead of disappearing into the ether cause I know 3.0 will bring back some players that may have taken an extended break.

Originally Posted by CrystalRainbow

As far as reimbursement of funds it would need to be minimum plot value returned not what was paid. This way it become a gil sink as well.

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This

Originally Posted by Gralna

More than likely if they did this, they'd follow suit of pretty much every MMO I've played that had public housing, which was to give you a voucher for another plot/house of equal value to what you had.

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and this, or some form of gil refund.

Originally Posted by MageBlack

I fully support this!

They need to implement the 31day inactivity penalty they mentioned once upon a time. just set up all items to be returned to the calamity salvager along with the reimbursement of funds.

A month is quite the short time considering how long most have to save to even be able to buy a house in the first place.

Originally Posted by Dree-Elle

You already forfeit leadership of a Free Company after 35 days, why should housing be any different? Play the game, or pay the price.

ETA: Since people don't seem to get what I'm saying, let me put it this way: In real life, if you do not pay the rent, the landlord will evict you. The monthly subscription that you pay is your rent.

In real life the landlord of a bought house is...you.

Originally Posted by Krylo

Yeah, and inactive people having housing locks everyone else out of gardening, chocobo training, house creation/decoration, and--soon to be--Airship exploration.

You can't lock content out for active players to protect inactive players. It's asinine.

Because everyone else wants to enjoy gardening, chocobo training, or house decoration, right?

Originally Posted by Aeyis

A month is quite the short time considering how long most have to save to even be able to buy a house in the first place.

That I agree with, 6 months is plenty of time. Being able to keep the house is a reward for keeping subscribed.

Originally Posted by Aeyis

In real life the landlord of a bought house is...you.

In FFXIv, nothing is "yours" everything, including your character, everything on that character, your account, even the data on your computer that pertains to FFXIV is all the property of SE. So that analogy is irrelevant.

Originally Posted by Aeyis

Because everyone else wants to enjoy gardening, chocobo training, or house decoration, right?

Without housing available they don't have that choice.