Reclamation of Inactive Housing announced

[Seryl199]

Its not retroactive tho, it starts counting on patch day.

Do people not read the whole info note?

Right. I was replying to the quoted poster who commented on a retroactive system. Did you not read the quote?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Right. I was replying to the quoted poster who commented on a retroactive system. Did you not read the quote?

Nah, i gave up reading most of this, so you can ignore my post lol. theres been too much false info getting spread around today. My bad \o/

[Elim]

Right. I was replying to the quoted poster who commented on a retroactive system. Did you not read the quote?

I understand why they didn't make it retroactive. I'm sure the forum would be absolutely filled with rage if it was. But, not to sound cold, I still wish it was. Not only can I confirm two abandoned houses, but I can walk through most subdivs and run out of fingers counting houses that have no decorations(or very little) and haven't had any for months and months. Now we get to watch them sit there for even longer -- but it's not a big deal. At some point houses will start to free up, new wards will be added and people will be happy. I'm a bit more optimistic about this system than others. Because I'm sure houses will free up fairly often. People clearly buy houses and then regret it, or stop caring shortly after.

[SummonerSenah]

This is a bandaid, to be sure. But at the same time, there's no reason for someone who isn't playing to own a house. Those players are basically dead to Eorzea and what need for a house does a dead person have? In the real world houses don't just stay empty after someone leaves; either someone else in the family takes over or the house is resold.

[Eye_Gore]

In the real world houses don't just stay empty after someone leaves; either someone else in the family takes over or the house is resold

Sure about that?

[StouterTaru]

This is a bandaid, to be sure. But at the same time, there's no reason for someone who isn't playing to own a house. Those players are basically dead to Eorzea and what need for a house does a dead person have? In the real world houses don't just stay empty after someone leaves; either someone else in the family takes over or the house is resold.

It's more than a band-aid; it's removing a malignant tumor. The problem isn't resolved, but it's a necessary step in that direction.

[raelgun]

It's more than a band-aid; it's removing a malignant tumor. The problem isn't resolved, but it's a necessary step in that direction.

You realise that the amount of housing that gets freed up after the time frame might be tons lower then what people are expecting not to mention once the houses are bought out, you are back to square one, band aids cover up the issue, you aren't fixing towards anything, fixes do not put you back to square one in any step, this is simply SE finding a scapegoat.

[Syrehn]

You realise that the amount of housing that gets freed up after the time frame might be tons lower then what people are expecting not to mention once the houses are bought out, you are back to square one, band aids cover up the issue, you aren't fixing towards anything, fixes do not put you back to square one in any step, this is simply SE finding a scapegoat.

We've known this was coming for a long time and it was never marketed as being a housing "fix". It was always promoted as being a first step towards more accessible housing with their current structure. It's not going to get every player/fc a house but it will get one for some and be a recurring cycle as inactive's are exchanged for actives. Another step is going to be when they implement the house sharing feature for personal homes.

So no, this isn't SE finding a scapegoat. It's a recycle system to keep active users in active resources and it was sorely needed.

[raelgun]

We've known this was coming for a long time and it was never marketed as being a housing "fix". It was always promoted as being a first step towards more accessible housing with their current structure.

There is no step here though, progress is moving forward not back to square one, you just assuming it is as you only have the POV of looking onto the properties which people do not have. I am not sure what people have an issue with, not having a house here or the fact that people aren't using them frequently enough to their standards.

What I am reading more is, you aren't using it enough, bugger off, let me have it, the last time I have seen the behaviour is with children.

[Silverbane]

Note that leaving your house abandoned for 45 RL days is equal to leaving it abandoned for a little over 2.5 Eorzean years.

Losing title after 2.5 years is a bit fast compared to RL. In RL, it's commonly 10 to 20 years (depending on the local laws) before you would lose title to abandoned property, and then only if someone else takes adverse possession of it for that number of years. On the other hand, if you lose land in RL because of adverse possession, you get nothing for compensation, unlike the 80% you will get here.

All that said: it's just a game, and these are the rules. So there's no need to get particularly emotional about it.