Time on House removal/reclaming is way to short! (private houseing)

[Malicewolf]

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I see the issue you guys are posing. It's that you want to "take a break". You can. But if you do, guess what? SE has no obligation to cater to you when you are not willing to cater to them either. You can say "but they are a business and they should WANT MY business!" all you want, but they WANT your money. Because they are a business (and that's sorta what business's do).

As for the "adult" argument. If you come into hard times, then yes, that sure does stink. You should be focusing on getting back up and should stop your sub. But there is no specific time frame for how long it'll be before you get another job NOR if the job will give you a substantial amount of money to be able to start a sub again. I was unemployed for 8 months a while back. If I had a house in FFXIV, I'd be upset, but I would also understand why I lost my house when I got back. I was gone for an extended period of time AND I wasn't paying. I'll work my way back up just like I did with my life. I'd honestly be glad that I wasn't simply wasting space that's very limited.

As for "no lifers"... dude. Once every 45 days. Not hard. That's not a "no lifer". Don't be like that.

We aren't looking to "steal your houses". We want to see those not being used opened up. 45 days is plenty of time to log in once and enter the house. Heck, you can even turn the game off after entering if you can't take the extra 5 seconds to turn around and exit too.

The simple fact is, that this is the housing situation on this game. They are a small and limited commodity. This makes them high value and (as we can see by all of you arguing) very precious to people. However, they DO give functions that can only be done at houses. Everyone wants their chance to do something with it. Yes, it would be awesome if everyone could just have one and then choose to use it or not. But they didn't do that. Now they're telling you, use it, or lose it. If you feel you can't muster up the ability to log in once in 45 days or wish to take a half year's break before coming back, then I suggest you start clearing inventory space for your furniture and prepare to sell your house instead. When you come back, you can find a new place with the couple mil you got. The cycle will continue to take houses from people who quit or "took a break".

Another thing SE messed up on what ever happened to sharing a house which would actually help more than this.

Now that I can agree on. There should be some sort of feature to allow sharing a "personal" house with whomever you want. Even if you have to pay something to be able to do that. Heck, I'd pay "rent" per month ingame to have the shared space. It would help alleviate the issue a lot more.

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Yea, i'm one of those people who think that's too long, BUT allowing for expansion of room sizes in FC would be a great idea too.