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

[Malicewolf]

It is not about being a lifer. Some people can not get on every 45 days like people in the Service. Now they can not even pay the sub fee to keep their house.
This wont fix the housing issue.
I want my own house but I wont even for a minute think it is right to take something away from those who are paying for it.
Pretty selfish.
Next people are going to cry people have more money than they do and are not using it and SE should take it away and give it too them.

Money isn't really comparable as there is always a stream of gil income available. Houses on the otherhand are limited.

And in regards to military. Yes, that is inconvenient for those deployed in a warzone, naval ship, or 3rd world country. But here's the thing about those.
1. Deployment into a warzone can range by a LOT. You could be there for a month, you could be there for a year or more. Military will always have this inconvenience, but it's something they know they have to live with. Do you know what else they have to deal with? Being deployed in a warzone when their baby is born, or taking their first steps, or if a family member dies. I think they can handle losing their virtual house. However, if somehow it isn't, they usually still have access to a phone or internet to ask someone to please log in for 2 seconds if they are still subbing. It's inconvenient, but there is no way to cater to this scenario of being in a warzone (not to mention the risk of death). And please do not think I'm being unreasonable, or unsupportive to military. Most of my family has been in or is currently in the military. I have sponsored midshipmen for nearly a decade and they have become like family to us. And I have unfortunately even had to deal with losing one of them.
2. Deployment on a naval ship (or submarine) is usually a longer deployment. These are usually trips out at sea for many months. 3 months would actually be a very short trip on a ship based deployment. However, they do dock within the timeframe as well. Once again, not easy to cater to without basically giving them unlimited time with no guarantee they will even want to come back and play.
3. 3rd world country. You drew the short end of the straw on deployments. Really inconvenient.

The other remaining deployments are usually a station which last for quite a while. Usually years. In these, you usually get a place to live and have internet. It's really not an excuse for not being able to log on. Majority of the midshipmen my family sponsored are in this circumstance. Most in the states, few in Japan. While I may not be in the military, I have been surrounded by it my entire life and am a bit touchy that people are using that and "diseases" as the main excuse for why this is a horrible update. Majority of you arguing about those are not even in those circumstances. I've heard multiple people with illness's come out and say "45 days is plenty". I've yet to hear any military members poke their heads up and say this is a huge inconvenience to them.

Ok sure but I don't remember at all when housing was first announced that i would lose the house that I acquired. That they would not be adding more, ever. Never once was I told "hey, just be aware you may not keep this house in the future". All these things about the houses being taken are recent and therefore don't fall into the realm of "fair". No other MMO does this so why did we think FFXIV would?

SE could also go bankrupt, have to shut down all their servers and every single person here would lose much more than their house. I'm sure they wouldn't announce to you a heads up if that were happening either (granted,this is very unlikely to happen, but FFXIV doesn't have to announce everything they will do in the future. Things change. Remember that sweater you liked 5 years ago and now think is ugly?