Quote Originally Posted by Shirobi View Post
Too bad. You should have been an early supporter and had the money ready to go when the housing was originally available.

This is screwing over dedicated, long term players for newbies.
No it's not. If you ARE such a player, then you have an active account dedicated=you pay your sub. And if you play and pay, then you won't lose your house. It's for exactly what the person you quoted said. To allow newer folk (and even, get this old, dedicated players) who'd like homes, a chance to get one, by removing them from people who no longer play/pay to play. Also, it will make it easier for SE to judge the actual player need for housing on each server to better provide additional housing/wards etc.

People really need to start looking forward. This game, if FFXI is any indicator, could have a decade+ lifespan. Over that time, you really don't think a fair amount of people living in the current wards won't move on/play something else etc. Those wards, if nothing is done, will become ghost towns, wasted server space, and just add to game bloat. This new system will make it so even 10 years from now, ward 1 on any server/any plot has a human actively playing the game behind it. And therefore, as in real life, keeps the value/desire of the entire ward up. But it also will mean that we won't need to add extra space every couple months simply because all houses are full. The space will be added when 1. All spaces are full and 2. Not enough spaces are going vacant in a reasonable timeframe. I don't want to go though a 40+ ward list to find a friends house...I'm sure you don't either. This system helps fix it.