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

[Phoenometroid]

Amen.

Lately I've had very little motivation to play. Why would I bother spending my free time with FFXIV if such major achievement as our FC house could be taken away just because we didn't / couldn't pay subscription for a while. The upcoming system is very unrespectful towards paying customers who have invested a lot of time, effort and money to obtain housing. Dissatisfactory customer service and disrespect towards players' investments is not a good business move.

For an FC all you need is one guild member to walk/leave the house to remain in tack, unlike the solo Personal House shared with 6 ppl has to be entered by the owner. I think you should be fine, if your FC is that small then I suggest recruiting more actively for active members or spread the word for your members to use the place while the owner is unsubbed. I don't mean to be cruel but that's pretty good compared to the sole home owners out there.

People take breaks. Typical MMO hiatus lengths are 1-3 months long, from my observation. That doesn't mean they've quit the game and will never return. They're just taking a break. They deserve to keep all the progress they've had, not come back to find their house pulled and stripped and not even getting back all of their decor.

Chiming in with agreement with the OP. The decay timer is a terrible idea on its own, but 45 days is an awful timer. It needs to be longer.

I might not go as far as to say it needs to be longer but I do believe an active subscriber should be safeguarded from this timer until after their sub has lapsed. If subbing was a way for players to remain active to keep their homes but take breaks between non-substantial patches or game updates I would even say it should be reduced to 30 days if not increased to 60days but I don't think it should be any longer than that.

I'm on a 6 month plan but to counter, why should people not playing and not paying keep their house while people who are actively playing and paying not have access. Housing is a limited resource and SE has set priority to those who play and have an active subscription. May not be fair to people who quit for a couple months at a time, but fair to those who actively play and want a house. Beside's, we've had this debate before and SE has decide.

I don't believe that the lack of plots for everyone is the fault of the players, however I do believe it was a mistake for SE to take on this task of going for no "instanced housing" and not have some kind of plot decay system implemented with it to boot.If they COULD play they WOULD, not SHOULD. People do take breaks, and it's no one's place to tell another person how to spend their money nor should a service be removed from a "paying" customer. We all pay a service fee to enjoy this game and housing is a featured part of that service.