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

[Snugglebutt]

45 days is fine.

[Aeolist]

45 days is way too short. If i get deployed to a remote location with no access to internet for a few months, that would mean my house is gone. There are so many situations in real life where 45 days would make it easy to forget. Life is full of ups and downs and everyone's situation is different. Like right now, it's so much less stress knowing my house won't go poof if I'm chilling in the yard most of the time, but don't actually enter.

[Lan_Mantear]

I thought the purpose was to reclaim unused property, and not to punish players. If that's the case, then they should make it as convenient as possible to reset the demolition timer. The number of days is arbitrary. No matter what's chosen, someone is going to fall short. They should, however, allow you to reset it via mog station or lodestone.

People who really want to keep their house will find ways to log onto lodestone/mogstation to reset their timer, and that's fine. They shouldn't be the target of reclamation anyways. While those who don't care or don't use the property will let their timer run out.

[hydralus]

45 days is fine. Every other MMO I've ever played that had a limited housing system has some sort of relinquish period or rent to be paid in order to keep your property. Archeage comes to mind as a recent example. Same with Asheron's Call. Yes, it's probably something they did to have more people subscribe between content patches. I'm okay with that. At least now I know people who are holding onto a house that a lot of other people wish they could own, at the very least, have to step into it once every 2 months.

I do think it was a mistake not having the relinquish period in the housing system from the start because it gave people a false sense of security that they could own their house forever. However, 45 days shouldn't be considered a time period only a 'no lifer' could handle to walk into their house.

[Taiine]

45 days is NOT fine. That gives you only ONE month you are free to skip a sub if you need a break. Last year I ended up in a bind, laid off from work and unable to pay for my sub as my savings had to go to more vital things, like bills. It took me three months to get back on my feet. You really think I want to lose everything I worked so hard for due to thing's that are out of my control?

As is right now to own a home you are not allowed ANY breaks from the game. If you move, get deployed, or just need a breather for a bit. You have to still be paying during that time. Real life money wasted so you don't lose progress.

I say if they must, turn on the limit the first month of the year to rid of houses that have been inactive for ages, much like they did this time, then turn it off. This way you still free up plots but don't prevent people who need to be away from the game to be away from the game.

[Syrehn]

As is right now to own a home you are not allowed ANY breaks from the game. If you move, get deployed, or just need a breather for a bit. You have to still be paying during that time. Real life money wasted so you don't lose progress.

You do realize that SE also wastes real life money storing data (such as housing which is a limited resource) that is not being utilized when players un-sub and take extended absences from the game, regardless of their circumstance, right? As a company SE also has to pay bills, just like you do, to run it's mmo/business.

[Taiine]

So the player should be punished for needing a break, or if they move and lack net for a time. I've already seen a few people fully unsub with no intent on coming back after their med and large houses were taken away, one due to moving and having no net, the other for their PC dieing and needing to save to get a new one. You really think they deserve to lose their house over thing's that are out of their control?

[Dustytome]

So the player should be punished for needing a break, or if they move and lack net for a time. I've already seen a few people fully unsub with no intent on coming back after their med and large houses were taken away, one due to moving and having no net, the other for their PC dieing and needing to save to get a new one. You really think they deserve to lose their house over thing's that are out of their control?

I don't think anyone deserves to be stripped of their houses (other than maybe the flippers), but with a limited quantity we have now, it has to get released at some point. It's always going to be too short for someone. A month and a half seems fair if you consider how long some people have been waiting to even get a house when they have the funds available, there's just nothing to buy with it.

[Lexia]

If it just because they want to take a break then no I don't feel sorry for them at out cause that is fully in their control. There are the ones that a truly affected by the reclaim timer but there also a lot of there that just don't want to pay the sub for X amount a time which falls into it a choice group. Oh and only the people that bought houses when first released can really claim they getting screwed cause anyone that bought a house recently or after the reclaim was added knew the rules of the reclaim.

[MikeWW]

I only read the original post and the last few posts. I think a way to prolong the timer for demolition by stuffing gil into a "prolong timer fund/demolition timer insurance" could be a good solution.

For example, a person has a small private house. He can put up to 1 million gil into a demolition timer insurance policy, in increments of 5k gil. If he does not enter his house for over 45 days, each day past 45 will deduct 5k gil from his insurance policy. If his insurance policy funds run out, his house will be demolished.

This solution will still allow people who quit, ragequit, take a break but don't come back, etc., to lose their homes in the normal 45 day timeframe.

While at the same time the solution will allow people who are willing to sacrifice gil to protect themselves from unforeseen and foreseen circumstances that could or would otherwise result in house demolition.

Damn, am I good or what.