Quote Originally Posted by Apocrypher View Post
the reality is that keeping the data around for all characters like this would bog the servers down more than we think.
Mind explaining to me how Trion Games lets me have UNLIMITED dimensions (housing rooms) in Rift? Sure, I can only have 1 active dimension, but I can keep my housing items in the inactive ones and since it is a FREE game those items and dimensions are never deleted when I do not log in for any amount of time. I am confused how they dont hit issues with data bogging down their game and FFXIV does.

Either Trion Games has access to better tech than SE, or they just choose to bless their players (even the non spending ones) with a better housing experience. i.e., one that doesn't delete your items due to inactivity.