Quote Originally Posted by MomomiMomi View Post
Most people against it were arguing that the timer was far too short; they still would have supported a longer reclamation timer. I do think that anyone who agrees with this current system is supporting a very bad system that hurts players, and therefore detrimental to the community.
The timer is always going to be too short for someone - someone will always show up just after their property is reclaimed.

Just 2 and a half months after the first "Free Login" period we're now having a second one. Between the frequency of that event and the reasonable 45 day timer, it's really difficult to lose a property unless you're just not paying attention to this game anymore - and those are the types of people property should be reclaimed from. Now, I personally feel that there should be more than enough property for every player on the server, but that's not how it works and housing reclamation is one way of making that ugly flaw easier to put up with.

The original poster received advanced notice in December, and that was the same month we had the first "Free Login" event. It would have been simple for him to set three minutes aside to login, walk in his house, and log off. The issue for him was that financial woes made it impossible for him to subscribe to WTFast, and he can't log into the game without it - that's a pretty specific combination of problems, one I doubt most will have as a hurdle in keeping their virtual homes. He also lives in California and shouldn't need WTFast just to connect to the FFXIV servers, and that's what ultimately bit him in the rear - a problem that has nothing to do with housing reclamation and a technical issue that he probably should have resolved long ago (rather than relied on WTFast).

As for placing a limit on how long the Resident Caretaker holds reclaimed furniture - that's on Square. I really doubt any player suggested placing a time-limit on furniture storage. Rather, that's SE's way of encouraging people to sub-up. Still, you're looking at 45 days before someone loses the property, and then an additional 35 days before they lose the furniture.. a total of 80 days to take a moment to load FFXIV up is pretty generous, especially when they're throwing in "Free Login" periods every 75 days.