Demolished House

[Jscagg]

So, I found out today that my house has been demolished, despite having played only 5 days ago, at which point I was within my 45 day limit. I inquired as to why this happened, and got a simple "You didn't enter your estate In 45 days", to which I have this to say: Just to make sure I understand this correctly, despite the fact that I have played before my 45 day window is up, and the fact that multiple other people that I share my house with have gone into and out of the estate on a near daily basis, the house still got demolished because I hadn't entered it in 45 days? Even though I was logged into the game, and had been playing, within that 45 day time period? So because of some idiotic "You have to set foot in your house" rule, my wife and I lost our estate, one that we share with our FC members as well. So because of this absolutely retarded rule, I had to console my real life wife earlier today because the house we bought together after we got married in your game; a house she had spent many hours, and quite a lot of gil on to decorate and make our home, got destroyed because I hadn't entered it in 45 days, even though I was ONLINE and PLAYING THE GAME. I do hope that everyone at Square Enix feels proud of themselves for hurting my wife. While I'm sure it doesn't matter much to anyone there, but my wife and I will be canceling our subscription, and we'll be sure to inform anyone thinking about playing FFXIV, that they should look elsewhere, perhaps somewhere with a company and devs that actually care about their customers.

[Aerish]

Sorry for you and your wife it suck, but this rules is made to give a chance for others players to get a house, "left behind by the owner"...

[Dzian]

They should scrap the demolition system. Remember when yoshi said those systems were a thing of the past and ffxiv would NOT have anything like it.

Q: Will there be any maintenance fees or other costs for housing, besides the cost of the land and house?

A: In older MMOs, such as Ultima Online, there was a house maintenance fee you had to pay weekly, but in FFXIV: ARR we decided against this system. Similarly, these older MMOs also had a system where your house would break down if you didn’t log in after a while in order to have you continue your subscription, but this is a thing of the past and we won't have any system like that.

So yeah system needs scrapping

[Laurima]

Yes, scrap the system which frees up inactive houses owned by people who don't play anymore or even sub so new people who want a house can't get any,

that makes brilliant sense -_-

[Canadane]

You weren't using the house despite playing the game.
Someone who wants the house can now use it. You no longer need to worry about it, it's not big loss for yourself, as someone who didn't use it.

I fail to see the issue.

[Lunaxia]

the house we bought together after we got married in your game; a house she had spent many hours, and quite a lot of gil on to decorate and make our home, got destroyed

Yet you didn't step foot in it for nearly seven weeks.

[MicahZerrshia]

I have had a house demo'd (because I wanted it to be) you get email after email after email telling you its gonna happen and how to prevent it. SE gives you plenty of warning and tells you how to halt the demo. Also this is widely talked about by people who have had this same issue.

It's a good system when housing is so limited. It could be improved but still not game breaking. This is not a SE issue, this is a failed to read the 10 emails SE sent issue.

[worldofneil]

Don't forget to talk to the Caretaker NPC so you can get back the 80% of the house cost as well as all items that can be salvaged! You only have 35 days to do this!

[Pyrali]

I mean they said other tenants were entering the house, so I can see why they are frustrated.

[worldofneil]

I mean they said other tenants were entering the house, so I can see why they are frustrated.

Although I've never received one myself, from the emails people have posted before, it seems the warning emails that are sent out specifically remind us:

Please note that the automatic demolition process will not be deactivated if a tenant enters a private estate, using the shared estate feature, instead of the actual owner.