Quote Originally Posted by Besame View Post
Just whom would you have decide what number is classified as "hoarding"? Is 2-3 enough, is 8 too many? Unless you have a medical professional in SE's cluster, I don't know who else would be able to make that determination hehe. SE allowed this behavior to begin and flourish sans consequences since 2013 and now it is up to them to try and make it fair for the rest of their playerbase. Can they? Well not everyone will be happy however, they have to start somewhere which is what they are doing now.
It's actually rather simple, if you have more than one private and one fc house, you have too many because that's all a new character would be able to get to after 4.2. Personally, I'd even start the demolition timer on any FC that drops below 4 active accounts.

You can talk about fairness, but realistically, it's not fair that FCs haven't been able to get houses. Nor will it be fair that many will struggle to get one house while others maintain their extras for, potentially, years to come.

Quote Originally Posted by MeridaQ View Post
Why is it a huge mistake? They are going to continue adding wards, and are planning on updating apartments to Small/Medium/Large. They understand the desire for houses and will continue closing the gap between players subscribed and houses/apartments. With 4.2 I think every FC that wants a house will have one. With a few more ward additions, the desire for personal houses will also be satiated. So what is the issue with them grandfather some players in? Over time many of them will be reclaimed through auto demos.
Forcing those who have extra homes to relinquish them would free up more wards in the patch that it happens. This helps ensure that not every house will sell out during the FC only stage so there are some left when private ownership is opened.

This is an action that can be taken right now to alleviate the issue, it won't solve it but it would buy some more goodwill with those players who are still stuck outside the housing system trying to get in while they work up to more wards. Also, the more unique individuals you have in the housing the more chances there are someone will go inactivate and get auto demo'd.


Regarding the outcome of the patch... personally, I expect that the houses will likely sell out before private ownership opens up. Not being able to get a FC house seems to be a fairly consistent complaint and there are ways houseflippers could work even with the restrictions.

Also, if every FC without a house wants one, the number of wards being released wouldn't be enough on the random servers I'm searching. They wouldn't even be enough if half of them wanted one.

And then the moment they do sell out, if there are still people sitting on extra houses, the complaints about those people will just start up again. Where if you take them away, those people will be upset for a while but it will no longer be something to complain about. The only thing left would be waiting for more wards to open.