I've Lost Everything

[XiXiQ]

Honestly I think that's a little too harsh to direct at SE.
30 Days is more than generous....especially for a very limited resource

for the house/land, sure. But it should keep your furniture/gil for your return. That's not inconveniencing anyone or taking up housing resources. It allows them to have something to start to rebuild upon their return (in fact, it would encourage more people to return, particularly those who just had some unfortunate circumstances keeping them away)

[Leloa]

I mean if you're not in the game it's quite fair to put the house to demolition and let active players get a chance to get a house. Same will happen to them if they take a break. Check your e-mail and you have no problem.

[Penthea]

The demolition timer is far too short in my opinion. I have been playing mmos for a very long time and I can tell you it's far from unusual for people to be unable to log on for about a month. The timer should be 90 days instead, that would be far more reasonable.

Gotta ask OP though, why didn't you just get your wife to log in on your account? I know this is technically account sharing and it's against the terms of use, but in this case your account wouldn't have been at risk at all and SE would be none the wiser. I know several people who got friends and family members to log in on their accounts to reset the timer.

Edit: reread OP's post again, perhaps financial issues prevented someone else logging in for him. Sucks

[NephthysVasudan]

90 day comment(

Hell no.... I thought it was 30..now i find out its 45.

All this leads too is morons who buy one..then log off or de sub...resub....and just show up to grip it again.
Too long causes a death grip situation.

I'm sympathetic for those who get hit in the face with life to ruin your housing situaiton...but lets not aggravate with abuse - now if the housing resources weren't limited..that's different.

[Darrcyphfeid]

Hell no.... I thought it was 30..now i find out its 45.

All this leads too is morons who buy one..then log off or de sub...resub....and just show up to grip it again.
Too long causes a death grip situation.

Would you like to take a guess at how many months auto-demolition has been shut off for since its initial activation in November 2015? (26 months total)

Japan's earthquake: 04/21/16 - 09/26/16 (Link )
US's hurricanes: 09/15/17 - 01/30/18 (Link)

9 / 26 = 34.61% of the total time

[illgot]

what money did you lose? If your property gets demo'd, do you get the money you paid for the property if you come back in 30 days?

[worldofneil]

If your property gets demo'd, do you get the money you paid for the property if you come back in 30 days?

You get back 80% of the purchase price of the property and all your furniture, if you pick them up from the NPC within 35 days of the demolition. After that time it's all lost.

[SunfireKNT86]

I was in the hospital for 20 days while my wife was between jobs so my insurance was gone. We're getting back on our feet now, but it was a slow and painful (literally for me) process. FFXIV was not my concern, but I didn't assume I would be punished for real life health issues, and if that's the case, I'd just assume not give SE anymore of my money.

Thanks.

[LaylaTsarra]

I was in the hospital for 20 days while my wife was between jobs so my insurance was gone. We're getting back on our feet now, but it was a slow and painful (literally for me) process. FFXIV was not my concern, but I didn't assume I would be punished for real life health issues, and if that's the case, I'd just assume not give SE anymore of my money.

Thanks.

This whole idea of entering the house has always been a bad one in my opinion. A paying sub is all that should be necessary. Sorry about your health issues and sorry you lost all your things.

[Ashiee]

OP, I'm really sorry that happened to you, that really sucks.

They really should extend the time period for recovering items and gil. In my opinion 35 days is not nearly long enough, at least have the period be 6 months, that's a patch and a half worth or time. Though honestly, the recovery period should be closer to 2 years for SE's sake, and the reason I say 2 years is because of those people who come back and play at expansion releases. If anyone of those people came back to a house being demoed with no chance of getting their gil back, there really is less incentive for them to come back to the game.