Alleo's Signature

[Rymm]

Because some people are willing to compromise, something which I'm not sure you understand how to do.

I wouldn't be quick to make assumptions about people because, honestly, I really wouldn't care much if SE chose to extend the demo timer. Or shorten it for that matter. As long as it accomplishes it's purpose of opening up unused homes for active players, then I consider it working as intended.

If you look back at my posts, I never once argued that it shouldn't be adjusted either way. I at one point asked someone to clarify their reasoning for claiming their way was better, but that was the closest I ever got to even hinting toward disagreeing. The only two personal opinions that I expressed were A) believing that the timer is necessary in the current housing system and B) understanding SE's reasoning for tying the timer to entering the house and not the sub.

What I do take issue with is flawed arguments. Like people claiming one length of time is better than another (which there is nothing wrong with, everyone has their own opinions) but basing their stance solely on their personal feelings and then presenting it as an objective fact (which is the sort of thing that torques me off.) The whole reason I even got drawn into this thread wasn't about the demo timer itself, but because someone made an erroneous, unrelated claim about what they pay for and I pointed it out what it is that SE is actually charging for. Things sort of snowballed after that, largely because of people who missed the point of my argument and just saw me as someone who disagreed with them and therefore must be refuted.

And, of course, the system would be better with instanced housing or dynamic wards or whatever else they could come up with that would allow each and every player to own a home and never have to worry about losing it. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who would actually argue otherwise. I personally really liked the idea that I once saw suggested where the housing wards still exist but when you walk up to the placard you can select which version of the instanced house you want to visit. I think that would be awesome and the best of both worlds (instance and neighborhood housing.)

Sadly, such a thing does not and may never exist. Until the game does change to support housing for each and every player, I feel the demo timer is the lesser of two evils.