Stagnant Housing

[Dustytome]

Hello, I know this is an issue that has been brought up before but I would like to readdress it. I was hoping the SE would have taken some time since their last housing update in 3.2 to make some changes. I understand that Servers have been highly congested and additional room for housing is not available yet. Yet they have not seemed to address the issue that some players have quit and are not coming back. Sad to say I have some friends that have done so. No matter what I try they will and are not coming back. So there their house sits month on end taking up precious server space, for what? I do not know how hard it would do a purge of the housing but I think SE should try to do one before Shadowbringers. With the new database coming out and 5.0 I'm sure it will allow new housing district to be built but until then let's clean out some space and not make players wait 5 months for a chance at a location that is not being used in the first place. I feel like housing is a strong aspect of FF14 and more players should have a chance to experience it. Anyone have any thoughts, Should long gone players lose their homes or not?

The houses normally have a natural purge process when they are not accessed within 45 days. See this. The NA servers currently have this process paused due to natural disasters, but when it turns back on we'll see houses auto-demolished on a regular basis.

[Septonyte]

The demolition timers were paused for last October's hurricane season.

Best thing you can do is keep an eye open for the announcement of the timers being re-activated THEN count 45 days after that because that is when a lot of housed will explode at once because if a player enters the house during the suspension period the timer starts at 45 days when it recommences. It was how I got my Shirogane medium last February.

[MizArai]

The demolition timers were paused for last October's hurricane season.

Best thing you can do is keep an eye open for the announcement of the timers being re-activated THEN count 45 days after that because that is when a lot of housed will explode at once because if a player enters the house during the suspension period the timer starts at 45 days when it recommences. It was how I got my Shirogane medium last February.

Houses will start "exploding" on the day the timer re-commences, however you are correct in thinking the big purge will be 45 days after the timer re-starts.