Housing demolition timer need to be changed! Sitting on your property needs to count.

[Reinfeld]

I felt bad for the guy at first but then seeing him to admitting he'd go to his FC house to check his stuff... And just stand outside his own property to queue for PvP... Like, I'm just confused. Sounds like he wasn't actually using his house?

The very first pieces of furniture I placed in my house where the retainer bell, the aesthetician bell, and the orchestrion.

Some people like just decorating the yard and turning it into their own little Zen garden or whatever.

[Prophecy]

From https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...3e7ccabefa9954

Steps Prior to Demolishing
Thirty days of inactivity
A notification indicating that the estate is being prepared for auto-demolition will appear in the Timers interface in the Duty tab of the Main Menu.

Thirty-five days of inactivity
An e-mail will be delivered to the registered e-mail addresses of all free company members, or the owner of a private estate, indicating the estate is being prepared for auto-demolition.

Forty-two days of inactivity
An e-mail will be delivered to the registered e-mail addresses of all free company members, or the owner of a private estate, indicating that the estate will be demolished automatically in three days.

Forty-five days of inactivity
The estate will be automatically demolished.

I checked my mail and i got 2 mails. I thought it was more but turns out it was for my FC but it's still 2 mails.

Fact remains, for FORTY-FIVE days you not once thought oh ok maybe time to enter the house. It's not on SE to remind you and yet they do. Information says you get a mail and most would make sure to check the junk folder.

You can wine all you want, it's your fault you lost the house, and if you don't even enter the house, I hope it now went to someone using it.

I stopped using my house, so i let it demolish so someone else can enjoy it.

Again my point is in game pop up when you log on daily to say go in house. Which should not be a thing in the first place. Would be needed. I used the house the way I wanted. That is all.

[Beelhi]

Again my point is in game pop up when you log on daily to say go in house. Which should not be a thing in the first place. Would be needed. I used the house the way I wanted. That is all.

And my point is that more handholding isn't needed. You get mails and have information in the game aswell. You know its 45 days before demolition starts, it's not SE's responsibility to think for you.

Some people like just decorating the yard and turning it into their own little Zen garden or whatever.

That's fine and all, doesn't take away the fact that you still need to go inside to reset the demolition timer. If you don't, "but I only use my garden" doesn't change anything.

[Prophecy]

And my point is that more handholding isn't needed. You get mails and have information in the game aswell. You know its 45 days before demolition starts, it's not SE's responsibility to think for you.



That's fine and all, doesn't take away the fact that you still need to go inside to reset the demolition timer. If you don't, "but I only use my garden" doesn't change anything.

We can agree to disagree on this all night. The kind of pop up that you have to confirm when you log on is all that is needed to avoid this. They use the same for quest you need to finish and such. Not hard to do. Even check in noted when on lawn may be hard to do but should be done as well. No hand holding needed. Just smart to do is all.

[Kurando]

Not against a pop up but it if the sole intention to add it is just to remind a person every 45 days (or whatever the time is) that demolition is going to happen then in all fairness that house would be better going to another player that does enter it more often. As others have said, you getting email notifications and the in-game timer keeps you updated but if you still choose to ignore these or delay entering the house, then again the lack of interest from the player speaks volumes. Also it seems you just got too comfy with the auto-demo timer being turned off for so long.

[Kaethra]

I haven't entered my characters' houses in Everquest 2 in about 6 years. If I logged in now, they'd be sitting there waiting for me exactly as I left them.

Something to be said about instancing housing. Everyone gets a shot at a house if they can afford it. And no one has to worry about losing one. And my personal favorite, Active Duty military get to keep theirs under that system too in case they need to be deployed for a few months. I'd think SE would be grateful to said volunteers considering it keeps the area their HQ is in pretty stable.

[BunnyChain]

So much whiteknighting going on in this thread. Imo, if you pay a subscription, there should be no auto-demolition going on.

[LaylaTsarra]

Put a mender inside your house and use it when you finish duties. I find it hard to understand why entering a house is so hard yet I would like to see SE ditch the entering a house model to simply have it apply to a paid subscription.

[Beatrice]

Something to be said about instancing housing. Everyone gets a shot at a house if they can afford it. And no one has to worry about losing one. And my personal favorite, Active Duty military get to keep theirs under that system too in case they need to be deployed for a few months. I'd think SE would be grateful to said volunteers considering it keeps the area their HQ is in pretty stable.

I'm hoping that someday they'll make it so apartments can be upgraded from the tiny little room they give you. I think that would probably satisfy a lot of people. The only issue would be the gardening stuff that you need a yard for.

[Lanze]

I took a 1 year break from the game. And i had to log into the game once a month to reset the demolition timer. Sure it can be annoying but if you want your house then actually use it, If not it's better used for someone else that wants it. If you were actively playing for 45 days and not stepping foot in your house. What's the point with it then. That's just me