Lost my House

[Melichoir]

Sucks you lost yoru house but maybe Im not fully understanding the issue. Were you offline the full 45 days? If thats the case, then yeah, feels bad man, but theres not much to do about that. However if youve logged in a few times for one reason or another during those 45 days, then thats on you. Look, Ive had my house now since when Shirogane housing opened up. During that time, Ive been in my house about every day for one thing or another. I do not understand how people can own a house and not step into it once during a 45 day period. Even once a week is more than enough yet people struggle to do this, which then brings up the question of why people even own housing if they dont even use it.

If you had the opportunity to log in during a 45 day period and didnt go into your house, it sucks but thats on you. Its your responsibility to go into your residence to keep that timer rolling. The bar here honestly isnt that high. As for the "Im a paying sub!" argument, as someone else stated - so are many other people. And the fact you want to keep your house means keeping your sub on is an incentive. They want people to keep their subs rolling if they want to keep things like housing. Thats the way it works. If you plan on taking extended time from the game, either pay the sub at the minimum level just so you can log in to keep your house maintained or work something out with friends. I know the ToS and the risks implied, but Im also a realist and know people do favors for other people.

So yeah, It does suck having your house get demoed, but the rules have been pretty consistent for years now regarding housing. This isnt anything new.

[Leloa]

Why is this topic still hot? If you can't play the game because of real life you lose your house and what is there to discuss?

[Divinemights]

My reply is not for OP since i have no intention to salt the wound.
My target audience is to the people that take this opportunity and pushing for so called "instanced" housing
You already have an instanced housing but you are just refuse to admit it.
Apartment is player owned and outside of 45 days restriction.
It will always be there.
If you want a house just of the giggle and do not enter house within 45 days, what is the point to come to the forum to complains?
It is your own responsibility to maintain your own property
Please do not use RL issue as an excuse because it is really not hard to access the game in 2020

[Eldevern]

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That's not the point. Many players have realized housing is broken even since its release.

Wards make sense for FC housing but individul ownership turn wards to ghost town. I give up to get housing when I realized that. Individuals need instancied housing to make wards FC-only and more lively. Are you unable to understand that? People who want so bad wards for their mansion are totally blind about the really : no one praise them for their mansion, nobody care, nobody visit a useless ghost town. And apartements are far too limited to be interesting.
My first reaction in ARR when housing was released was little house are really too little to make sense. There's no way to show some kind of creativity in such a little place. With two mansions I thought it was too short. That's why I'm advocating for instancied housing for individual rather than wards. When you see what Wildstar was offering, or BDO, you fast understand what I mean. There's not way to be really creative appart to buy full wards as few players did.

[Valorak]

I actually just kind of had this happen to me.

I finally bought a house last patch, but then I took a break and came back the day after I lost it XD

After that I decided that I should just stick to apartments since I randomly leave for 1-2 months every patch or two. Maybe I'll think about going after a house again after my life settles back down irl.

[Payadopa]

You don't need a house if you can't be bothered to enter it once every 45 days.

Can't stress that enough. Friend of mine bought a house and only because he was sharing it with me at that time was I able to see under timers that he was about to get evicted. Might as well not have it at that point.

On Ragnarok getting a house was impossible. Now that I'm on Spriggan I was able to find one and it's awesome. I walk in and out like half a dozen times per play session. lol

With 'real' neighbourhood and limited space that's just the way it -must- be. Also, again, why have a house if you can't be bothered to even enter it?

[EpicOverlord85]

And this right here is why all the limitations for player housing exist. Some people don't have a house at all and you want to keep your two houses without any effort?

I’m glad I’m not the only person who caught that little bit at the end. This behavior is the exact reason why the demolition timer exists in the first place (well one of them at least).

[ApolloGenX]

Honestly, because for all the wonderful things this game does right- housing isn't one of them.

[Edax]

And I feel like I'm shackled forever to the game. Like it doesn't matter how loyal I've been to the game, how hard I worked on my house.

It doesn’t matter how loyal you are. If you don’t pay, if you don’t play, then nobody cares about you.

[Melichoir]

After playing for 5-6 years nonstop GOD FORBID I want to take a break for a couple of months or have something come up in real life. I'm completely ABSOLUTELY underserving of that house I maintained for such a long time!!!!

Well thats what you have to decide. I know 15 a month is super harsh for most of hte player base. I mean, thats like two lunches, Maybe 3, per month. It's to much of a cost! But realistically, when I take down time from the game, I dont unsub. Typically I just stop logging in as frequently or long. Maybe Ill log in every few days to tinker about for an hour or talk to people then go do other stuff.

Is it cost efficient? No.

Is it killing my bank account? No.

Is this an issue for 95% of the player base? Certainly hope not.

If you can barely afford a 15/month sub, I strongly suggest you focus on your financial situation rather than worry about keeping your house in FFXIV. Might be cold to suggest that, but I would think that you should have enough disposable income to afford a sub of 15 a month without worrying about being broke. So if you want to take a break from the game, just leave your sub on and log in less frequently so atleast you get to keep the house that you want to keep. This isnt a matter of "I shouldn't have to to this." and more a matter is youre not being forced to, so if you want to participate and keep something and that requires you to have a sub, then tough it out and pay up or dont participate. Cause frankly 45 days is pretty generous considering all things.