Please Remove Housing Timers During the Covid-19 Epidemic

[fourkingsjohn]

i agree in cases of natural disasters or crisis,pandemic ffxiv needs to suspend demolition in the infected areas indefinitely until situation has past.before you disagree with postee imagine your going through a horrible event cant get on anytime soon and its regardless of the fact of the situation you would want ffxiv to do the right thing if you disagree your either someone who has deep issues to be that cold hearted or hateful or your point blank lying.unless abnormal you would not aprreaciate knowing how many unsympathetic people are on earth which reveal themselves in times like these in different ways like this.sad people sad world.

[Penthea]

Mortality rate shouldn't be the only factor people are thinking of. Whether you think the virus is dangerous or not doesn't really matter because your opinion on this does not change the fact that many places worldwide have closed schools and other public services where people would earn their money. Some people in my fc have to work from home now. Those who have jobs that cannot be done from home are worried about being told to take time off work.

For a lot of people this means finances are going to be tight and it's not something they can really control because they're not the ones deciding that they cannot go to work and earn money. And we all know you need money to fund your place in the game.

Even if you never get the virus it can still affect you in a real way that negatively impacts life.

This is a worldwide issue. It would be prudent for SE to pause demolition until the situation is under more control. They have done it before for other large scale life impacting events. No reason why they can't or should not do it for this situation too.

[Theodric]

In the UK folks have been panic buying loo rolls and flour XD

That's mostly in the bigger cities. I live in a coastal town in Scotland and life is going on as normal here for the time being. Sensible precautions are being taken but there's no panic buying, luckily.

It's entirely possible that the situation will worsen, though there's a lot of different factors to consider. Of those who catch it, most will be self-isolating at home - which suggests to me that they'll likely just be playing FFXIV or some other game to distract themselves whilst they recover.

At the end of the day, though, it's just a video-game. If finances are so tight, even in an emergency, it's probably best not to let FFXIV be a distraction in the first place. I don't say that to be callous, but when there's posts involving certain FFXIV players begging on Twitter for their subscription fee to be paid for due to the pandemic, I'm not entirely convinced that there isn't an opportunistic element to some of the requests here.

[FirstnameLastname]

I do really hope all of you lose your houses just out of spite. Fight me.

[RezPls]

"There's a widespread virus that national governments will put people into home quarantine for 1-2 weeks over, I will have absolutely no way to log onto an online video game because of this event." wojak brain let dot jay peg.

[Gula]

Lol isn't this a bit backwards? You're not being annexed from your fake house by staying indoors and out of crowds.

[Vahlnir]

I'm never opposed to implementing a stop on the timers for any reason. We shouldn't have them to begin with, but we also shouldn't have limited housing to begin with. Man, this is a vicious cycle.

[Penthea]

I'm never opposed to implementing a stop on the timers for any reason. We shouldn't have them to begin with, but we also shouldn't have limited housing to begin with. Man, this is a vicious cycle.

The fact that SE need to a pause a game mechanic because of real life events just shows how flawed the housing system is.

Also I love all the people being like "bUt If YoU'rE nOt At WoRk YoU hAvE pLeNtY oF tImE tO pLaY" and somehow forget people need to be able to work to earn money in order to be able to even play. Did some of you forget that we pay a subscription fee? We don't know how long this situation will last and it could certainly last long enough to cause financial strain on people who are being told to stay home by their managers.

And before someone says "just find a new job!" that's easier said than done and the job market isn't exactly going to be great with so many things being in lock-down.

[SturmChurro]

I have a dejavu because i have seen this thread before.

What a plot twist, this one is actually serious one.

I see no reason why they shouldnt do it, they did it exclusively for their japan playerbase, are we worse than them for SE? They should take the timer away in case of this pandemic, no excuses unless they dont care for their own company integrity.

It doesn't matter what it is, there will always be a "remove housing timer" thread for anything and everything.

The fact that SE need to a pause a game mechanic because of real life events just shows how flawed the housing system is.

Also I love all the people being like "bUt If YoU'rE nOt At WoRk YoU hAvE pLeNtY oF tImE tO pLaY" and somehow forget people need to be able to work to earn money in order to be able to even play. Did some of you forget that we pay a subscription fee? We don't know how long this situation will last and it could certainly last long enough to cause financial strain on people who are being told to stay home by their managers.

And before someone says "just find a new job!" that's easier said than done and the job market isn't exactly going to be great with so many things being in lock-down.

At least for me, I have earned 15 bucks doing surveys on qmee in one week, doing them casually on my phone. I've actually bought a few fantasias that way.

[Penthea]

It doesn't matter what it is, there will always be a "remove housing timer" thread for anything and everything.

At least for me, I have earned 15 bucks doing surveys on qmee in one week, doing them casually on my phone. I've actually bought a few fantasias that way.

15 bucks won't mean much if you end up in the position of struggling to pay rent because you cannot work due to the virus.