Suspending Auto-demo is always a terrible idea: A small rant.

[Losara]

The issue here is that there isn't enough housing. We should be pushing SE for more wards for the players who are still in the game rather than removing the suspension on the auto demolition.

SE there isn't enough housing for us!

[Awha]

The issue here is that there isn't enough housing. We should be pushing SE for more wards for the players who are still in the game rather than removing the suspension on the auto demolition.

SE there isn't enough housing for us!

Hopefully when Ishgard housing is released they also add extrs wards to existing zones.

[Sshado]

We're months into this pandemic and the timer still hasn't been reinstated.

Didn't realize that not paying your sub got you such premium treatment from developers. Neat!

Don't @ me, I don't care and I'm not checking back here. The developers should be ashamed of this system.

Imagine collecting monthly donations to run your game and thinking it's okay to have a sticky post from 6 years ago still apologizing to players with no significant change or update.



Wow, they care so much.

[ItMe]

Honest question: What is the upside to restarting autodemo during the pandemic?
I sincerely don't grasp that side of the argument.

[KayRadley]

We're months into this pandemic and the timer still hasn't been reinstated.

Didn't realize that not paying your sub got you such premium treatment from developers. Neat!

Don't @ me, I don't care and I'm not checking back here. The developers should be ashamed of this system.

If you didn't want to be @'d, you shouldn't have acted like a Karen.

Pandemic means job closures and/or furloughs (and that's if you're fortunate enough to not be infected).
Inability to work means inability to make money.
No money means no sub.
The pandemic has made people unable to play the game through no fault of their own.
And you want to punish them for something that they have no control over.

[Jojoya]

We're months into this pandemic and the timer still hasn't been reinstated.

Didn't realize that not paying your sub got you such premium treatment from developers. Neat!

Don't @ me, I don't care and I'm not checking back here. The developers should be ashamed of this system.

Imagine collecting monthly donations to run your game and thinking it's okay to have a sticky post from 6 years ago still apologizing to players with no significant change or update.



Wow, they care so much.

The post in your image was made on Sept-15-2014.

There were 8 wards in the game at that time.

We now have 21.

Are you honestly going to sit there and say they've done nothing since that post?

[Frizze]

Isnt that also pre-subdivision? And clearly its pre-shirogane. No one thinks the current system is perfect, but to say that theyve made no changes in 6 years is either ignorance or lies to fit an agenda.

[Divinemights]

Honest question: What is the upside to restarting autodemo during the pandemic?
I sincerely don't grasp that side of the argument.

Do you really want to open this can of worm?
It is going to involves politic that do not make people from US looks too brilliant.

[JamieRose]

No.

People that are impacted by national, or global crises may certainly appreciate having access to their "little dollhouse."
Heck, if their real residence is impacted... it may even feel like a blessing to them.

Would you honestly feel satisfied promptly claiming a house from someone who has a victim of COVID-19?
Even if I didn't have a house, I sure as hell wouldn't.

Botting is also by no means mutual to auto demolition suspensions, the very notion is frankly outrageous.
The housing system could definitely use some improvements to curb botting activity, but not suspending demo timers during a global crisis is no such solution.

Ishgard housing will most likely be introduced in the future.
You're just going to have suck things up and wait until the situations change - like many current home owners have done previously.

I don't care. All this decision did was change who was getting screwed over. Instead of people getting screwed over who had the misfortune of a lapsing account, the screws were put to PAYING CUSTOMERS who had not yet acquired a house. It was a horrible decision and never should have been implemented.

[ItMe]

Do you really want to open this can of worm?
It is going to involves politic that do not make people from US looks too brilliant.

I mean... I thought this thread was about auto demo so exploring both sides seems valid.
I'm sincerely baffled. What's the upside?

Also, don't appreciate the shot at Americans.
Let's keep this discussion as civil as we can get on a forum.