Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
The fact that we even need demolition just shows how flawed the housing system is. Literally nothing else in the game works like this because it doesn't need to.

The problem is the lack of houses, not demolition or a lack of it. Demolition wouldn't even be a discussed subject if the game had enough or unlimited houses.
If you are talking about instanced housing then yeah, no demolition needed for obvious reasons. People who lapse their subcription can always get their instanced house back when they come back to the game. But with current system of wards, you absolutely need housing demolition, even if there weren't a shortage of houses. It would make no sense to have a plot unavailable if the owner's subscription expired, because what if that player never comes back to FF14? That plot should be made available to active players again.