Nope you didn't add enough plots SE...

[Jojoya]

Because it would be a very bad move for SE to punish players who have the misfortune to be unable to log in due to a global issue that isn't their fault. It would be a really bad look for pr. Really really bad.

Why are active players getting punished when the pandemic isn't their fault, either?

It's also very very bad PR to leave a limited resource in the hands of those who have quit playing while your active paying customers are left without. It says that the active paying customer means nothing to the developer despite that active paying customer being the reason the developer still has a job while others have lost their jobs due to a lack of paying customers at the businesses they worked for.

Sorry, but the demolition timer needs to be reenabled if SE isn't going to create a housing supply that meets demand. People have had 7 months to straighten out their real life situations to the best of their ability. Either they're stable and able to resume playing, or they won't be returning for a long time to come and a virtual house in an online game is useless to them.

[Penthea]

Why are active players getting punished when the pandemic isn't their fault, either?

Because SE created an awful housing system that is punishing a huge amount of players whether demolition is on or off.

It's also very very bad PR to leave a limited resource in the hands of those who have quit playing while your active paying customers are left without. It says that the active paying customer means nothing to the developer despite that active paying customer being the reason the developer still has a job while others have lost their jobs due to a lack of paying customers at the businesses they worked for.

Yes it is bad pr to do things as they are now but no matter what SE do it's bad pr. Why? Because their housing system is bad. Their housing system is literally bad pr.

However we have no way of knowing how many players are no longer paying for their sub. A lot of people who aren't logging in are overworked, not without a job or a home. Almost everyone I know in the medical field barely has time to watch a movie never mind play a mmo.

Sorry, but the demolition timer needs to be reenabled if SE isn't going to create a housing supply that meets demand. People have had 7 months to straighten out their real life situations to the best of their ability. Either they're stable and able to resume playing, or they won't be returning for a long time to come and a virtual house in an online game is useless to them.

This is extremely unfair to say and it's clear you haven't thought about this much. What makes you think anyone negatively impacted by the pandemic has had 7 months to sort themselves out? I know people who lost their jobs due to covid just this month. I know others who lost them more than two months ago and cannot find any work. A friend of my family went to icu with covid only three days ago. He doesn't play FFXIV but if he did, well he certainly hasn't had seven months to sort out his life since covid had a huge negative impact on him.

COVID isn't the only reason autodemo is suspended at this point. We've had 3 cat3+ hurricanes so far, the riots in the US, the dam breach, wildfires in western US, shit tons of flooding. Have you just not been reading the news? And that's ONLY in the United States, let alone elsewhere.

These people certainly haven't had seven months to sort out their lives.