Please put Auto-Demo back on

[Illmaeran]

I'm for turning auto-demo back on in enough time for a full 45-day cycle in order to let people have a go at houses in the current areas prior to the new stuff being made available.

[dspguy]

I thought the auto-demo timer being turned off had to do with server login issues. Those seem to be gone, so they really should just turn it back on.

[Dailemont]

Checking the thread again and I agree with all of you in the suggestion to rework the system altogether. Perhaps they did not expect housing to become such an essential part of the game? - it does not matter.
Auto-demo is still off, weeks are going by and I cannot imagine the craze and chaos that will unleash when Ishgardian housing drops and MAYBE, MAAAAYBE then they would grace us with turning auto-demo back on. It is ridiculous. Blows my mind - there is no queue congestion anymore, people are finishing EW in their own pace and there is absolutely no reason to keep it on. Oh- only if they are just waiting to muck up the entire housing market when 1.0 drops. Because that's what's going to happen at this rate.

[Jojoya]

Checking the thread again and I agree with all of you in the suggestion to rework the system altogether. Perhaps they did not expect housing to become such an essential part of the game? - it does not matter.
Auto-demo is still off, weeks are going by and I cannot imagine the craze and chaos that will unleash when Ishgardian housing drops and MAYBE, MAAAAYBE then they would grace us with turning auto-demo back on. It is ridiculous. Blows my mind - there is no queue congestion anymore, people are finishing EW in their own pace and there is absolutely no reason to keep it on. Oh- only if they are just waiting to muck up the entire housing market when 1.0 drops. Because that's what's going to happen at this rate.

They always resume demolition with a patch maintenance so 6.1 is likely when it will happen.

To be honest, demolition at this point in the game's housing history isn't much help. When it is active, we see maybe 8-10 houses become available per world per week. That's nothing compared to the thousands of players and FCs per world trying to obtain one. The player population has grown far beyond what the ward system can handle. LotRO only got away with its "add a Neighborhood when the existing ones fill" because that game's player base is relatively small and had zero to little growth after a couple of years. FFXIV's player base is much larger and still growing.

Housing isn't an essential part of the game. There's no real disadvantage to a player that foregoes housing ownership. But it is an extremely popular one - and deserving of more developer attention because of that popularity.

As for Ishgard, the chaos that will follow in its wake will be due to the lottery becoming the new method for plot purchase. Players are going to have to adjust to what the lottery really means.

[Illmaeran]

As for Ishgard, the chaos that will follow in its wake will be due to the lottery becoming the new method for plot purchase. Players are going to have to adjust to what the lottery really means.

Ishgard housing is Emet-Selch's final plan coming to fruition. The resulting chaos, salt, and all out war in the FCFS wards will result in nothing less than a Rejoining.


Personally, I'm a fan of what I perceive the lottery system to be since as much as I'd like a house again, not having one isn't heart or game breaking to me. If I can drop the money on a plot and go about my usual business with a chance to get it, that's fine by me.

[NorthernLadMSP]

As per the Lodestone, it will resume March 9.

[ryneheartsgaia]

The problem with turning on demos now is that if a medium or large plot opens up you could potentially see some severe congestion issues, since relocation is no longer a thing...

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

[Shibi]

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

While annoying it would only be for half a day or so, less of a problem than the EW queues. Once the crowd leaves you can get back into to your home.

[Jojoya]

The problem with turning on demos now is that if a medium or large plot opens up you could potentially see some severe congestion issues, since relocation is no longer a thing...

Imagine not being able to teleport to your house because mobs of players are clicking on the housing plate of a vacated large plot in your ward...

We'd already see it happening if it was that much of a problem. I don't think I've heard of anyone complaining that they weren't able get to their house because a plot was available in the same ward.

Can't say I've seen any larges available recently but we did have a few mediums become available in the wake of the OCE data center opening. While there were a fair number of players camping the ones I looked at, the crowds were still no where close to zone capacity.