This has always bothered me.

[Nyxs]

I agree with the OP. Take them away and give them what they do for transferring to a new world. Price + a couple mil for the furniture. Its more than enough as furniture isnt that expensive now. I dont even want to buy a house but id rather people get one rather than be hoarded.

[SaberMaxwell]

Why are we conflating the rmt house sellers and the grandfathered players? Obviously the people who still own 23+ houses both still play, still actively use them (at least within the 45 day demolish timer because that still affects them), and haven't sold their homes because they can't go buy more houses they just can't have the houses they currently have taken from them except by auto demolition.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

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So far you’ve labeled people here as liberals - no idea how that’s an insult but okay -, children/kids, unhygienic- that tooth brushing comment also confuses me -, ignorant and needing to either get ‘banned’ or ‘grow up’ for having differing opinions on a game system.

Lol.

[Shibi]

When you own an entire god dam ward, then you deserve to lose your houses.

That made me giggle Soge

[Annihilism]

"Let Bezos keep his money, he earned it all himself! Why should we tax him and other billionaires so harshly?!" Has the same energy as this clown defending some tool owning so many houses. The limit should be 1 house per character or make instanced housing.

The pure schadenfreude I would feel for some scumbag bot farmer that owns that many homes and watch them go up in flames. If only...

[Batbrat]

Personally, I think people who blatantly own an entire ward are weird and a bit narcissistic.
Like, I've seen someone try to do this for 2 different reasons.

One ward I stumbled upon was clearly owned by an FC. Each house was a different type of meeting house. So they had like, a bar house, a knights of the round table discussion house, a spa house, etc. First of all, none of these were done well. I'm in Aether by the way, so if any of you in that FC read this then great, because you all need to hear it. All of those houses look like they were designed by someone in a dark room with a sleeping mask over their eyes with their toes doing the item placement. Ok. Not a single one looked good. and I think most of you agree with me, because never once did I see any of them in any of those houses either. So either that FC died a slow painful miserable death or the members took one step in, cringed intergalactically, and never went in any of them again. Maybe out of shame, likely out of disgust. Now back to the point.

The second player owned ward I saw was the opposite. This player peddles their ward on twitter. Now I'm not looking to get cancelled here, but I gotta say what I gotta say. It's in poor taste. It's in poor taste, my man. Let me tell you why. Yes, your houses looked great. You're a housing champ. but I didnt see any proof of any purpose for those either. No one else around...not even FC related..ah. You know?? You know. Come on now. Not only that, but they were all those super cramped type of 1 floor houses that are glitched so hard, all you can do when you load in is turn around a couple times. They're useless. Pretty!!! but useless. I'm guessing its for like...housing decoration selling points. Like a live portfolio. But your live portfolio to show off your work is actively blocking other players from having a house so it's pretty cringe too.

Obviously they cant just yoink houses from people but. I wouldnt complain if they cracked down on this kind of thing. Because it's considerably self absorbed.

[Jennah]

You are literally advocating for (pick the one that most offends you):
- Communism
- Fascism
- Nazism
- Trumpism
- Socialism, but pronounced in the same tone you'd say "Satanism"
- actual Satanism
- What the lizard-people who secretly run all the world governments would want.

And this cannot stand!

[Arazehl]

Selfish and excessive desire for several more houses, than is needed by an individual is not rightfully earned, but taken without any consideration in regards to the limit of supply and demand. That's the part that bugs people. It's called greed. plain and simple.

Should they be taken back? Too late for that now. SE should have thought more carefully when they first made the guidelines for players owning property that this would be the outcome.

[DiaDeem]

Someone please think of the Lalafell Farms. If we lose this much land, who's gonna grow all of our Lalafell?

[rainichan]

Personally, I think people who blatantly own an entire ward are weird and a bit narcissistic.
Like, I've seen someone try to do this for 2 different reasons.

One ward I stumbled upon was clearly owned by an FC. Each house was a different type of meeting house. So they had like, a bar house, a knights of the round table discussion house, a spa house, etc. First of all, none of these were done well. I'm in Aether by the way, so if any of you in that FC read this then great, because you all need to hear it. All of those houses look like they were designed by someone in a dark room with a sleeping mask over their eyes with their toes doing the item placement. Ok. Not a single one looked good. and I think most of you agree with me, because never once did I see any of them in any of those houses either. So either that FC died a slow painful miserable death or the members took one step in, cringed intergalactically, and never went in any of them again. Maybe out of shame, likely out of disgust. Now back to the point.

The second player owned ward I saw was the opposite. This player peddles their ward on twitter. Now I'm not looking to get cancelled here, but I gotta say what I gotta say. It's in poor taste. It's in poor taste, my man. Let me tell you why. Yes, your houses looked great. You're a housing champ. but I didnt see any proof of any purpose for those either. No one else around...not even FC related..ah. You know?? You know. Come on now. Not only that, but they were all those super cramped type of 1 floor houses that are glitched so hard, all you can do when you load in is turn around a couple times. They're useless. Pretty!!! but useless. I'm guessing its for like...housing decoration selling points. Like a live portfolio. But your live portfolio to show off your work is actively blocking other players from having a house so it's pretty cringe too.

Obviously they cant just yoink houses from people but. I wouldnt complain if they cracked down on this kind of thing. Because it's considerably self absorbed.

I know if I say their name they'll appear like freakin' Beetlejuice because they always do to "defend" themselves on why they need 10 service accounts and fake FCs to own entire wards and screw other FCs and players out of housing, but I'm at least 95% sure I know who one of the people you're talking about is lol.

re: the rest of the thread, people who do this after SE's rule of "if you had them before this date you can keep them" are jerks. Hoping the lottery system helps make it harder for them to get a house so people/FCs who have been trying to get one for ages can finally get a house.