Quote Originally Posted by Shazzinoth View Post
There have been wars going on (practically) for decades non stop at this point. It's not really a viable excuse
It's not a question of "is there war somewhere", though, as like you say, that is not realistic. But it is a question of "is there a major disaster currently affecting one of the areas that FF XIV does a significant part of its business in".

Sure, there will always be some war somewhere, same as natural disasters and whatnot. However, right now we are looking at a war in one of the four official operating regions of the game, Europe. It is a show of goodwill to affected customers, hoping that they will return to the game when times get better for them, so that they don't feel punished by the game for circumstances completely outside of their control.

In principle, I agree with what many have said here: The housing demolition timers is a bandaid fix for the problem of "there is not enough housing", and I would love to see it removed, though I acknoweldge that it is neccessary until sufficient amounts of housing can be supplied.