Auto Demo?

[Briardien]

You can makes a case and still show basic human empathy.

[Jensa]

There seem to be several issues at hand. It is absolutely tragic that anyone is suffering through a war. Hopefully we are all contributing to relieving their suffering in whatever way we are able.

Housing in a game has nothing to do with the war, nor should it. The game is an escape from real life. I would seriously doubt that anyone caught up in the war or any other global tragedy honestly cares about something as trivial as a game and a house in said game.

Auto-demo should be reinstated. People who do not subscribe to the game should have no reason to hang onto a handful of pixels. If you need a break, 45 days is plenty in my opinion. If the house is so important to you that you want to maintain it in a game you aren't playing, the cost should be subscription, otherwise why would you even care? What are you hanging onto? Why hang onto something that you aren't using or truly interested in and keep it away from those who would actively use it?

And before I'm attacked, I have owned houses in this game in the many years I've played. I have relinquished a house when I stopped playing. I have had a house demo'd when I stopped playing. Now I'm back and I'd like part of my game to include a house. I wasn't fond of placard clicking, but I'm less fond of this lottery.

Auto-demo won't solve the housing shortage. It will, however, free up a few more houses for people who want them.

[Puksi]

Oh please cry us a river and stop trying to paint holding a house for people caught up in a war that could last years is what the team needs to do and anyone who disagrees with you somehow doesn't care about the war there or the people affected by it. I can guarantee you that those really affected by the war don't have their personal digital house in FFXIV as a priority concern. Your social activism is misplaced maybe spend some time trying to actually take care of people affected by the war in real life than trying to push an end to demolition here altogether.

Ah, we've moved on to the other classic chestnut, "wHy NoT hElP IrL????". But as it turns out, one can donate IRL and question the priorities of this thread at the same time. Players>pixels shouldn't even be a controversial opinion, but here we are.

GCBTW.

[LaylaTsarra]

Ah, we've moved on to the other classic chestnut, "wHy NoT hElP IrL????". But as it turns out, one can donate IRL and question the priorities of this thread at the same time. Players>pixels shouldn't even be a controversial opinion, but here we are.

GCBTW.

You are certainly making them one. You are entitled to your view as am I. You are not the litmus test for fairness let me add. Your demeaning attitude for anyone who would try and approach the issue of restoring demolition after a 6 month hiatus is certainly your prerogative just don't be surprised if not everyone agrees with you. Your willingness to try and some how demeanize others with another point of view is noted.

I trust the team will eventually address the issue of the hiatus and restore some semblance of fairness to those who are actually playing it given the resource is limited. The real solution is something they need to address by providing the opportunity for anyone who wants a house to be able to get one. Will that ever happen remains to be seen but until that does demolition is a necessary evil in my view to at least free up houses for those who would actually be using them.

[Puksi]

Housing in a game has nothing to do with the war, nor should it. The game is an escape from real life. I would seriously doubt that anyone caught up in the war or any other global tragedy honestly cares about something as trivial as a game and a house in said game.

There were quite a few concerned posters over at r/FFXIV about how they could keep their sub going through all this, because as the community loves to point out, this game means a lot to a lot of people. And players back then were quick to support and advise. But here we are, in a thread that essentially says "well they should've had this settled sooner, give me their house!" Funny how it's only trivial when it's someone else.

Targeting players who are facing these events is misguided at best. The actual problem is Square, and their system designed to keep players subbed or else likely never recover the house they worked for, especially under this lottery. Square is not valuing the players' time and effort, only their sub money. They can make an instanced WoW Garrison with its own inventory, but somehow they can't do instanced houses, nor more free inventory space. There really is no housing system at this point, just a wad of dirty bandaids, and it boils down to their bottom line.

Yet smaller MMOs somehow have done it better.

So the demo timer turns back on, the vultures pick the bones, then what? Does that solve the housing problem? No. The last medium had well over 500 participants. Square limited it now to one house/one FC per account. They have a good idea of how many players want this thing they advertise as a feature, as though anyone can get one.

So why focus on punishing these players who likely would very much like to be back to playing?