Auto Demolitions Need to be Reactivated

[Jojoya]

To be honest. The demolishing system is stealing. As the original owner is not paid back the cost of the house.

Except you don't own anything in the game. You've purchased a license that allows you to play the game. Everything within it is owned by SE.

EXACTLY. Now please tell this to people that never even tried having an apartment but think they're entitled to a house they're most likely going to abandon in 2 weeks. I've seen many people don't even try to decorate their own apartments, get a house, struggle with decorating, decide they're not that into it and just abandoning and never using it again - but since auto-demolition is not on, they're just...there.

It would be no different if demolition was active. We had all those empty houses just sitting there in the past when it was just as much as they currently are.

The problem is it's a limited resource system. That inflates demand.

- Players who may not want a house right now but fear not being able to get one in the future if they want one. They buy now if they can so they won't have to worry about trying to get one then.

- Players who like the presumed prestige of owning something not every player can get.

- Those who see a profit potential by gaining something they can resell to others who want it (regardless of what ToS might say about such activity).

The empty houses won't disappear just because demolition is enabled. You're far more likely to see some nicely decorated houses disappear than the empty ones that were purchased for other reasons.

[UkcsAlias]

I think they do not do instanced housing to keep a carrot on players who do have a house so they continue to pay subscription.

Without demolitions you do not even need an active subscription to be able to enter the house. And by the rate they disable this auto demolition... i dont realy see it as a carrot, more the opposite. If you dont have a house, you are required to stay subscribed to get your chance on every cycle.

[Rolks]

In addition to preventing people for getting access to abandoned homes, the auto-demolition halt has absolutely killed the market for furnishings and fixtures. Without new homes bought, there is no demand for new furnishings. I'm lucky if I sell 2-3 a week. Prices have completely plummeted. This auto-demolition halt is affecting A LOT more than just the supply of new housing. And I'm beyond annoyed that it has been in place for over 10 months now.

[ijuakos_xqwzts]

I'm quite convinced that even after the nukes have been dropped, there will still be people crying to turn demolition back on because SquareEnix should not "continually put aside due to world troubles".

[Jojoya]

In addition to preventing people for getting access to abandoned homes, the auto-demolition halt has absolutely killed the market for furnishings and fixtures. Without new homes bought, there is no demand for new furnishings. I'm lucky if I sell 2-3 a week. Prices have completely plummeted. This auto-demolition halt is affecting A LOT more than just the supply of new housing. And I'm beyond annoyed that it has been in place for over 10 months now.

There's still demand for furnishings, though not as great as when lots of houses are available. Players do buy apartments and FC chambers. They do redecorate.

If you're only selling 2-3 items a week, you're probably trying to sell the wrong items. My cousin (who is also on Zalera) has been making 500k - 1.5 million gil a day selling the various imitation windows. She's super excited because she's now got enough gil to get herself a medium house after initially saving what she had been making so her FC can get a large house when they move to Dynamis.

Prices plummeting isn't an issue as long as there's still profit over the cost of making an item. How much you sell can be more important than how much an item sell for. Price items too high and you price the item out of the interest range for players who would otherwise buy.

Ultimately the same answer goes to you that I give to people certain that if demolition resumes, they'd be able to get a house. It's not going to have the dramatic impact you expect. There will still be far more players left disappointed than who manage to get lucky - and chances are you're going to end up part of the first group.

[Serenitey]

I'm quite convinced that even after the nukes have been dropped, there will still be people crying to turn demolition back on because SquareEnix should not "continually put aside due to world troubles".

lol Prob true.

[Brygd]

If you're only selling 2-3 items a week, you're probably trying to sell the wrong items. My cousin (who is also on Zalera) has been making 500k - 1.5 million gil a day selling the various imitation windows. She's super excited because she's now got enough gil to get herself a medium house after initially saving what she had been making so her FC can get a large house when they move to Dynamis.

First of all, grats to your cousin for doing awesome business.

Out of curiosity, which server is she going to? I'm hoping to avoid the Crystal crowd and find the most unpopulated server to better my chances of getting a Medium. I know, I'm asking to get my soul crushed on November 10th. I've already bought ingredients to make misery pancakes that morning...

[Jojoya]

First of all, grats to your cousin for doing awesome business.

Out of curiosity, which server is she going to? I'm hoping to avoid the Crystal crowd and find the most unpopulated server to better my chances of getting a Medium. I know, I'm asking to get my soul crushed on November 10th. I've already bought ingredients to make misery pancakes that morning...

Based on talk and role reactions in the Dynamis Discord that was set up, it looks like Seraph is going to be the most populated server and picking up most of the RP crowd.

Interest in the other 3 servers seems to be fairly evenly split with Marilith getting slightly more interest but still far less than Seraph. Some are talking about making Halicarnassus the unofficial PvP server.

It's really going to be hard to say which will end up the smallest. Most who will transfer aren't going to the forums or Discords to talk about their plans.

Unless you have a specific medium in mind, I wouldn't worry too much about competition. If SE splits the wards 50/50, there will be 840 personal Mediums per world available. Most players complaining about not having a house still won't transfer to get one and even if they do, they probably only have the gil for a small.