Automatic Home Demolition is Resuming!!

[DeNada]

I don't mind auto demolition coming back since there's such a high demand for player housing and this would help alleviate some of the demand from players who have already quit the game and is not coming back.

However, I sincerely feel that the current timer of 45 days is too short and increasing it to 90 days would be much more reasonable being that that's around the length of a major patch cycle and players who only sub when there's a new content drop are not punished by losing their houses.

[Conadrium]

SE forces people to stay sub even if they don't want to play the game but for keep their houses.

And the community its alright with this, stunning.

100%. If you don’t login for a month then you’re inactive and it should go to someone who actually wants to play

[Conadrium]

A choice forced due to their systems creating an artificial scarcity. It isn't like losing your house means you can get another one in a few weeks when you return. The likelihood of getting another house if you happen to take a two month break is basically zero. Hence why people do stay subbed even if they're barely playing. They want to keep something they'll have almost no chance of getting again.

Oh you think? So maybe those of us ACTUALLY playing would have a chance to get it without you hoarding?

[Corrupted]

Oh you think? So maybe those of us ACTUALLY playing would have a chance to get it without you hoarding?

Dunno, the same people who say this end up taking a break for 44 days and just resub to keep housing. Can understand being angry at SE for not providing, or those idiots that take up an entire ward, but being angry at other people who managed to luck out and score a house seems a bit.. idk, dumb? ^^"

One slip up and the house you took however long to get is gone and you're back in the savage waiting list lol

[shadowclasper]

Thankful god, maybe my fc will finally be able to grab one of the dozen or so mansions that have just been sitting empty and unused by bit farmers on goblin for years now.

I say this as someone who takes long breaks from the game. I think 45 day demolition is fine, if you, or your entire fc, isn't logging in for at least 45 days, the plot honestly belongs in the hands of someone who'll get more use out of it. My only gripe is I sorta feel like items should transfer, not just be lost to the aether

[Jamini]

Now if only they would do something to stop people from snapping up multiple houses to sell them via RMT.

Just today on crystal I saw an advert for just that in PF. Offering to sell house plots.

I'm happy I have my small. I got very lucky to get it. It's depressing seeing a few people really screw over a lot of people that want and frankly deserve a shot at a house not get one because various people gamed the system and have entire wards to themselves.

[Jojoya]

Now if only they would do something to stop people from snapping up multiple houses to sell them via RMT.

Just today on crystal I saw an advert for just that in PF. Offering to sell house plots.

I'm happy I have my small. I got very lucky to get it. It's depressing seeing a few people really screw over a lot of people that want and frankly deserve a shot at a house not get one because various people gamed the system and have entire wards to themselves.

So report it. It's against ToS to purchase a house with the intent to resell. SE can do their investigation to see if it's an indeed a situation that violates the ToS.

[shadowclasper]

How can you even sell plots? Unless it's selling an FC?

[Conadrium]

How can you even sell plots? Unless it's selling an FC?

This mostly doesn’t happen. The few you see are typically compromised accts where they sell the acct itself to you. Then you lose it with OG owner sends in the documents to take it back.

[DeNada]

The 45 day auto demolition for houses is really egregious and runs contrary to YoshiP comments that one should simply unsub during a content lull.

Given that each major content patch is 3-4 months apart, an auto demolition timer of at least 90 to 120 days is more tolerable if their advice to players is to unsub during content lull to avoid losing their houses.