Temporary Suspension of Automatic Housing Demolition

[Silverfauve]

Greetings,

The demolishing on the EU data center worlds has been suspended again on 9 February due to the earthquake. And although I feel for everyone that has been effected by this major nature disaster, I don’t think it is wise to bring real life events in to having an effect on the game play for every player.

If the company wants to compensate, help or support a specific group of players, then do so. It should be easy enough to sort out the accounts of people in effected areas. You have our billing information, so you know where we live. And if the company feels that a specific group of players should escape one or more demolish rounds due to a real life event, then make it so.

But please stop with putting everyone in the thick of it. We might not be in a war or earthquake but most people deal with enough problems and use gaming as their escape. They pay a pretty steep monthly fee, especially with the current inflation and energy crisis going on but still don’t get a shot on a house because the company chooses to break that part of the game deliberately.

First auto demolish was suspended in March 2020 due to Covid and resumed 9 months later in December 2020 with patch 5.4. Then it was suspended a year later again in December 5 2021 due to the release of Endwalker. It was not resumed in March 2022 as planned but stayed suspended until 2023. And just as it was turned back on, it was suspended again for the EU. It has been 14 months now and there is still no end in sight.

So please, start it up again and find another way to pay your respects, support and sympathies to effected players of nature disasters. Because unfortunately we will get plenty of those in the future.

[Reinha]

They pay a pretty steep monthly fee, especially with the current inflation and energy crisis going on but still don’t get a shot on a house because the company chooses to break that part of the game deliberately.

Untrue. Every EU realm had plots with 0 bids in the last cycle, and this seems to be the case in the current cycle as well. If there are players without a house it is because they chose to go without. New players should be making their characters in the newest servers with bonuses and even more empty housing plots, and as long as they start there as is recommended they are in no rush to level up before being able to buy a house.

[PaalHenrik]

Greetings,

The demolishing on the EU data center worlds has been suspended again on 9 February due to the earthquake. And although I feel for everyone that has been effected by this major nature disaster, I don’t think it is wise to bring real life events in to having an effect on the game play for every player.

If the company wants to compensate, help or support a specific group of players, then do so. It should be easy enough to sort out the accounts of people in effected areas. You have our billing information, so you know where we live. And if the company feels that a specific group of players should escape one or more demolish rounds due to a real life event, then make it so.

But please stop with putting everyone in the thick of it. We might not be in a war or earthquake but most people deal with enough problems and use gaming as their escape. They pay a pretty steep monthly fee, especially with the current inflation and energy crisis going on but still don’t get a shot on a house because the company chooses to break that part of the game deliberately.

First auto demolish was suspended in March 2020 due to Covid and resumed 9 months later in December 2020 with patch 5.4. Then it was suspended a year later again in December 5 2021 due to the release of Endwalker. It was not resumed in March 2022 as planned but stayed suspended until 2023. And just as it was turned back on, it was suspended again for the EU. It has been 14 months now and there is still no end in sight.

So please, start it up again and find another way to pay your respects, support and sympathies to effected players of nature disasters. Because unfortunately we will get plenty of those in the future.

You can still play the game without housing. Nothing is stopping you from actually playing.

[Stormpeaks]

There are houses available on Spriggan with 0 bids, you can take those, there you go, found the solution for you.

Enjoy housing !

[Kaiproberts]

You can still play the game without housing. Nothing is stopping you from actually playing.

Some of us only wanted to play the game for its' unique housing. So yeah, I literally can't play the game if my carrot-on-the-stick for playing can't be reached. Other players want to clear hard content and work hard at it. Others want to craft cool things or go on adventures. Some of us just want a dream house and see no reason for playing outside of that. Combat in FFXIV is by far the most boring of any modern game, to me the housing lover.

[PaalHenrik]

Some of us only wanted to play the game for its' unique housing. So yeah, I literally can't play the game if my carrot-on-the-stick for playing can't be reached. Other players want to clear hard content and work hard at it. Others want to craft cool things or go on adventures. Some of us just want a dream house and see no reason for playing outside of that. Combat in FFXIV is by far the most boring of any modern game, to me the housing lover.

Nothing is stopping you from playing other games either.

[Yodada]

Some of us only wanted to play the game for its' unique housing. So yeah, I literally can't play the game if my carrot-on-the-stick for playing can't be reached. Other players want to clear hard content and work hard at it. Others want to craft cool things or go on adventures. Some of us just want a dream house and see no reason for playing outside of that. Combat in FFXIV is by far the most boring of any modern game, to me the housing lover.

Create a Character on an EU World. Problem solved. If its only Housing then Latency wont bother you.

[Reinha]

Create a Character on an EU World. Problem solved. If its only Housing then Latency wont bother you.

Or Dynamis. It has more houses than popular EU worlds.

[PaalHenrik]

Or Dynamis. It has more houses than popular EU worlds.

OCE is oozing with houses too

[Kaiproberts]

OCE has no-competition larges but I couldn't deal with the lag when crafting (Although still considering the move if/when they add wards 25-30). Furniture has to be made, especially on low-pop servers. Dynamis has less larges available than Aether servers.