Can we get an in-game notice for Auto-demolition

[0811]

I know there's a thing in the timers menu (which almost nobody actually checks)

I made the mistake of buying 999 dark matter from my (former) house's junkmonger that essentially got rid of my need to go inside for the time being as I've only been raid-logging recently and have my character parked in Limsa so my house got auto-demolished.

I think it's pretty weird that we don't get any in-game notice upon logging in if our houses are under risk of auto-demolishing soon. Having e-mail be the only notice is unreliable as I bet a lot of people use a secondary email address for games and either don't check it regularly or gets flooded over by all of the spam gaming sites send you.

It's also strange to me that you have to actually go inside your house to reset the timer, a log-in should suffice.

tldr; My house got auto-demo'd even though I've been logging in every week, can we get an in-game notice so it doesn't happen again.

[Stormpeaks]

I know there's a thing in the timers menu (which almost nobody actually checks)

I made the mistake of buying 999 dark matter from my (former) house's junkmonger that essentially got rid of my need to go inside for the time being as I've only been raid-logging recently and have my character parked in Limsa so my house got auto-demolished.

I think it's pretty weird that we don't get any in-game notice upon logging in if our houses are under risk of auto-demolishing soon. Having e-mail be the only notice is unreliable as I bet a lot of people use a secondary email address for games and either don't check it regularly or gets flooded over by all of the spam gaming sites send you.

It's also strange to me that you have to actually go inside your house to reset the timer, a log-in should suffice.

tldr; My house got auto-demo'd even though I've been logging in every week, can we get an in-game notice so it doesn't happen again.

You don't even use the house, why do you need it ? I am not trying to be mean or offensive, but if you dont go in your house over 45 days, I'm not really sure why you need a house in the first place.

In this particular case, auto demo did its job, it removed an inactive house user ,as it should have, that's what the system is for.

[0811]

I do use it when I'm actively playing the game outside of just raiding, I've been raid-logging due to needing to focus on other IRL things. While I will concede that not having been in it for 45 days is quite a stretch of time, I still do find it strange that you are not notified of it in any way inside the game.

[Stormpeaks]

I do use it when I'm actively playing the game outside of just raiding, I've been raid-logging due to needing to focus on other IRL things. While I will concede that not having been in it for 45 days is quite a stretch of time, I still do find it strange that you are not notified of it in any way inside the game.

You receive an email and its also in the timers when the house is 2 weeks away from demolition, and it goes down to 0 and then auto demo's.

Also you are still not using the house for almost 2 entire months, as I said, auto demo did its job, there is housing scarcity so people not using their houses at all should lose it, no matter their circumstances.

[Doozer]

Yeah if you're not going into your house for almost 2 months, that's an issue with you, not the game.

[Toutatis]

Even if you didn’t count the days, surely you knew that you hadn’t stepped in the house for a while…it takes just a few seconds to do so. If you have time to raid, you have time to step in the house. That’s entirely on you. I spawn in front of my house when I raid and use the retainer bell and fc chest inside.

[Sotaris]

You don't even use the house, why do you need it ? I am not trying to be mean or offensive, but if you dont go in your house over 45 days, I'm not really sure why you need a house in the first place.

In this particular case, auto demo did its job, it removed an inactive house user ,as it should have, that's what the system is for.

For bragging rights I guess? Seems odd to me too.

[Jojoya]

I do use it when I'm actively playing the game outside of just raiding, I've been raid-logging due to needing to focus on other IRL things. While I will concede that not having been in it for 45 days is quite a stretch of time, I still do find it strange that you are not notified of it in any way inside the game.

The most likely place an additional message would be added would be to the system greeting that displays when we log onto our characters or change worlds. Do you pay attention to it every time it appears?

Same question for the other system messages that will sometimes appear throughout log in (such as a Community team stream starting).

Get spammed with too many notices that are meaningless most of the time and we learn to ignore them. That leads to ignoring the rare important message. Then players would just get upset that SE didn't post the notice differently.

SE can't help it if you refuse to check the places they use to communicate housing specific messages. There is a point you need to learn to take responsibility for staying on top of what is important to you.

You probably should also get in the habit of checking your gaming specific email account. It's a safety measure that can give you a heads up about possible account breaches and attempts to breach so you know to change your passwords or contact the gaming company to begin recovery. No matter how careful we are, things can happen outside of our control.

[Caitlinzulu]

The location in the timers window is good enough, though it would be better if it was shown on the first page and not the second.

[tsuchii]

Seems redundant since if you're online, the game will just assume that you will enter the house that you know... use. So if you don't use it... Hmmm...