Lost my Large house in Empyreum. Super, SUPER bummed...

[Terin]

I love FFXIV. So I'm definitely not hear to talk smack on the game.

But man, this was a truly devastating experience.

I recently relocated, about three weeks ago, for work. I'd definitely logged in before the move, and *thought* I had when I first made it to my new place, but I totally could've spaced and thought I'd entered the house, when maybe I hadn't (ironic, because I spent almost all my time there, but I guess I spent more time running around the outside of the house).

Yahoo mail strikes again, automatically filtered the auto-demo notice, despite having added them as a contact. Although, curiously my friend logged in and said he didn't see a notice of demolition either, until AFTER he entered his house, when it said the auto-demolition had been cancelled (he normally only plays if I'm online, so he hadn't been logging in frequently enough, either).

Either way, it was absolutely devastating. Like, totally just "the straw that broke the camel's back" here, I actually had a minor breakdown (things aren't, like... super great in the rest of my life right now). And apparently, the house had JUST gone up for auction, so I at least put a bid on it. But there were over 130 bids, so clearly the odds weren't in my favor.

What makes it all the more devastating is that I'd actually paid someone a bunch of gil to help decorate my house with a cool Christmas theme. I was SO proud of my house, and even after Christmas, it was just a really cool vibe to chill out. It felt very "cozy".

But man, that was just such a crushing wave of disappointment, it does kind of sour my experience with the whole game. I tried logging in again lastnight, but was just so bummed out, I just immediate quit, and felt way worse. It's really killed my whole week.

So I dunno, not really sure what the take away here is. Sucks to move, I guess? It might be worth making it WAY more evident if your house is going to be demolished. In fact, I honestly feel like your house should remain "safe" as long as you have a subscription, but at the very least, maybe a super obvious window?

I suppose I can try to recover some of my housing items. Not really sure how, given HOW MANY items we had down. Even worse, I'd spent quite a lot of real money on Christmas-themed items on the Mog Station, which are obviously totally useless now.

Also sucks, because I'd had a number of folks visit and leave comments in the "journal" thing, folks really digging the "Christmas village" vibe of the place. Can you even still read those comments, or is all that information also lost with the house?

I was just so, so excited about my place, every single time I logged in, I had the plot right over the hot springs area (plot 30, Empyreum). I was always thinking about any ideas for decorating the houseside to better "mesh" with that, I'd dyed the roof to match the EXACT shade of green at the roof over that...

Either way... definitely feeling super, super bummed out. I definitely don't get the same "feel-good" feeling of logging in now. Just sort of feels like "one more thing that went wrong". This honestly might be the point I ought to just quit, I dunno.

[Stormpeaks]

So you didnt use your house over 45 days and it got demo'd

where is the problem again?

[Pratini]

Well there is a lesson in that.

Next time actually use your house.

[Sir_Tonberry]

On the plus side you can now safely unsub for months at a time without being held to ransom

[Turnintino]

I'm sorry, man. The whole housing system is definitely pretty cruel.

But if there's any silver lining, like the above poster said, you can at least feel free to let your sub lapse in the meantime. Take a break, focus on yourself, play some other games, and maybe it'll feel better to come back later. Maybe not. But time'll def put something like this in perspective, either way.

I hope the irl stuff improves for you too. <3

[Celine_Aurora]

I don't honestly get the "Sucks to be you next time actually use your house" comments.

How many "vanity items" do you own in game that you never actually look at? In the armory, dresser, or whenever? How would you feel if they were taken away?

I know houses are scarce, but the lottery system is as fair as could be. And it seems like OP has some actual shit going on in their real life that takes precedence over logging in, even before considering 21 of those 45 days were spent having to move, which is not only a not very fun thing to do, but also likely a period of no internet connection at all. Show some compassion. Have you never taken long breaks from the game, never had things coming up?

It seems to me like the vitriol you reserve for people you don't deem worthy of owning a house would be better directed at SE instead for allowing the system to exist in this form. But can't bully the small indie company I guess.

Bottom of the line, something happened that is making this player enjoy the game a lot less, to the point of thinking of quitting, and all the GCBTW has to say is "you deserved it lmao".

[Kyrj]

I gave up on housing. I'm not playing Yoshi's bullshit game of "Please play other games when you get tired of FF14, but if you unsub for too long we take your house"

[Jeeqbit]

It does seem like it needs to be more obvious because this isn't the first time people have run into technicalities like that, where they had tried to step in their house somehow but it didn't count.

Obviously they need to do this because of the limited amount of housing plots available and the high demand for them. It doesn't feel fair to the people waiting if someone isn't active for a year but keeps the plot from people.

But it is also a fair argument that more plots are needed to meet the obvious demand for them.

Personally, my enjoyment of the game does not come from a house. I have a little apartment that I dump items into storage and that's it. But I can see why if it was the main thing for you in the game that it would be crushing to lose it.

[DrWho2010]

Do people never check their spam folder? Yahoo mail is also awful at sometimes putting legit e-mails and filtered messages into the spam folder.

[Khryseis_Astra]

Sorry to hear you lost your house.

They really need to do something to fix the supply issue. The new wards they added in January are full (at least in the personal/mixed wards), and there’s only a small trickle of relos and auto-demos that’s about to dry out.

Really sucks that the only hope for a house is to have someone else lose theirs. If there were enough plots for all the players, auto-demo wouldn’t need to be a thing at all. Yet another reason I really wish they’d create an instanced housing system alongside the wards so everyone can enjoy housing, and not just the lucky few. And instanced houses wouldn’t need to be demoed to make room for anyone else.