Passed Friend's House [excal] [not technically a problem please don't be rude]

[Kori_Anders]

Begging people to not be rude, please. This has been a really rough time, I'm mostly just venting.

My friend owned house w10-plot14 in Excal Mist. They passed away a few months ago, and their fam was unable to log into his account. I'm trying to bid on it and redeco it the way they had it, for memory reasons. His fam also plays ff14 and we all shared the house.
This isn't to say I hope people don't take the house, I know there are already 40 entries on it, and I'm not going to be upset if I don't get it.

Their fam contacted squenix to ask if there was any protocol for claiming a deceased player's account, and it seems there just isn't one at all. Even with proof of death and relation to the person, SE won't allow account takeover. Part of me gets it, but it also sucks. There are some things both me and his fam members would love to have from his house, as one would keep mementos in real life of a passed friend/fam. I dunno, it just really sucks that Squenix doesn't have a way to deal with this.

[Enkidoh]

Firstly, I'm so sorry for your loss.

My in-game family and I tragically lost a close friend ourselves over a year ago now (another close friend of mine made a thread in the Balmung forum), and we were in the same situation - trying to keep his house intact as a memorial, alas, SE gave us the same response. The GM was extremely sympathetic and compassionate, but sadly there was nothing they could do, and all they could suggest was to ask the development team to change it. Alas, housing demolition was turned back on, and his house was repossed a few months ago and reclaimed. ; ;

So I definetely feel your pain. ; ; *hugs*

[Stormpeaks]

Begging people to not be rude, please. This has been a really rough time, I'm mostly just venting.

My friend owned house w10-plot14 in Excal Mist. They passed away a few months ago, and their fam was unable to log into his account. I'm trying to bid on it and redeco it the way they had it, for memory reasons. His fam also plays ff14 and we all shared the house.
This isn't to say I hope people don't take the house, I know there are already 40 entries on it, and I'm not going to be upset if I don't get it.

Their fam contacted squenix to ask if there was any protocol for claiming a deceased player's account, and it seems there just isn't one at all. Even with proof of death and relation to the person, SE won't allow account takeover. Part of me gets it, but it also sucks. There are some things both me and his fam members would love to have from his house, as one would keep mementos in real life of a passed friend/fam. I dunno, it just really sucks that Squenix doesn't have a way to deal with this.

Only advice I can give is to try and get the house and keep it intact, keep a random from taking it, ask as many of your friends that are able to relo there to try and do it, and then ask for tenancy if you manage to get it, you wont have the house "as it was", but at least you'll keep the spot as a memorial, you can always re-do the outside decorations as it used to be as well.

There is nothing to feel bad about for taking the house, the fault is on SE to not have any protocol in this particular case.

Dont give up, ask as many people as possible that are able to relocate to it, also

Even with proof of death and relation to the person, SE won't allow account takeover. Part of me gets it, but it also sucks.

Lets be honest here, they are just lazy, there is no reason why they couldnt give their account to their family especially with actual proof that the person has passed. It's pure laziness, instead of letting the family and friends keep the house, they'd rather random johnny takes it over and leaves it entirely empty.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I can get behind this I mean the likes of Facebook can do it with their accounts.

[Yuniko]

Begging people to not be rude, please. This has been a really rough time, I'm mostly just venting.

My friend owned house w10-plot14 in Excal Mist. They passed away a few months ago, and their fam was unable to log into his account. I'm trying to bid on it and redeco it the way they had it, for memory reasons. His fam also plays ff14 and we all shared the house.
This isn't to say I hope people don't take the house, I know there are already 40 entries on it, and I'm not going to be upset if I don't get it.

Their fam contacted squenix to ask if there was any protocol for claiming a deceased player's account, and it seems there just isn't one at all. Even with proof of death and relation to the person, SE won't allow account takeover. Part of me gets it, but it also sucks. There are some things both me and his fam members would love to have from his house, as one would keep mementos in real life of a passed friend/fam. I dunno, it just really sucks that Squenix doesn't have a way to deal with this.

I am so very sorry for your loss. Truely, i know exactly how it feels. Me and Enkidoh here, lost a very very close family member ( ingame and such ) last year in April, during a fire... and it is as it stands... it's just... it's heartbreaking truely.

I'm truely sorry for your loss hun. Hang in there.

[NobleWinter]

I never even considered something like this could happen. I've seen a few people make memorials in housing for people when have passed but this particular situation is heartbreaking. I really wish we had a better system in place for something like this. Even if you lose the original plot I would hope you find a new home to recreate the previous one. I would love it if people cared enough to try to hold on to my memory like that.

[MistyMew]

SE is as cold as ice.Every fake sense of caring is only them seeing us as $$$, that's it.
They simply do not care at all.

I do feel for your loss
I too had a very close friend pass away years ago, he was like a brother to me
All my gaming has not felt as fun ever since..he remains on my friends list and a member of the free company (just because)....so incredibly sad. \
I wish there was something you could do about your situation specifically

[Khryseis_Astra]

So sorry for your loss… *hugs*

I really wish there was something you could do in-game when a player passes… if not their house, maybe let their friends create an instanced memorial spot or shrine of sorts that you could visit, maybe with a hologram of their character or something.

They really should add something… this is an older game and it’s players are getting older too… hell most of the people I play with are over 40…

[Devotions]

I really wish there was something you could do in-game when a player passes… if not their house, maybe let their friends create an instanced memorial spot or shrine of sorts that you could visit, maybe with a hologram of their character or something.

I've been thinking for a while that it would be nice to customize and name our vendor NPCs, and be able to pose them a bit the way we can the outdoor retainers. In this way we could model them after friends and pretend they "live" in our homes.

[Kyssa]

I've been thinking for a while that it would be nice to customize and name our vendor NPCs, and be able to pose them a bit the way we can the outdoor retainers. In this way we could model them after friends and pretend they "live" in our homes.

Can you imagine the infinite ways in which someone looking to grief/mock/harass another player would use this?

While it sucks that people can't just live and let live, unfortunately, there are those that thrive on being assholes ruining stuff for the masses.

OP, I am so sorry for your loss.