Unable to log in to prevent house demolition due to real world issues

[Cirno]

Unfortunately, real world circumstances have kept me away from the game for the past few months, and as a result, my house was demolished and the grace period to retrieve my belongings has past. I don't mind that I lost the house, but is there truly no way to retrieve the items that were within my house or the four-fifths of its cost?

I want to stress that for the last few months due to real world personal issues that I was physically unable to log in to the game to meet either deadline. My character is Mori Smolliope on Leviathan. I've been away for so long that I don't remember the exact ward and plot of my house, only that it was in Empyreum. Any help or information that can be provided would be most greatly appreciated, thank you for your time.

[Votraftur]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately, the issue you are describing does not appear to be a technical issue. I will go ahead and move this thread to “General Discussion" instead. Unfortunately the only means to recoup losses from a demolition is through the methods you have already described.

Thank you once again for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

[AlexiaD]

Unfortunately, real world circumstances have kept me away from the game for the past few months, and as a result, my house was demolished and the grace period to retrieve my belongings has past. I don't mind that I lost the house, but is there truly no way to retrieve the items that were within my house or the four-fifths of its cost?

I want to stress that for the last few months due to real world personal issues that I was physically unable to log in to the game to meet either deadline. My character is Mori Smolliope on Leviathan. I've been away for so long that I don't remember the exact ward and plot of my house, only that it was in Empyreum. Any help or information that can be provided would be most greatly appreciated, thank you for your time.

I'll take the risk of being blunt, you wont get anything back, they really dont care.

[Koros]

I'll take the risk of being blunt, you wont get anything back, they really dont care.

Exactly, it's purely manufactured:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...s-manufactured

[kpxmanifesto]

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[Brightamethyst]

It's still insane to me that the game only holds your stuff for a very short amount of time. What on earth is going on server side that they can only hold the money and items from a demolished house for 35 days? Reclaiming your stuff shouldn't have a timer at all.

[Voltyblast]

It's still insane to me that the game only holds your stuff for a very short amount of time. What on earth is going on server side that they can only hold the money and items from a demolished house for 35 days? Reclaiming your stuff shouldn't have a timer at all.

It's simple: it's to make you sub for a month, no other reason. Same with the housing itself: it's a means to an end, and that end is to keep people subbed so that they don't lose their quadrillions on their housings.

I once told this, long long LONG time ago, back in patch 3.1 when it was first introduced, that this system was stupid and it's only purpose is to keep you playing even without our will. Their answer was "then stop complaining and quit, so I can take your house"

Glad I just stuck with apartments from now. At least they don't get demolished after years of being unused...for now.

[Brightamethyst]

It's simple: it's to make you sub for a month, no other reason. Same with the housing itself: it's a means to an end, and that end is to keep people subbed so that they don't lose their quadrillions on their housings.

What? No.

Demolition is a necessary evil. It sucks, but without it we'd be looking at entire wards full of abandoned houses and no plots would EVER go up for sale outside of the occasional server move.

[Stormpeaks]

What? No.

Demolition is a necessary evil. It sucks, but without it we'd be looking at entire wards full of abandoned houses and no plots would EVER go up for sale outside of the occasional server move.

Yeah surely SE which is a small indie company has no way to fix housing

Come on lmao

[Theodric]

Demolition is a necessary evil.

I disagree on that front. The Elder Scrolls Online also boasts player housing and opens it up to absolutely everybody, has each house be account bound and there's no risk of any house purchased being removed. At some points, they've even given out rather sizable houses for free.

It's been a common complaint for years that the housing system in FFXIV needs work. I'm lucky enough to own a large house, so this isn't even a case of me speaking as someone who lacks a house. I just think it's a very predatory system and deliberately kept that way to encourage players to subscribe rather than actually take a break. I know if I lost my house, I would have absolutely no interest in returning even if the game improved since the chances of getting lucky enough to acquire a replacement is minimal.

Furthermore, the housing demolition recently reactivated the day before FFXVI launched. A convenient coincidence, especially when we're encouraged to play other games during a content drought.

I also have very little sympathy for the idea that it would be 'too expensive' for the company to maintain houses for players. Especially given the sort of marketing gimmicks that the company throws money at, or the likes of Babylon's Fall, Forspoken and the various mobile games that have been recently discontinued.

Who knows? Maybe if Yoshi-P actually sat down with regular players and got some polite but firm criticism these issues would be addressed. Though it's clear he'd rather listen to 'content creators' and 'influencers' who do little but praise him in exchange for exclusive invites to special events and free merchandise that they shamelessly promote on their streams.