HOUSING NEEDS TO CHANGE

[Batbrat]

I think a big glaring issue here, is that a lot of people simply do not read the rules of owning a house.
Time after time, we see people come to the forum confused and outraged, because their house that wasn't even theirs to begin with got repo'd. That's not the case here I don't think, but there needs to be more thorough reviews of the rules when people win one. I think they get too excited that they finally won and just zoop past the information menu and click Own Plot, or whatever. So let's review.

1. Being on or near your property is not enough, you must go inside your house at least one time a month.
2. If you are a tenant, you do not own the house. If the owner who is not you does not enter for a month, the house will be demolished. The only exception to this is FC's. If it is a private home and the real owner does not go in, it will be lost.
3. Check your /timers, don't rely on emails. "I'm never on my dc" and that's why you'll lose it, because you aren't even using it anyway, evidenced by you not even being on your own dc enough to be bothered to check.

It's very simple. Did you personally win that house? Ok, go inside it every week to be safe.
Every single week, go inside. Log out in it. Every time you play, before you finish, run into your house and log out-put your character to bed. Foolproof method. "Alright guys, I gotta go home now!" Don't idle in towns forever, logging in and out off the street. What sense does that even make? You own that house, be in it as often as you can. Don't confuse yourself with multiple properties. This happens a lot too. "I know I went into my house!..it was right after visiting my two apartments and shared house #3" No, you're confused. You likely went into a shared plot or apartment, and mistook that in your memory as going into your actually owned house. Don't juggle a bunch of properties to avoid making that mistake. Or if you do, just make sure again, that no matter what, you're in your actual house so often that there's no mistaking it. Make a habit of taking screenshots when you were last in your house as well, if you wander away for days at a time. If you're going to be infrequent, keep track.

As for what else they could do, the pop up menu that they use for the Eternal Bond renewal thing could also be repurposed into housing reminds as well. Also, I think that the beds we get for our houses should allow us to log out from them too-from personally owned plots only to avoid confusion over which property they're logging out from, and ensure that they're preserving their owned house keenly. I'm sure its complicated to implement, but people being able to log from their beds would not only be a tad more immersive, but would also encourage people to go the heck home for the night!!

[Khryseis_Astra]

Also, I think that the beds we get for our houses should allow us to log out from them too-from personally owned plots only to avoid confusion over which property they're logging out from, and ensure that they're preserving their owned house keenly. I'm sure its complicated to implement, but people being able to log from their beds would not only be a tad more immersive, but would also encourage people to go the heck home for the night!!

Funny, when I first got a house, I was so used to logging out from the bed in the Mizzenmast that I didn’t realize my house bed wouldn’t allow me to log out! XD I had never done it any other way! My hubby and friends still tease me about it.

I’d like to see that just for the immersion. But really I’d rather see them give us an additional room to every house, personal and FC, that’s essentially a copy/pasted inn room. Then we could have the glamour dresser accessible through our own property, and log out in the bed. Two birds with one stone! lol