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You're settling for this half-assed "solution" because you really want to believe SE has done all they could to do the right thing here.
I stopped reading that post here, because you again put words in my mouth and completely failed to grasp what I'm actually saying.
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What should happen, since a complete overhaul of the housing system seems out of the question (for now), is that SE instead give anyone the ability to sell their house while those bought prior to the patch are exempt of the countdown forever.
I disagree that this is a better option. In fact, I don't see how this would solve anything.
Hypothetically, if you were someone who hasn't subscribed in months -- and if you weren't sure that you'd ever renew your sub and play again -- then you certainly wouldn't pay $15/month simply to log in and sell your house for gil you'd never use. So the problem of inactive players taking up valuable, finite resources wouldn't be solved.
A possible workaround would be some kind of offline mechanism through your SE account where you could give permission for your property to be sold. Again, though, if a person cares so little about the game, then they're extremely unlikely to log into a website and complete this kind of process.
And exempting everyone who has already bought homes? You'd literally be exempting like every single plot on every server, because most wards on all servers are sold out -- thus the need to free up real estate for people who actually play the game.
I believe there are additional steps SE could take that could make this feel better for everyone. But given the system we have, it's absolutely necessary for inactive lots to turn over. It's unfortunate that this wasn't made part of the system from Day 1 -- in that regard, SE definitely dropped the ball.
Edited, Oct 22nd 2015 9:08pm by Thayos Edited, Oct 22nd 2015 9:11pm by Thayos