03-05-2023, 06:48 PM
Bad joke aside above aside, this ain't the first time I've seen it happening where someone loses all motivation because their house gets bought out without them realizing it is about to happen.
I understand why the house rent system exist, to help rotate the houses that exist to remain in the hands of active players. However, as seen here it has its flaws. One such flaw that I should mention is when new characters buy in a house for the first time. They end up wasting all of their coins for the upfront cost, and not have enough to pay the rent.
I had to bail one person out already by rebuying the house for them when due to IRl they couldn't log in the coming day to get the coins for rent.
For now, there are a couple suggestions I'll like to bring up in mind:
1. Have the warning about how many days your house has left for rent be posted each time you log in, rather than only once you have a couple of days left.
Something I noticed about such incidents, is that they happen due to a combination of the house not having many days of rent left combined with the owner having to go on a leave of absence for a period of time. The problem comes when they got to go away for up to a week let's say, and and the amount of paid up rent is less than that.
Having the warning be visible each time a person logs in will help remind people about the rent, and keep close tabs around it.
2. When you first buy/rent a house, have the amount of days paid for rent be 10 instead of one.
It'll help avoid incidents of accidently losing a house you just bought, because you couldn't pay the rent at the time and was busy for the day for the day after.
3. Upon renting a house that was previously owned, put a gracing period where you can't move items in and out from the chests.
A twenty four hour period should do the trick.
This is to help stop rampant house buyings to take all the loot instead and then unown the house leaving no evidence behind.
That kind of grace period will also help those who aren't the owner that would care about his belongings, such as friends or fellow settlers, a chance to intervene.
Remember, leader figures in a settlement have the ability to take ownership of a house if need be.
I understand why the house rent system exist, to help rotate the houses that exist to remain in the hands of active players. However, as seen here it has its flaws. One such flaw that I should mention is when new characters buy in a house for the first time. They end up wasting all of their coins for the upfront cost, and not have enough to pay the rent.
I had to bail one person out already by rebuying the house for them when due to IRl they couldn't log in the coming day to get the coins for rent.
For now, there are a couple suggestions I'll like to bring up in mind:
1. Have the warning about how many days your house has left for rent be posted each time you log in, rather than only once you have a couple of days left.
Something I noticed about such incidents, is that they happen due to a combination of the house not having many days of rent left combined with the owner having to go on a leave of absence for a period of time. The problem comes when they got to go away for up to a week let's say, and and the amount of paid up rent is less than that.
Having the warning be visible each time a person logs in will help remind people about the rent, and keep close tabs around it.
2. When you first buy/rent a house, have the amount of days paid for rent be 10 instead of one.
It'll help avoid incidents of accidently losing a house you just bought, because you couldn't pay the rent at the time and was busy for the day for the day after.
3. Upon renting a house that was previously owned, put a gracing period where you can't move items in and out from the chests.
A twenty four hour period should do the trick.
This is to help stop rampant house buyings to take all the loot instead and then unown the house leaving no evidence behind.
That kind of grace period will also help those who aren't the owner that would care about his belongings, such as friends or fellow settlers, a chance to intervene.
Remember, leader figures in a settlement have the ability to take ownership of a house if need be.