(12-12-2014, 08:59 PM)C Wrote:While I find that sort of thing to be endearing and very generous, I also don't feel that it should be a standard that is set and enforced. The mindset that people should be giving away what they spent a ton of gil on just because we're all in the same community is a poisonous one, not because it's a bad thing, but because it would only endeavor to make the people who want to earn back some of the money they invested into the house initially into pariahs.(12-12-2014, 08:56 PM)Ashren Snow Wrote: You assume that the RPC community has even a modicum of sway in how things are done on Balmung or Gilgamesh. The fact of that matter is this is merely how things are done in FFXIV, and by trying to make a stand and saying "we as an RP community shouldn't do this!" you're only excluding yourself from an already acceptable practice (as you yourself pointed out).
I've seen people on here who have sold their plots and offered a discount to any players from this community, or were willing to negotiate prices to a lower amount than they would have ask of any outside of the RPC, and to me I think that is more than reasonable. Asking for anything else I feel is a bit greedy, and this is coming from someone who worked his ass off to get enough money for a small house only to have the opportunity taken from him by SEs poor choices.
That's actually not what I'm suggesting at all.
Tea~ didn't simply relinquish their plot for anyone to pick up. They coordinated with Tylwyth Narah so that we could pick it up when they relinquished. They did so because we're both part of the RPC community, and they wanted to do something nice to help another RP FC. We'll likewise do the same thing when it comes time for us to move into a larger house, because we also want to do something nice for another RP FC.
Ultimately as I put in my previous post, it should be up to the individual or FC, not up to the RPC community. I could think of a lot of different ways to giving away a house, such as an IC auction, a raffle, some sort of event like a scavenger hunt, or simply just selling it.
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