Upcoming changes to Apartments: 8 March 2014

[Tiernan]

Hello folks, there are some changes to apartments which will be going live on Sat. March 8th.   We're posting this several days in advance so you will have time to make any adjustments you deem necessary.  We are introducing two changes:

Racial Exclusion:
Simply put, racism runs rampant in Zalanthas.   Some apartment landlords are going to start demonstrating their racist attitudes.  You may find out that your apartment building no longer tolerates "your kind" any more.   I don't have a list of specific landlords that will start being racially exclusive, but I would venture to say that if you think that part of town would not cater to your kind, you're probably going to be right.

Key points on racial exclusion:

• You will not be given a key to your apartment if your race is no longer accepted in that building.
• You will be evicted (released) from your apartment if your race is no longer accepted in that building.
• You will not be able to add someone to your apartment if their race is no longer accepted in that building.

Regional Limits:
This is a game-balancing update, in that coded apartments are a limited resource while virtual ones are not.   The staff cannot continue to devote their attention to building out new apartments solely because there are players who want to maintain several residences and end up exhausting all the apartment spaces.   We're doing this to give everyone an opportunity to rent a place and live out their own story.

Key points on limits:

• The regions right now are Tuluk, Allanak, and Red Storm Village.
• The personal limit is ONE (1) per person, per region.  This means that a player may only accept a key from one apartment building in a region.
• You will not be able to add someone to your apartment if they are renting one elsewhere in the same region.
• You will not be able to renew your rent if you presently have more than one in a region.  (Empty out your other places and 'release' them so you can extend the one you want to keep).

We'll be reviewing apartment ownership periodically to validate that the changes are in effect and make adjustments as needed.   Please do your part and take care of your apartments this week.   Thanks.

[Tiernan]

These changes are live as of 3pm (1500) Eastern Standard Time.

[Tiernan]

Please be sure to release yourself from all the apartments you do not want to keep prior to renewing the apartment you want.    This puts the system in the right state for your renewal.   Attempting to renew prior to clearing out your rental slate will result in eviction, and losing the apartment you wish to keep.