During the claiming period allowing lateral first come first serve relocations

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Originally Posted by caspergrey

I'm not sure what argument you are making. I am trying to propose a system that benefits more players overall. If your argument is that it's not that big of a problem and the difference in number of players that would benefit isn't worth the development cost, then that's fair. But please make your argument clear. I am trying to make a suggestion that I think would benefit the overall player base. I honestly think that this would as a whole make more players happy and get more players into houses that they want. I welcome any constructive criticism with regards to any blind spots or holes in my thinking, but is there anything wrong with trying to imagine a housing system that could be an improvement on what we have? Isn't that the point of having a housing forum?

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I guess we are both here not really understanding each others' argument.

Presented idea is to bypass lottery within claiming period? - People with houses/plots, new or old assumably, could get first dibs on plots waiting for next entry period, but only those of equal size/smaller size; plots which didn't have any claimants on the last entry period or which were freed during the ongoing claiming period?

And the problem this would fix is the easier, more secure acquisition of more desirable plot for relocator?

I can try try to be even clearer next time if I still make no sense. At the moment this is all I can do.

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Originally Posted by caspergrey

The point is that overall more players get into houses they want. The problem with strict bidding is less houses open up which creates a deadlock.

It's not an advantage, if anything it actually relieves pressure for new homebuyers because existing homeowners have a separate mechanism to get into a house they want.

Consider the following scenarios:

In the current system:

The lottery ends, and "player A" who won a house decides to vacate their current home.

That leaves 1 open house for the next lottery. Come next lottery, everyone who wants that house bids, and a maybe a new homeowner wins. 2 players are happy.

under the proposed system

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I disagree. Your proposal absolutely gives the relocator an clear advantage over another plot that was abandoned during a lottery cycle just as it did pre-lotto. What if non-home owners like the first abandoned plot better than the one the one the relocator would leave behind under your proposed system?

I've been playing the housing game for eight years and I believe this current lottery system to be the most fair system ever implemented. The lotto system makes it nearly impossible for grandfathered multi-home-owners to relocate into bigger plots and resell them for profit. It also ensures that everyone has an equal shot at a plot, provided they have the cash for it. Furthermore, it increases the value and appreciation of the plots people currently own because it is now that much harder to get a plot. The current lotto system eliminated the unhealthy placard spamming too. I think things are just fine as they are.