Housing lottery round 2

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

Why'd you bid on a place that has 8 bids already?

Same boat. They really should of made it so ONLY the FC Leader can bid, but eh, whatever. Rather lose to a lotto then auto-click bots.
Best of luck fellow gamer.

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

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Just have more of your FC mates bid on the same house, even it out.

Because the number of large houses for FCs are pretty small amd i already have a medium house so want the upgrade lol

100% agree this is a step in the right direction

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

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I Put a bid down. Going to be excited for 4 days I like it much better than being bored

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Originally Posted by LittleChickenNugget

Just have more of your FC mates bid on the same house, even it out.

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Sadly none of them have 45,000,000 :(

It sucks that SE still has FC 1-18 and privates 19-24…. They need to change this to make it even at least.

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Originally Posted by hydralus

Why'd you bid on a place that has 8 bids already?

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Housing is limited, even moreso after round 1. :P Only so many plots you can bid on rn

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Originally Posted by Padudu

Housing is limited, even moreso after round 1. :P Only so many plots you can bid on rn

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Im still waiting for the day they add a 3rd district.

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Originally Posted by SweetPete

It sucks that SE still has FC 1-18 and privates 19-24…. They need to change this to make it even at least.

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Yup, the time to change it would've been during the month of no-bidding-allowed. Give people time to prepare, stop people from making shell FCs, etc.
Too late now. New meta is to make an FC by yourself and then bid on an FC house as soon as you get the chance. The lottery itself would've worked out fine, they just took this one extra stupid step at the last minute and screwed it all up.

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Originally Posted by Croweyes

Same boat. They really should of made it so ONLY the FC Leader can bid, but eh, whatever. Rather lose to a lotto then auto-click bots.
Best of luck fellow gamer.

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On one hand, yeah. On the other, I think it deters shell fcs even further. An FC with a lot of members getting more bids than a smaller FC is about as fair as this totally borked and awful system is going to get.

I look forward to bidding on the whole 8 plots available on my shard!

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Originally Posted by LisSquid

On one hand, yeah. On the other, I think it deters shell fcs even further. An FC with a lot of members getting more bids than a smaller FC is about as fair as this totally borked and awful system is going to get.

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It really doesn't do anything to deter shell FCs because there are more available FC plots that FCs trying to get a house. For someone trying to get any house at all, it's still their best chance until SE shifts the ratio of FC wards to personal wards.

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Originally Posted by Laiyenu

I look forward to bidding on the whole 8 plots available on my shard!

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I just looked at Balmung. There are 3 mediums and 15 smalls in the personal wards in Lavender Beds alone.

Also, did you come from RIFT? I notice you said shard not world.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...88/unknown.png

the true pvp is back >:3
gl everybody!!

can multiple people from the same FC really bed on the same plot? What happens if one of them wins, do the others get the money back?

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Originally Posted by Missbone

can multiple people from the same FC really bed on the same plot? What happens if one of them wins, do the others get the money back?

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yes they do

Haven't decided which medium I'm bidding on quite yet. Gonna take a look tomorrow I think.

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Originally Posted by Missbone

can multiple people from the same FC really bed on the same plot? What happens if one of them wins, do the others get the money back?

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Yep. That's exactly what happens. The winning bid pays, the losing bids get their money back.

Large FCs can also bid on multiple houses as well, but... if they win more than one, they lose their money on whichever one they don't accept because they can only accept one.

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Originally Posted by Elesh

Haven't decided which medium I'm bidding on quite yet. Gonna take a look tomorrow I think.



Yep. That's exactly what happens. The winning bid pays, the losing bids get their money back.

Large FCs can also bid on multiple houses as well, but... if they win more than one, they lose their money on whichever one they don't accept because they can only accept one.

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Thats a bid crazy, thx for the info

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Originally Posted by Missbone

Thats a bid crazy, thx for the info

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np - always happy to help :)

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Originally Posted by Elesh

Haven't decided which medium I'm bidding on quite yet. Gonna take a look tomorrow I think.



Yep. That's exactly what happens. The winning bid pays, the losing bids get their money back.

Large FCs can also bid on multiple houses as well, but... if they win more than one, they lose their money on whichever one they don't accept because they can only accept one.

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So My FC is a large FC because I can bid on five cottages at the same time? ... We only have 6 members of which 5 are my alts. No, a player who sees the future and prepares him/herself long term can achieve almost anything. When I 1st started playing I did some research and found out I need alts to help me with housing. The result is I can bid on houses like a large FC can. It's a good feeling ...

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Originally Posted by sagacious

So My FC is a large FC because I can bid on five cottages at the same time? ... We only have 6 members of which 5 are my alts. No, a player who sees the future and prepares him/herself long term can achieve almost anything. When I 1st started playing I did some research and found out I need alts to help me with housing. The result is I can bid on houses like a large FC can. It's a good feeling ...

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Weird flex but congratulations?

Well the mist medium I'm looking at has 23 bids... might as well pack it up already I don't have that kind of luck

I think one of the lessons learned from the first round is...

If you really wanted a house, go for a small. If you already had a house, then there is nothing to lose anyway.

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

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They have the money, seems fair to me. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by anhaato

Well the mist medium I'm looking at has 23 bids... might as well pack it up already I don't have that kind of luck

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do you play the lottery in real life? If you do the odds are better here so take heart and have hope.

It'd be nice if people realized that stakeouts and harassing people away from the placards is no longer needed. Had that happen to me earlier as I was trying to place a bid on one.

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Originally Posted by Cincierta

It'd be nice if people realized that stakeouts and harassing people away from the placards is no longer needed.

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If someone can turn a person away, then with lottery their chances go up sizably. So it's more relevant now than before - as long as it's not harassment!

Multiple bids with alts, big groups standing near the placard to scare people off, friendly chatting, sob stories, all tricks short of stepping into harassment territory increase your chances, in a way they never did with FCFS clicking for a few hours in prime time.

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Originally Posted by Shibi

If someone can turn a person away, then with lottery their chances go up sizably. So it's more relevant now than before - as long as it's not harassment!

Multiple bids with alts, big groups standing near the placard to scare people off, friendly chatting, sob stories, all tricks short of stepping into harassment territory increase your chances, in a way they never did with FCFS clicking for a few hours in prime time.

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The chances of making someone turn away from just putting in their bid are astronomical. In the bygone age of click-to-win you could actually influence with numbers, distract with chats/trades, possibly also affecting their input capability by standing on the placard (some people still click on everything), possibly bogging down their system. If you think some inconsequential gathering of people is going to matter that's silly. There's a literal number of entries you can read. If that's too high for your blood, then leave. Otherwise the group standing around the placard does NOTHING.

Having one less person bidding does affect your chances, but it's a very deluded approach to think you can intimidate someone out of the bid in a virtual environment.

A large on a populated server be like:

https://i.imgur.com/HyQWczx.png

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Originally Posted by anhaato

Well the mist medium I'm looking at has 23 bids... might as well pack it up already I don't have that kind of luck

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the medium i went for has 62, and this is still the first day lol. might as well try, someone has to win (hopefully)

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Originally Posted by Zomkei

the medium i went for has 62, and this is still the first day lol. might as well try, someone has to win (hopefully)

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Best to try now, since it'll only get worse as time goes on (all the remaining bidders will be funneled into fewer and fewer plots)

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Originally Posted by Cincierta

It'd be nice if people realized that stakeouts and harassing people away from the placards is no longer needed. Had that happen to me earlier as I was trying to place a bid on one.

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The house I bid on had a #2 as it's previous winner who didn't claim so nobody wanted a #2 everyone wanted to be #1 and I was at the placard and someone started getting in front of me at the last minute to distract me and I got #2 so this is why people harass you I think.

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Originally Posted by Shadowman

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

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Cheer up, it only has 8 bids -so far-

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

The chances of making someone turn away from just putting in their bid are astronomical. In the bygone age of click-to-win you could actually influence with numbers, distract with chats/trades, possibly also affecting their input capability by standing on the placard (some people still click on everything), possibly bogging down their system. If you think some inconsequential gathering of people is going to matter that's silly. There's a literal number of entries you can read. If that's too high for your blood, then leave. Otherwise the group standing around the placard does NOTHING.

Having one less person bidding does affect your chances, but it's a very deluded approach to think you can intimidate someone out of the bid in a virtual environment.

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Right? I've seen people playing dead in front of their placard. I'm generally a well-meaning person, but even I had no problem literally stepping over their corpse to check the number of entries. Anyone haunting a placard with this goal in mind is delusional.

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

Ya'll happy now? System doing good for ya?

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Originally Posted by LianaThorne

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

Ya'll happy now? System doing good for ya?

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You appear to be conflating the issue of giving fair access to housing with the availability of housing. The Lottery is doing what it was meant to do. It allows equal access to all for personal plots. It was never meant to solve the issue of availability. THAT issue, availability, is still yet to be addressed.

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Originally Posted by LianaThorne

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

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We all knew that participation would skyrocket when the lottery started. We also wanted a chance to get a house without having to camp placards. We got a lottery that gives us that chance and a small chance is better than no chance due to avoiding placard camping.

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Originally Posted by Rolder50

A large on a populated server be like:

https://i.imgur.com/HyQWczx.png

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Mmmph that makes me feel good about the large I bought a ticket for. It "only" has 33 so far. Good luck if you are one of that 80!