Implement a lottery for house plots

[Vladmiere]

First come first served (ie: a lottery on who gets in the login queue first) for 720 plots vs. a lottery for 720 plots.

No, seriously, how does a lottery increase anybody's odds? If anything, it'd lower your odds because those who weren't willing to wake up/take time off would sign up to also get a shot. <_<

You didn't think this through at all.

What? I am not sure you understand with what I even posted. It will lower the odds to those who can make that window of time to log in and attempt the rush. What it basically does is expand that window out for a longer period giving more people time to put in their bid.

But it's not fair and that is what people are trying to point out. In regard to FCs as it stands right now ALL FCs are on equal footing, and you can bet that any FC that wants a place or to upgrade has been planning this for months. Thus they are guaranteed to have someone with time off. With your system you put smaller FCs at a severe disadvantage to larger FCs that can just throw numbers at the lotto system. While it sucks, the way we have it now quite literally puts all FCs and all individuals on as equal a footing as possible.

Fair assessment. This type of change at this late in the game is pretty much not going to happen. I would be for future plots having a form of lotto system in place. And I think most small FC's would be inclined to agree with me if they gave it a bit of thought. Most small FC's I know of who got housing got it through people reselling plots at blown up prices. It is working against smaller Free Companies but this system gives possible chance at earning housing on more fair prices then having to shell out over a billion gil for a large house on Balmung. And in all honesty most casual FC's will be disadvantaged no matter what is done with the system as is.