What did you do with your new house ?

[EaMett]

No this isn't true. Your chances weighed heavily on what server you're on, internet connection, proximity to your data centre and what hardware you have. Loads of people had the odds stacked against them before the patch even hit. Never mind stuff players had zero control over like the launcher not working, the patch not downloading and lobby errors.

Anyone who thinks we all had the same chance for a house is woefully uneducated as to how insanely competitive the housing market is and how many factors affect your chance of buying a plot before you can even log on your character.

Honestly. All the good, hardcore players I know got a house. Most in ward 1 (all with varying degrees of hardware/internet/locality AUS, UK, USA you name it). I won't say that some didn't get a stroke of bad luck but it seems consistent enough that skill and preparation bear fruit in getting a plot. Most connection errors and game crashes are probably a result of connecting slightly late with the masses.

If you did the following and still didn't get a plot then you are one of the unlucky ones:
- Stayed up all night to patch the game early.
- Placed your character in a desolate spot (not next to the ferry in kugane/shirogane or kugane aetheryte) < avoids potential crashes.
- Found a way to refresh the launcher without logging in each time and refreshed it nonstop at least 5mn before launch was scheduled
- Used post-its and markers on your screen to tell you where to click en masse before the dialog boxes even displayed (example : Launch game > start > character name > confirmation box > and others for aetheryte or ferry or purchase dialogs)
- Set all your graphics to a minimum and a low resolution.
- Closed all unnecessary software on your computer
- Removed any gaming vpn you may have had
- Logged out on a class that had movement abilities, NIN/BRD/etc
- Made macros for selection of NPCs and confirmation of dialog boxes as well as setting status to busy
- Rehearsed all your moves several times until it was all streamlined.

Reality is, I suspect most people who missed out already started off with a handicap by not going over all of the above. It's not to say that you should have to go through all that trouble. But if you did chances are you got enough of an edge to avoid most of the connection population. And those who didn't were subject to connection RNGesus aka: "luck". And obviously some people who didn't do the above might've gotten lucky enough to get in.

The real issue is.. This is a game.. How rare should housing be that people have to go to such lengths in order to get a consistent chance at a plot. I've said this already but SE needs to crack down on RMT and bring the prices of housing way up to balance offer and demand.