Instanced Housing Seperate from Wards

[Dualgunner]

Luck is DEFINITELY a trainable skill. And I don't know about you, but I definitely planned for it. I was up an hour before the servers went live so as to ensure installation of the patch went properly. (It didn't. The launcher borked. Was I "lucky" to be up with enough time to fix it? No. I planned for it.) I even did research into which number was least likely to be selected out of the given range of wards. Sure enough, Ward 8 was one of the last to sell out. So that was my target.

As far as the queue goes, I was trying to log in about 10 minutes before it was even time. I knew everyone else would be trying too. Luck? Nope. Experience.

I wasn't able to control EVERY aspect of the experience.

Luck. Yep. You didn't do anything I didn't do and I still had queues of 1000+. So what's your point? You did what probably tens of thousands of people did at that same time and were lucky enough to get in without much issue.

[Naunet]

"This isn't f2p gosh darn it you pay a sub so you should expect poorer decisions and server stability!" ...wait what

Woo boy that subscription is really paying off!

[Calteru]

Luck. Yep. You didn't do anything I didn't do and I still had queues of 1000+. So what's your point? You did what probably tens of thousands of people did at that same time and were lucky enough to get in without much issue.

Sounds like sour grapes. But don't worry. 4.2 will have MOST of what you want. Might have to do some planning to get a large. You can do that, right?

[HyoMinPark]

Sounds like sour grapes. But don't worry. 4.2 will have MOST of what you want. Might have to do some planning to get a large. You can do that, right?

Considering the popularity of a lottery-type system in the JP region, there’s a lot of speculation that’s what 4.2 is going to bring. Still just a shift in RNG/luck—now it’s not “Are you going to be lucky enough for the server not to crash on you” but “Are you going to be lucky enough for the server to choose you”. No planning involved there other than entering your name into the raffle and a lot of praying.

You got your house. Congrats. That doesn’t give you the right to act pretentious about it though, or give you the right to say others didn’t plan just as much or as hard, if not more so, than you. So please, take a few seats.



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Even if they double the amount of Wards (unlikely, but for the sake of this post), it is not a lasting solution to Housing in this game. The more the community grows, the more in demand housing is going to become. Without a steady influx of supply, or an infinite supply a la instanced housing, there will be no satisfying the playerbase. Hence why so many people say to either shift towards or add instanced wards, or at least expand on the apartments so that they are not just more expensive FC rooms with none of the added FC benefits.

[Dualgunner]

Sounds like sour grapes. But don't worry. 4.2 will have MOST of what you want. Might have to do some planning to get a large. You can do that, right?

"Are you 12?" -you, at some point in response to being condescended to in this thread.

Yes, in fact I've been preparing since it was announced. Wife and I have been crafting a storm and planning routes. None of that matters if the game just doesn't let either of us in though.

[Naunet]

Sounds like sour grapes. But don't worry. 4.2 will have MOST of what you want. Might have to do some planning to get a large. You can do that, right?

Lol. We've heard nothing of substance from SE. Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Mister Perfect.

[Keridwyn]

Sounds like sour grapes. But don't worry. 4.2 will have MOST of what you want. Might have to do some planning to get a large. You can do that, right?

Attempted to download patch when it went live. Got the version check error that after fifteen minutes of troubleshooting required reinstalling. Thankfully I keep a partial back-up so it was not as long as it could have been. Then...error 9002 tossing me in to an 800 person queue. Tell me, oh swami, how I could have prevented either of those?

[Siniztor]

They said it clearly:

"Of course we are aware of this situation and we are looking into a different approach than adding wards to solve this."
"About players creating multiple accounts to buy more plots.... I'm afraid there is little we can do."

"Be assured that we are working on it and details on the new restrictions will be revealed very close to the release of the new wards in patch 4.2."

They're doing something to make the distribution of plots (the next ones) more fair but they can't announce anything early so hoarders can game the system again. Probably this time if they wanna hoard so bad the only way to do so is to pay for multiple accounts. But who knows, you know, is it really worth the money?

Is it possible to setup a server for all new instanced housing? I wouldn't want bigger wards either if it meant sacrificing the game's stability. But players need houses. Nobody likes being unwillingly locked out of content.

i guest the word spread out we see differntly but yes anew way to sell and buy is coming,

If you think this is why SE isn't saying any thing we must be playing 2 differnt games..If any thing this company would make billboards if you had to buy extra accounts there all about the $$$$.
This is the same company that locked creating a character on a server then still allowed 1'000's of people to pay the $18 to transfer in saying welcome to Balmug enjoy the Q times. lol

My guess is its GC related either highest rank/seals or hunt seals for houses

[Keridwyn]

My guess is its GC related either highest rank/seals or hunt seals for houses

Could also have to do with FC's. There was a recent hotfix to prevent FC Fraud (which is pretty broad) so it may be they're shifting to the priority system folks kept asking for with some wards FC priority, others transfer priority, and still others for those without any home.

Sounds convoluted but with SE who knows. /shrug

[Siniztor]

Could also have to do with FC's. There was a recent hotfix to prevent FC Fraud (which is pretty broad) so it may be they're shifting to the priority system folks kept asking for with some wards FC priority, others transfer priority, and still others for those without any home.

Sounds convoluted but with SE who knows. /shrug

yea true might be a fc point system need X amount of points to get certain plots not sure. I really don't have a dog in the new house fight . im more concerned stopping flippers and keeping what i have had for a year now...
I just hope SE is smart enough to add double the wards in shiro as to the other wards...the demand for the shiro style is way higher then say goblett for sure. if they dont we just gonna end up with 15 threads of i had to settle in the goblett cause Shiro soled out again