Square: You need to open servers before this community is slowly choked

[Joven]

What if SE allows players to move their houses as well when they transfer servers? That seems to be one of the major factors for people to not want to move. It could work like moving your house from one ward to another. SE already said they were going to add more wards, so why not hold back a little before releasing them to the public and let players willing to relocate get first dibs on plots?

[Lazaruz]

so why not hold back a little before releasing them to the public and let players willing to relocate get first dibs on plots?

Let me preface this that I'm well aware that this would probably highly fuck up the release of plots (as they could honestly all be grabbed before they're opened to the public), but speaking someone who's been kinda toying with the idea of moving servers (granted Odin is no longer considered congested but, details) and hoping against hope to get a good plot eventually, I can honestly see this as a strong enough incentive to make me move if the time comes, especially if one were to maybe add that on top of everything else that's being offered for moving from Congested to Preffered

[DeaconMoore]

What if SE allows players to move their houses as well when they transfer servers? That seems to be one of the major factors for people to not want to move. It could work like moving your house from one ward to another. SE already said they were going to add more wards, so why not hold back a little before releasing them to the public and let players willing to relocate get first dibs on plots?

Considering the lack of available housing on any server and the fact that overcrowding is why the server is locked in the first place, I don't think housing is what's keeping most of them from moving. They would've had a better shot to get a house of their own if they had moved after all.

[Joven]

Considering the lack of available housing on any server and the fact that overcrowding is why the server is locked in the first place, I don't think housing is what's keeping most of them from moving. They would've had a better shot to get a house of their own if they had moved after all.

I was referring to people who already have a house to be able to take it with them, not letting any player that transfers get a free house.

[DeaconMoore]

I was referring to people who already have a house to be able to take it with them, not letting any player that transfers get a free house.

I know, I'm just pointing out that the size of the available population with housing is much much smaller than those without housing. Ultimately its impact would likely be negligible towards freeing the server of enough pop to be unlocked once again. It would no doubt encourage people to camp the housing districts more on the off chance a house opened up though.

[Joven]

I know, I'm just pointing out that the size of the available population with housing is much much smaller than those without housing. Ultimately its impact would likely be negligible towards freeing the server of enough pop to be unlocked once again. It would no doubt encourage people to camp the housing districts more on the off chance a house opened up though.

Unfortunately housing will always be a crapshoot no matter how they handle it. I can't think of a way for them to un-bungle it so everyone has a fair chance outside of instanced plots