Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
This is fairer than the original system in that nobody has an advantage because of money or computer specs or internet connection or daily schedule (to a point, if you can be on more you'll have more of a chance, but you won't lose out just because you cannot be on when the known timer expires) . Everyone has the same chance to be there when the plot comes up.
I mean, the plot's just going to be there anyway. Individuals are going to watch as people already in the system relocate right in front of them, and as FCs - preexisting and created in the last couple days (flipping FCs is still very much going to be a thing) - pick up some of the new 1,440 plots, and they can do nothing but twiddle their thumbs in front of whatever plot until the houses arbitrarily become available for them to try and buy. Which is probably even worse than Christmas 2015. With that, you knew exactly when the house became available because the icon on the map and the visual indicator in front of you (the house disappearing) changed. I haven't heard mention of anything visibly changing when personal housing gets turned on, so I foresee a return to Raubahn EX. Just sit at the placard and keep mashing X until something different happens... like someone that isn't them getting the plot.

The 6th is a Tuesday. Anyone with responsibilities outside their real life home on that day is probably SoL, assuming personal housing even becomes available Day 1. IIRC the housing demolition Christmas 2015 happened around 3:30pm eastern, and the server itself had come online at 6am.

I think you're referring to the new plots and how the FC's will get first crack and likely buy all the meds and larges and how you wont be able to get one if you don't already have a personal house. True. But as time continues and Houses are moved/abandoned people will have the chance to get meds and larges.
A lot of these people have already been waiting 3+ months though, and that's what really gets under my skin here. Several of my friends got up super early for 4.1 to try and get a house - Shirogane or otherwise - and got messed over hardcore by the network difficulties. I agree with the 1 hour delay, but I vehemently disagree with giving FCs and especially people already in the system advance priority. I mean, yes, you can probably go post on Reddit's housing market thing right now and pay obscene amounts of Gil (or, let's face it, real world currency) to get into the system now so you can get what you actually want Feb 6th, but that's ridiculous. I'm kinda looking forward to the outrage it causes in a schadenfreudist sort of way, because Square deserves a good thrashing and the only way that will happen is if a lot of people get really mad, but I'm also deeply offended on behalf of the people that are about to be led around by their nose (and wind up with nothing).

In fact, I'm so wound up about this that I gave my personal house to a friend just now. Might as well make someone's experience less ass backwards.