Housing: Purchase Timer - Alternative Idea

[Penthea]

I agree we need more houses. Ideally instanced housing.

But I feel like a lottery system could be a much better choice than what is going on now. People say there will be more competition, which while true, isn't completely a bad thing. Rather than begrudging people for also getting a fair shot

Lottery is not fair. People complain all the time about not winning loot despite killing the boss so many times, and losing it to people who killed it once. You'll end up with people who were trying to get a house for a long time losing to a new player, and then going mad over it. Even with bonuses that possibility exists.

The other side of bonuses is they would be extremely demoralising to a new player. The housing situation is depressing enough as it is without a system that has a form of favouritism that punishes new players for simply being new.

The fc member bonus could be abused. Players could invite alts or pay people to join their fc to increase their chances of getting a house.

Lottery would favour those with several accounts. Yes you can get several accounts to bot spam the placard now, but that is against the terms of use, so it comes with its own risks and that can discourage players from doing it. With the lottery system there would be no need for bots so players could use several accounts to target the same house without breaking the terms of use. They would have nothing to lose by pooling their resources.

Not everyone has the luxury of having 20hours to kill at a placard. Housing shouldn't only be for people with excess free time to kill. Also, there is something to be said about the fact that people should probably be actively playing the game, not just sitting at a placard spamming buy, or using a bot.

The placard spam is bloody awful. I completely agree. But all that lottery will do is eliminate placard spam. It does not even remotely fix the actual problem which is housing availability, and it would introduce new problems of its own. We need more houses or a different housing system. Not rng that is riddled with intended and unintended favouritism.