Housing: Purchase Timer - Alternative Idea

[Levin_Azure]

I thought about suggesting a lottery and making a thread, I'm glad I checked back a bit, haha. Lemme just say, that me and my small group of FC mates have no time to sit there for 10 hours and not be guaranteed housing, especially when we all have jobs and don't want to donate our limited time playing together clicking a sign <u>; I think despite some cons, a lottery system would still be better than this. If the time is shorter, like let's say 4-6 hours rather than 24, there probably wouldn't be a really big pool to choose from. Though in any fashion, a timeframe update as to when the demolishing lock would be removed would be pretty neat too.

[Penthea]

I thought about suggesting a lottery and making a thread, I'm glad I checked back a bit, haha. Lemme just say, that me and my small group of FC mates have no time to sit there for 10 hours and not be guaranteed housing

I think despite some cons, a lottery system would still be better than this.

Oh yes I'm sure sitting around for potentially months or longer while you keep losing a lottery would be better.

[Brynne]

The pros and cons of a lottery system have been discussed into the ground by now. I doubt SE will devote resources to it unless they have absolutely zero plans for a long-term solution to the housing issue and intend to just continue with band-aid fixes (and they decide that the lottery system would be a good idea for a band-aid fix, which is... debatable).

Sincerely hoping that a longer term solution is coming with Shadowbringers and the hinted-at Ishgard housing. But at the very least we'll hopefully have the demolition timer turned back on soon and that should ease things up a bit.

[Levin_Azure]

Lemme tell you, it'd be a hell of a lot better to do that rather than standing day in and day out repeatedly clicking a sign when I could actually be playing the game I subscribed to. If I lose the lottery, at least I didn't waste time not leveling or doing other things I'd like to do.

[Penthea]

Lemme tell you, it'd be a hell of a lot better to do that rather than standing day in and day out repeatedly clicking a sign when I could actually be playing the game I subscribed to. If I lose the lottery, at least I didn't waste time not leveling or doing other things I'd like to do.

I really wonder why people think lottery is a legitimate fix for something that is essentially already a lottery. It's as if all they want is a zero effort lottery system instead of something that actually improves the housing situation enough to reduce the need for luck or remove the need for it entirely.

I probably would have quit the game if I had to enter an actual lottery to get a house. It's ridiculous to think that relying on pure luck to engage with very indepth content is acceptable. Turning housing acquisition into a glorified lootbox is a terrible idea.