Getting a New House Feels Impossible

[Driavna]

Again, another "recommendation" that sounds even more terrible than how we currently have it.. Do you truly want to give your power of getting a house to a random lottery? You could certainly be picked immediately. But at the same time, you could also NEVER get a house that way, since the system dictates other players have a higher priority.

That's not to say what we have is perfect. Far from.. But as it stands, the whole "housing issue" is less so entirely SE's fault and slowly evening out to both parties being at fault.

If the Players didn't exploit the system, SE wouldnt've implemented the new system.
If SE didn't implement the new system, new players would never see houses, no matter how much effort they poured in.

A cruel cycle. Especially when "apartments" are usually enough to satisfy peoples building needs. (Though the 200 limit certainly does suck. Just look at what people have done with their apartments! Two stories, lots of comfortable space etc, etc. Just requires some extra thinking. Limitation inspires creativity.)

At what point did I mention a lottery system? Even if I did (and I did not), will be any different from "go to an open house and camp it praying you are the one clicking quick enough"? No matter how much anyone wants to believe they have any control over the current system and "if you work hard enough" you will get one. No, there are zero guarantees you will ever get one with the current system too.

[Kenky]

At what point did I mention a lottery system? Even if I did (and I did not), will be any different from "go to an open house and camp it praying you are the one clicking quick enough"? No matter how much anyone wants to believe they have any control over the current system and "if you work hard enough" you will get one. No, there are zero guarantees you will ever get one with the current system too.

I gave you the benefit of the doubt as the "waiting list" option can only go two ways. Lottery or First-come, first-served. Both have incredibly terrible drawbacks and I went with the first, since it is the more "friendly" version. If it was the latter, then you would no longer have any ability as the Bots would just flood the waiting list, pushing the odds ever in their favour.

There's only one of you, yet there could be hundreds, if not thousands of them. SE still isn't really at fault for the playerbase camping plots. They aren't the ones saying a virtual house in a virtual world matters more than your own well-being. They certainly haven't tried to stop it recently, but that doesn't make the problem theirs to own.

Again. This entire problem arose because we, as a playerbase, couldn't be trusted with the old system. People exploited it and punished those that came after them with the result. I still stand by my point that people should REALLY give Apartments the good old college try, as even with the very low furniture cap, people have done amazing things with the limitations. Just have to be creative!

Not to mention, with how the current events are, content is probably going to take even longer to come out. While not everyone may be okay with constantly running the same thing to get every possible item the game has to offer, there is a notable group that would find it easier to cancel their sub until new content comes out. To save money. With a Ward house, you don't get that luxury. At least when the timer is back on. 45 days of inactivity (not entering your house) puts it on demo. 14 days after that, it's gone. You can't really unsub for more than maybe a month and a half until you HAVE to re-sub. So you're not really saving much cash, you're just delaying its payments.