The HORRENDOUS State of Housing

[Jojoya]

The same programmers who are slashing about 15% (time wise) off of the ARR MSQ list because they USED to think that it should take 9 minutes per quest? The same people who are just now implementing a teleport directly to the Waking Sands? They are not above changing things for the better. That's exactly what a raffle system will do.

The programmers and other developers working on the MSQ revamp likely are not the ones who work on housing related content.

A raffle system doesn't change things for the better. It just changes the nature of the RNG involved. You're still going to end up with one winner and dozens of frustrated losers because there are not enough houses for every player that would like to have one.

Ishgard housing opening will help (even if it's just a continuation of the current system) but it will not solve the problem because there will still be more players per world than houses per world. The only thing that will solve the problem is an instanced system that allows every player and every FC to have a house if they want one.

[Ihaf_Frethyme]

The programmers and other developers working on the MSQ revamp likely are not the ones who work on housing related content.

A raffle system doesn't change things for the better. It just changes the nature of the RNG involved. You're still going to end up with one winner and dozens of frustrated losers because there are not enough houses for every player that would like to have one.

Ishgard housing opening will help (even if it's just a continuation of the current system) but it will not solve the problem because there will still be more players per world than houses per world. The only thing that will solve the problem is an instanced system that allows every player and every FC to have a house if they want one.

Firstly, yes it does because it allows people to PLAY THE GAME without sitting there for 24 hours straight clicking constantly praying a transfer doesn't just walk up and snatch it. Instanced housing (as I've said before) depends on their resources and how they do it. But for the wards at already exist and will continue to exist, this raffle system is the best way to go. Stop just parroting ans assuming because it sounds good that how the Flat Earth movement took off. There is no way conceviable way to allow every player and FC a house, THAT is not going to happen. People start and stop all the time and you expect SE to set aside server space just for them? Never going to happen.