Quote Originally Posted by tdb View Post
It's clear they didn't understand just how badly some players want houses and also underestimated the impact of bots. They should have just implemented it as a straight up lottery which I feel the timer system is intended to be.
I'm certain they do understand how badly many players want a house else we wouldn't have seen 2 ward additions already this expansion. But knowing there is a problem doesn't create solutions that can be implemented on demand.

I'm not certain how you're equating the timer system with a lottery. A lottery would also be a mess since there could be drawings week after week with no winner (we see that happen all the time with Jumbo Cactpot, which is a lottery). The player base would end up even unhappier about that than they are with the timer. At least with the timer they know someone will be getting that house when it expires and with luck they will be that person if they're present at the right time.

We know Ishgard housing is coming after the Restoration is completed on all worlds. Let's see what it does to address the current problems.