Would a raffle system be that hard?

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Its wether a raffle system would give you a better shot at a house, and it would not because the people that do participate would all face a steep rise in competition.

If you are trying to get a house it will be harder to get a house with a raffle system.

This is true, for those currently willing to participate. Is it your opinion then that it's fine to have a system so horrible that most people choose to not participate (on the assumption that instanced housing can't or won't be implemented)?

Edit: May I suggest augmenting the raffle system with one of the following restrictions:
You must be among the richest 5% of players on the server to participate. If you fall below the 10% mark for more than a month you're evicted (the limits can by dynamically adjusted based on supply and demand).
You must place high enough in your server's GC rankings in order to qualify. Again the limit of what is high enough could be adjusted dynamically. An additional restriction could be that you have to make your contributions to the GC of the area you're seeking to buy the plot from (with skybuilders substituted for Ishgard; I'm unsure what to do with Kugane though).
You must complete the current savage raid tier to participate. If you don't complete the tier before the next one is released you're evicted. I don't see a lot of opportunity for dynamic adjustment here, but it would provide an additional incentive for world first clears in order to pick the best houses.

All of these would limit participation with similar or greater strength as placard clicking, but they're tied to in-game activities players actually enjoy doing rather than an inane timesink. If none of these options strikes your fancy I can invent more.