Idea for housing system

[Seer7]

I know about the lottery system, just wonder if there is another better solution, because I don't really think the lottery system is the best solution for this, but we'll see.

[Sotaris]

I know about the lottery system, just wonder if there is another better solution, because I don't really think the lottery system is the best solution for this, but we'll see.

Literally anything is better than a RNG lottery imo.

[Bright-Flower]

Literally anything is better than a RNG lottery imo.

Hard disagree. I think that being able to pay into a lottery and then get your gil back if you lose is infintiely better than competing against click bots for random timers.

Yes, rng is rng and it can suck, but on the other hand, it's more fair than the clickbot situation we have now, and less time consuming if you want to be doing other things in the game beyond standing next to a placard waiting.

[Vahlnir]

Hard disagree. I think that being able to pay into a lottery and then get your gil back if you lose is infintiely better than competing against click bots for random timers.

Yes, rng is rng and it can suck, but on the other hand, it's more fair than the clickbot situation we have now, and less time consuming if you want to be doing other things in the game beyond standing next to a placard waiting.

They are replacing one bad system with another bad system. Two wrongs don't make a right, and neither are beneficial to the player base. Anyone who thinks a lottery is better is naive.

[Bright-Flower]

They are replacing one bad system with another bad system. Two wrongs don't make a right, and neither are beneficial to the player base. Anyone who thinks a lottery is better is naive.

It's not a perfect system, but both systems having flaws doesn't mean they're equally bad.

[Vahlnir]

It's not a perfect system, but both systems having flaws doesn't mean they're equally bad.

Except they are equally bad.

[Bright-Flower]

Except they are equally bad.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that then. I think being able to pay into a lottery and then go about your day is a huge improvement over having to stand around waiting for a random timer competing against people with click bots.

It's not perfect. It's not going to solve the massive shortage of housing plots. A lottery system does not mean the housing issues are fixed and they don't need to ever do anything else. But I'd take a lottery system any day over the click bots requiring your character to stand at a placard for hours on end.

[Seer7]

Hard disagree. I think that being able to pay into a lottery and then get your gil back if you lose is infintiely better than competing against click bots for random timers.

Yes, rng is rng and it can suck, but on the other hand, it's more fair than the clickbot situation we have now, and less time consuming if you want to be doing other things in the game beyond standing next to a placard waiting.

But why don't just make a system like what I talk about at the beginning? if we are talking about a fair way to buy a house queuing is going to be the fairest way, people may think that is too many players want a house so is almost impossible to queue until you, but the same thing happens in lottery system or what the situation right now, some people might say lottery system is fair to people who come late, but what about those who already wish to buy a house for a very long time, it's not fair to them at all isn't?