Dear Devs: PLEASE give us an in-depth breakdown how Ishgard's "lottery" system works!

[KaijinRhada]

Yeah, I'm more interested in what will happen with relocation. I feel like it would make sense if relocation only works for first come first serve wards, but I guess we'll see whenever they announce the details.

[Moonlite]

Yeah, I'm more interested in what will happen with relocation. I feel like it would make sense if relocation only works for first come first serve wards, but I guess we'll see whenever they announce the details.

Wouldn't they probably have to lock transfers allow lottery to take place and then open transfers? Or a transfer window and then set all future lots to lottery. Not much info. Did they say the lottery would be for ishgard or all housing going forward?





I just don't see them being skilled enough to handle two separate systems allowing for same plots. It will probably have to be as simple as possible. They have resisted lottery for a long time. I can't imagine the only reason is because they are stubborn and thought the problem would fix itself. No matter what they do a large percentage will be disappointed. If it is really close to 6.1 as well it would be right around the time all these new players start to get disillusioned with some of the more obvious problems with the game and the ooh shiny has worn off.

[KaijinRhada]

Wouldn't they probably have to lock transfers allow lottery to take place and then open transfers? Or a transfer window and then set all future lots to lottery. Not much info. Did they say the lottery would be for ishgard or all housing going forward?

So far, I've only heard that they would implement both types of wards. By the sounds of that, there will be wards that are entirely on the lottery system, while another given ward will be FCFS. Further details on implementation and what such wards entail are unknown, to me at least.

[Terin]

Like others have said, SE is very unlikely to release details until just a couple of weeks before any housing changes are implemented. We don't even know for certain it will happen in 6.1. It just seems likely since that's when Ishgard will open.


Hate to burst your bubble but the player housing in Ishgard is not going to be a duplicate of the Firmament. We were already told the layout will be different and that the Firmament only offers an idea of what the aesthetics will be like.

YoshiP did say that the new district will be available for players to preview in 6.0. Once Endwalker has released, take a look around and decide what plot you'd like to have.

Wait, really? I'm surprised I overlooked that; I assumed the housing area WAS the Firmament, like some kind of story-beat was going to happen that left the Firmament open to Adventurers.

Well, I feel quite silly now! Me and my dad have literally spent HOURS running around the Firmament since it was complete, just looking at which plots we would want!

[LaylaTsarra]

Wait for the patch notes to come out.

I'm sure we'll get explanations of how it works and any new rules well before 6.1 but highly unlikely before 6.0

Well, I feel quite silly now! Me and my dad have literally spent HOURS running around the Firmament since it was complete, just looking at which plots we would want!

I suspect it'll be very similar without the crafting/diadem kiosks and npcs but overall I don't expect the housing layout to differ much from what we've seen. We should be able to visit the wards pretty soon after the release of 6.0 if not at that release but purchasing will be restricted until 6.1. Should be plenty of time to visit and pick out spots you'd like.