All vacant plots in all wards and districts should be raffled, not camped

[Johners]

Yeah, I would argue that even a day is too long for a raffle like this. I don't really like the idea of having 50 mil tied up for a few days to a week while I wait to lose the raffle on a large. lol

It needs a balance. Too quick and not everyone that wants to enter may actually do so, too long and it's just waiting for around for no reason. 7 days is probably a fair amount, long enough for people to enter but not too long that all your Gil is tied up without any other way to use it.

[Vahlnir]

7 days is probably a fair amount, long enough for people to enter but not too long that all your Gil is tied up without any other way to use it.

7 days is still way too excessive, which is why that's kind of what I'm expecting them to do. lol

[Velnora]

Or just give everyone that wants one, housing.

[Sililos]

Im no fan of the first come first served method, but i see a problem with the raffle system of OCE.
In the first raffle pass every plot is going to be snagged, unless you have a few billion in Gil, most players will only be able to invest their gil in one raffle, which means, there are going to be a LOT of people who lost not only that raffle, but their one chance at getting a plot until someone relinquishes theirs by going inactive... and all things considered? That's not going to happen any time soon.

So thats it, you get maybe one chance and then its all done, every plot gone for who knows how long.

This system, even under raffle is ridiculously stupidly designed.
Its my hope that they make Islands able to do everything a housing estate can and more, My fear is A) I win a plot raffle giving up all my saved gil, only to then find I could of just saved my gil and had a much larger Island for free.
And B) I dont get a housing plot and find the Island is not an actual housing estate like an apartment but a static like an Inn room except you can have your pets wandering and garden etc.

They can provide an instanced home for everyone now, they should just refund everyone who owns a house and scrap the estates giving everyone their own instanced home.

[Eraden]

I have JUST finally earned enough Gil to be able to afford a modest medium house and still pay for the building fee. I will apply for the lottery in hopes of getting a house, but I know my chances are slim that I will win one. It kind of hurts a little to know that so much hard work trying to make enough Gil to afford a home, may end up for naught, but if this is the way it will be, I will dutifully line up with everyone else to have a shot at owning a home.

[AtlasS]

Just make housing instanced some everyone gets one

[Conundrum]

Or just give everyone that wants one, housing.

That would mean instanced and...

But what AbouT MUH NeIGHBOrhOod FEEL??

[Caitlinzulu]

Just make housing instanced some everyone gets one

Like making housing instanced would magicly drop the server load to nothing?
See people explode when trying to buy an instanced house and getting the message "instances full, please try again later"
I agree the whole system sucks. There are no magical fixes to it or we would have gotten them by now.

[Conundrum]

Like making housing instanced would magicly drop the server load to nothing?
See people explode when trying to buy an instanced house and getting the message "instances full, please try again later"
I agree the whole system sucks. There are no magical fixes to it or we would have gotten them by now.

Instanced is still orders of magnitude better than the mess we have now. No it isn't perfect but....

People need to remember the Nirvana Fallacy

[Velnora]

Like making housing instanced would magicly drop the server load to nothing?
See people explode when trying to buy an instanced house and getting the message "instances full, please try again later"
I agree the whole system sucks. There are no magical fixes to it or we would have gotten them by now.

Other MMO's are capable of doing it. No reason why they can't do it.