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

[Vahlnir]

Feel like elaborating on that one? All a raffle does is let you play the game and no longer have to rely on autohotkey, (which is against the ToS ;^) ).

More competition will lead to more RNG, which will lead to an abysmal chance of obtaining a house for everyone. The chances aren't great currently, but they are going to get much worse. A raffle basically shifts the RNG we have elsewhere without actually fixing the underlying issues with housing that need fixing. Any added "supply" in small numbers will be pointless if they don't address the demand. Continuing to treat housing like the Hunger Games is just bad design and, honestly, they should be ashamed of themselves when other games (even free to play ones) can handle housing better.

[Raoabolic]

A raffle basically shifts the RNG we have elsewhere without actually fixing the underlying issues with housing that need fixing. Any added "supply" in small numbers will be pointless if they don't address the demand.

So your argument is don't bother? Are you just upset that they are nerfing the 3rd party tools? Are you upset that spending 10+ hours clicking on a placard is going to end? A and S rank mobs exist if you want to camp things. I fail to see what you are trying to get across. I agree that something needs to be fixed but considering the whole thing goes sideways when there are too many instances open means having instance housing is a very slim prospect. That said, if you want top tier housing then play EQ2. For all the shortcomings that game has the housing portion of that game is amazing and I wish XIV would just copy their system.

[Vahlnir]

So your argument is don't bother? Are you just upset that they are nerfing the 3rd party tools? Are you upset that spending 10+ hours clicking on a placard is going to end? A and S rank mobs exist if you want to camp things.

The chances of getting a house are low enough now and will be even lower come 6.1 so yeah, that would be my suggestion. Don't bother with housing. I've got a house, don't use 3rd party tools (got mine legit long before placard spamming became a thing, and I play on console anyway) and I hate the fact that people have to camp a placard to buy a house right now. I don't camp hunts either, so...there's that too. Figured I'd get all of that sorted out for you. But anyway, all of that said, I still think a raffle is a bad idea. They need to fix housing at its core instead of trying to apply band-aid fixes that aren't all that helpful. A dumpster fire is still a dumpster fire no matter how much they try to mask it. There needs to be a serious push by the player base for real change here.

[Skivvy]

The chances of getting a house are low enough now and will be even lower come 6.1 so yeah, that would be my suggestion. Don't bother with housing. I've got a house, don't use 3rd party tools (got mine legit long before placard spamming became a thing, and I play on console anyway) and I hate the fact that people have to camp a placard to buy a house right now. I don't camp hunts either, so...there's that too. Figured I'd get all of that sorted out for you. But anyway, all of that said, I still think a raffle is a bad idea. They need to fix housing at its core instead of trying to apply band-aid fixes that aren't all that helpful. A dumpster fire is still a dumpster fire no matter how much they try to mask it. There needs to be a serious push by the player base for real change here.

At this point I don't think we'll ever see any massive change to the housing system in this game. Can only hope they've learned from their many mistakes in XIV (more than just housing..) and implement better systems in their next MMO. We can't even get races implemented in full due to the system...what chance is there for the housing system? :/

Since we've heard just about no news regarding the island sanctuary, I'm imagining it to be like the mog gardens in XI. You have a few beds for gardening, can raise monsters, and then it gives you a few daily nodes to collect from with fishing, botany and mining. I'm ever-so-slightly optimistic that it will be more than this, but my expectations are low at this time. I reaaaally hope this at least brings decent housing to the masses (no, I don't think apartments are decent).