Support for FCFS housing in 6.1

[Jojoya]

I get seeing people not liking fcfs being a thing but there's something I really need to just put out there for clarification sake.

The moment a new patch comes out, like it or not it will get swamped cause it's a patch full of new content and such and alot of people like to be there right when it's out, even if a new ward becomes available, as in experience to shadowbringers updates and seeing them add some wards. So what confuses me is that people are very defiant on not wanting fcfs even though there's going to be a lottery system added in to most wards.

Why bother demanding no fcfs when you can just, get on later anyways to attempt the lottery system? If you make the excuse that it's going to effect login, you do know login will be effected REGARDLESS of housing or not when a new patch drops, especially as major as 6.1 is going to be? Just wanna throw that out, if people are going to make this excuse I just wanna quash it and make a good point to stop people from making said excuses.

Players do it because they are desperate to get a house and don't want to miss out on any opportunities available.

If there's only lottery, then there's no pressure to log in right away because an entry made at the end of the lottery period is just as valid as an entry made at the start. Everyone gets the same single chance per lottery period.

If there's FCFS, then not being logged in at the absolute soonest moment looking for open plots in FCFS wards is multiple opportunities lost. What if they would have been lucky logging on right away for FCFS while their lottery entry fails to win? Potentially unhealthy behavior ends up encouraged because of that fear they are going to miss out on what would have been their winning chance.

Things would change if players were limited on how often they could camp under FCFS just as they're limited on how often they can enter in the lottery. They would change even more if there was no FCFS at all and everyone was limited to one chance per lottery period.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be their largest amount of wards they are gonna add in since stormblood there's still gonna be aLOT of houses to have a chance on getting, and with island sanctuary on the way and being hopeful that MAY be the answer to instance housing with some fun things involving it, I understand your disagreement but it doesn't mean I'm wrong.

An additional 1440 houses per world when there are probably 10,000+ players on most worlds trying to get one is not going to be nearly as impactful as the 4.2 ward addition was (that was a 50% increase to available houses for an active player base that was roughly a third the size it is now).

And please honor YoshiP's request for players to lower their expectations when it comes to Island Sanctuary. Stop spreading the false hope it's a housing solution. If it was anything close to what players expect from housing, he would have no reason to tell us to lower our expectations.

[Pandie_Goodies]

And please honor YoshiP's request for players to lower their expectations when it comes to Island Sanctuary. Stop spreading the false hope it's a housing solution. If it was anything close to what players expect from housing, he would have no reason to tell us to lower our expectations.

I don't know what got you to think I'm spreading any false information but I'm giving you a peculiar annoyed look for it, especially since you didn't bother quoting the later posts I made.

No one knows what island sanctuary is going to be, I'm literally assuming it's just the WoL's reward for literally being a hero and that's it and they get to have an island and do whatever they want, hence why I like to ASSUME that it's a form of instance housing. I'm not SAYING it is. I'm ASSUMING it is. If people are immediately gonna believe a forum post and take it to heart then that person is kinda not smart.