Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
You're rather naive if you don't see at least a little truth in what Divinemights said.

There will be a lot of happiness during the first lottery period with over 1400 houses up for grabs. Then disappointment but still some hope during the second lottery period when the houses vacated by those able to relocate during the first lottery period go up for sale. Then unhappiness during the third lottery period when almost nothing is left and finally anger in the fourth lottery period when there's nothing left (until demolition resumes and 45 days passes so houses start demoing again). Many players who thought the lottery and other changes would provide them with a house still won't have one and realize that the lottery really hasn't solved anything at all.

All it's done is changed the nature of the RNG involved, and in a very real way made that RNG even worse due to ease of access. Those who weren't trying at all to get a house will find it better than without the lottery. Those who had been trying under FCFS will see that the odds of getting a house have dropped significantly because their agency in choosing how much effort they can put into obtaining a house has been removed from them.

Is the system fairer with the lottery? Yes.

Are people still going to complain? You better believe it. It won't be everyone but the complaints will be there.
I have NEVER said that people would be happy or satisfied with the Lottery. All I have said is that it is the only option we have at the moment if we want a truly fair system. Please refrain from trying to put words into my mouth. As for Divinemights, that person's insistence on claiming that there is "no fair system" is frankly not true (Lottery IS fair) and the continued advocacy for FCFS which is KNOWN to be problematic for a lot of the players is rather suspect. Your claims of me being naive and there being truth in what Divinemights has said (other than the fact that there WILL be unhappy people after the dust has settled) are therefore rather odd. Adding in FCFS would only make a bad situation worse. The real solution to this problem is adding enough housing to meet the demand.