Quote Originally Posted by DeNada View Post
Even if lottery is lower odds in the end, at least I get to spend my time playing the game while having a chance at the house instead of 'playing' placard clicker for hours on end with no assurance of ever winning against the dozens of housing bots out there, not to mention risking injuries due to repetitive stress motions.

So no thanks, FCFS should just be relegated to the consigns of history and no one should ever speak of it again.
If you're worried about repetitive motion injuries, why are you playing a MMO? Pressing buttons for a placard is no more stressful than pressing buttons for combat or pressing buttons to chat. We're always pressing buttons while we're playing. Placard camping is just a more boring choice of activity. If you're thinking about the length of time you spend doing it, nothing is stopping you from taking a break.

Some players will defintiely continue to speak about FCFS because they will remember the time they could just walk up to a placard to buy a house, no hassle other than being in the right place at the right time.

Patch 4.2 had been a great time for house buyers (unless they were playing on Balmung). It took a few months for all those new plots to get purchased (player base was about a third of the size it is now but we got the same number of new plots that Empyreum will be adding). Some worlds still had available plots all the way into the start of 2019. No placard camping in most cases. No waiting on a lottery period to end and results to be posted on the placard to see if your entry is going to be picked over 500+ other entries. Why would players not continue to talk about those days?

Speaking of results, willing to bet that's going to end up another common complaint. "Why do I have to go back to the plot to find out if I won? Can't you just send me an in-game mail? It's going to be so disheartening to make the trip all the way to the plot just to see another player's name listed and know I'll have to wait until the next lottery period starts before I can try again".

Another possible complaint: "I can't remember what plot I entered for! How do I find out so I can see if I won?" Hopefully SE has either thought to add lottery entries with plot numbers to Estate Timers or will be able to do so because I can definitely see some players forgetting the ward and plot number.