<MATERIA> First-Come First-Served AND Lottery Plots

[Bladehawk]

Easy solution to this is to just open all wards now with fcfs rules and house random timers enabled and expanded randomly for up to a weeks time total.

[Divinemights]

They are not going to do that clearly
Dust is settled whether people like it or now
It is lottery only even for Matria

[Haru_au]

The way this system is designed, and being applied to materia, makes me deeply regret giving up my houses to come here.

Good luck getting a plot on Sophia or Ravana, the only saving grace might be that the population isn't high enough to fill all the wards. Of course there will be a rush towards the end of the first draw, to get bids down on plots that nobody else has bid on yet. Leaving scraps at best for anyone who missed out in the first round.

Also this:

Characters who fulfill the requirements below are eligible to submit one lottery entry per lottery period.

Is a slap in the face to FC leaders. We have to choose between buying a house for our FC, or buying one for ourselves? And/or ask the same of our officers?

I was actually looking forward to the lottery system, but this is poorly designed.

[LunaFancy]

The way this system is designed, and being applied to materia, makes me deeply regret giving up my houses to come here.

Good luck getting a plot on Sophia or Ravana, the only saving grace might be that the population isn't high enough to fill all the wards. Of course there will be a rush towards the end of the first draw, to get bids down on plots that nobody else has bid on yet. Leaving scraps at best for anyone who missed out in the first round.

Also this:

Is a slap in the face to FC leaders. We have to choose between buying a house for our FC, or buying one for ourselves? And/or ask the same of our officers?

I was actually looking forward to the lottery system, but this is poorly designed.

I have an alt to buy for my FC for this reason, you still have time to do the same seeing as the 30 day timer only applies to transfer of leadership.

The way they handled the Materia data centre has really dimmed my view of the devs, I gave up a large house to support the move and this feels like a slap in the face from them.

[Shibi]

I have an alt to buy for my FC for this reason, you still have time to do the same seeing as the 30 day timer only applies to transfer of leadership.

The 30 days applies to buy too. An alt put in today can't buy on the 11th.

The way they handled the Materia data centre has really dimmed my view of the devs, I gave up a large house to support the move and this feels like a slap in the face from them.

Big time.

[LunaFancy]

The 30 days applies to buy too. An alt put in today can't buy on the 11th.

Oh damn. Good thing that I used my alts to found the FC I guess lol!

At this point the fact that I really love hanging out with the people in my FC is the only thing that will keep me in the game. If my second account doesn't get his house, that is a sub I will cancel for sure. I wonder how many people they will lose over this in the end tbh.

[Taitaibun]

This has honestly just confirmed my move back to my old datacenter. I gave up my dream medium to come here for the good ping and hoped of getting another house but I feel like I've been spat on. If I'm going to suffer lottery I atleast want to be with my friends.

I wish you all luck with the lottery system, may you get your dream plots.

[Shibi]

I wonder how many people they will lose over this in the end tbh.

I am not going to keep putting all that effort into a new alt if he's homeless.

[Jojoya]

I have an alt to buy for my FC for this reason, you still have time to do the same seeing as the 30 day timer only applies to transfer of leadership.

They had said in the live letter that it would also apply to giving members a rank with land acquisition privileges.

What is uncertain is if an alt could be added as a new member to a FC today and given a rank with land acquisition privileges, and would then retain the privilege once 6.1 is released since they would already have been given the rank and privilege under the current rules. SE doesn't tend to remove things retroactively.

At this point, there's no harm in trying just in case. It won't make a FC any worse off, and it might actually work to its advantage.

[DeNada]

They had said in the live letter that it would also apply to giving members a rank with land acquisition privileges.

What is uncertain is if an alt could be added as a new member to a FC today and given a rank with land acquisition privileges, and would then retain the privilege once 6.1 is released since they would already have been given the rank and privilege under the current rules. SE doesn't tend to remove things retroactively.

At this point, there's no harm in trying just in case. It won't make a FC any worse off, and it might actually work to its advantage.

I don't think that will be workable though, since the new requirements for purchasing a new FC plot is that you need to be a member of the FC for at least 30 days.

Doesn't matter if you have land acquisition privelege or not in any case since the 30 days requirement will override it.