Housing failure... Again, and a few other comments

[Greyhawk]

If they spent all that time creating instanced housing instead of the s***show that they have now, their efforts would have been so much more appreciated.

Get over yourselves and get instanced housing. One ward, and instance the entrance to the property line, so people can keep the size they want, the yard they want and house they want. Enough instances inside instances inside instances. It's no wonder your servers fail so hard and can't take capacity.

[Fenril7]

I know it's the 1st day for putting down deposits, but currently I'm *very* surprised at how few people are actually doing so. I found a small plot in an out of the way area and currently it's just me and one other person who have put down a deposit. Fully expected to have hundreds, so at least at this point the odds are ever in our favor... We'll see how it progresses over the next couple of days, but am cautiously optimistic that the chances of getting a house will be higher than anticipated. Beats the heck out of going up against bots and spending hours mindlessly clicking on a placard.

Any smart person would wait until the last few days and then look at which house has 125 lotteries and another 5 lottery. It’s really to the point I can care less where my house is, I just WANT A HOUSE!

Everyone wants location and a MB and bell in front of their house, go ahead put your name in that lottery, while I put mine a hour before the lottery ends with better odds.

[Krotoan]

I'm the only bidder on one plot in ishgard subdivision for the whole day. Kinda surprises me. I hope i get it or have little competition! But still 3 days left

I'mma bet that on friday night that number goes up by quite a bit.. but since I'm the only 1 bidder on a large... I kinda hope I'm wrong.

[Broken_Wind]

I want to tell you to put your name in a jar

*does as suggested*
*seals jar tight*

[Eraden]

Any smart person would wait until the last few days and then look at which house has 125 lotteries and another 5 lottery. It’s really to the point I can care less where my house is, I just WANT A HOUSE!

Everyone wants location and a MB and bell in front of their house, go ahead put your name in that lottery, while I put mine a hour before the lottery ends with better odds.

If some of the predictions coming from others here are correct, you might be fooling yourself by waiting for so long, as there will be a horde of bidders filling in all of the low bid plots near the end and thus it may be difficult at best to tailor your bid to find the best odds. Additionally, by bidding early, you are putting pressure on a plot and making others think a bit more carefully about bidding on that same plot. In the end though, assuming there are a great many bidders ready to jump in, there is no clear winner in terms of bidding early or bidding late. It's all going to be a crapshoot. At least it will be fair for everyone participating.

[Vahlnir]

I'mma bet that on friday night that number goes up by quite a bit.. but since I'm the only 1 bidder on a large... I kinda hope I'm wrong.

It'll largely depend on what others are going for. The one I bid on earlier was empty, but houses around it had at least 1 or 2 entries for the lottery. Some people might just want to take their chances on a prime location. I'm still expecting to lose but a chance is still a chance. I'm not even gonna look at it in my timers until Saturday morning when it is all said and done.

[Gemina]

Any smart person would wait until the last few days and then look at which house has 125 lotteries and another 5 lottery. It’s really to the point I can care less where my house is, I just WANT A HOUSE!

Everyone wants location and a MB and bell in front of their house, go ahead put your name in that lottery, while I put mine a hour before the lottery ends with better odds.

Tell that to my FC mates who already laid their eggs all over the district. Admittedly, I got home late and logged on likewise, but they were supposed to wait for me so I could stop them from doing exactly what they did. Ugh! so impulsive.

Anywho, making a late bid doesn't increase your odds, so I imagine what you meant is you want to evaluate the plots a little closer to cutoff in order to increase your chances by bidding on a plot with few participants. I had the same idea. And that means a ton of other players do too. However, you do have the right idea in mind when it comes to location, and oddly enough, the ward number can play a huge factor.

Good luck

[CoolCat]

5 days entry really is too long. Do the devs think it takes 5 days for players to notice a empty plot?

[PangTong]

5 days entry really is too long. Do the devs think it takes 5 days for players to notice a empty plot?

I agree that the 9 day cycle is excessive. 3 days for bidding and 2 to claim feels more appropriate.

[Krotoan]

5 days entry really is too long. Do the devs think it takes 5 days for players to notice a empty plot?

I think the idea is it's 5 days for people to find a day to login. There are a contingent of players who get to play 1 maybe 2 days out of the week.