Housing update 3 is up.

[Rilifane]

...? There seems to be a misunderstanding, here. If you refer to people who have convinced themselves they have won, again, I agree they should dial it back as we cannot see who won and who lost, just the ever-present 0. They might have won, they might not have won. We don't know yet. However, post #3 is quite explicit in that those who placed bids on a plot will not need to place bids on the same plot again, win or lose. The information is there, just not accessible to us currently; it's sitting in limbo. I'm not sure why you think people will have to enter the lottery again on the same plot.

And adding to this, since they have stated quite clearly that the results are already fixed and it was simply a communication error, if someone was the only bidder for a plot (or their FC the only bidders) they're guaranteed to have won. Nobody else could've been chosen as a valid winner so whether the server communicated it right away or the winning number is assigned manually, only bidder = win. Simple.

[Mirhd]

And adding to this, since they have stated quite clearly that the results are already fixed and it was simply a communication error, if someone was the only bidder for a plot (or their FC the only bidders) they're guaranteed to have won. Nobody else could've been chosen as a valid winner so whether the server communicated it right away or the winning number is assigned manually, only bidder = win. Simple.

Yeah, I mentioned that in the post Gemina quoted. I mean... it doesn't get more clear than what they said in that post. /shrug. I think people are stuck in the "expect the worst possible outcome" mindset. I mean... I get it, I'm not happy about the situation either and it wouldn't be an issue if they ditched the silly ward system years ago, but they're working on a fix, and they got back to us pretty quick.