Housing!! Do you Like the New Way?

[DeNada]

Yes, lottery is so much better than placard clicking since it respects the players time more.

Also, I remember those people who were doom mongering about how lottery is like trying to win the jumbo cactpot and there will be hundreds or thousands of entrants per plot.

Turns out that there's about less than 10 entrants per plot on average, even for personal plots. Turns out that their predictions are ridiculous and we have not heard from them since.

[Rilifane]

Yes, lottery is so much better than placard clicking since it respects the players time more.

Also, I remember those people who were doom mongering about how lottery is like trying to win the jumbo cactpot and there will be hundreds or thousands of entrants per plot.

Turns out that there's about less than 10 entrants per plot on average, even for personal plots. Turns out that their predictions are ridiculous and we have not heard from them since.

10 on average right after a new district releases is actually a lot and it's for the first round. And don't forget that many people put their name in for their FC and pushed back getting a private house for it. Everyone who didn't win can now try again... with the few plots that are vacant again because someone relocated - if they're not in an FC ward, that is.
Before Empyreum release you generally had about 5-10 dedicated campers on a placard and we had maybe 2-3 plots up at a time.

So tell me again how there isn't more competition now that it doesn't involve spending your entire night spam-clicking a placard?
The competition has absolutely gone up. You just didn't do the math to see it.

[Skivvy]

Yes, lottery is so much better than placard clicking since it respects the players time more.

Also, I remember those people who were doom mongering about how lottery is like trying to win the jumbo cactpot and there will be hundreds or thousands of entrants per plot.

Turns out that there's about less than 10 entrants per plot on average, even for personal plots. Turns out that their predictions are ridiculous and we have not heard from them since.

I am currently for the lottery system (at least compared to how it was), however, you have to keep in mind that each server just had 1,440 available houses dumped into their laps and so people were able to be far choosier to increase their chances of winning. This would be reflected in most lots having a small number of bids.

We'll have to see how the FC wards pan out, but assuming things do fill up in full, only a small amount of homes will be available during future lotting cycles, and this is when we'll probably start seeing the crazy amount of bids per lot. Time will tell on that.

[sagacious]

Yes, lottery is so much better than placard clicking since it respects the players time more.

Also, I remember those people who were doom mongering about how lottery is like trying to win the jumbo cactpot and there will be hundreds or thousands of entrants per plot.

Turns out that there's about less than 10 entrants per plot on average, even for personal plots. Turns out that their predictions are ridiculous and we have not heard from them since.

I agree I in 10 is way better than 1 in a million all nay Sayers are wrong and in denial.