Update 6 on Lotttery

[Liamont]

So if you refunded your gill you cant claim a '0' bug winning house till 6.2?
Which is when ? August?

If so well that's just not good enough, we won our FC house, left the Gil on the board it was there for weeks and never touched, for some reason it got auto refunded last week according to my friend who paid for it.
Why are they not implementing the NPC on the 16th?

We could be waiting months more.

Or have i misread this somewhere?

You misread. You will be able to claim your house come May 16th, and if you want to VOLUNTARY pay the gil that was refunded to SE, they will implement an NPC that you can go to to drop your money in in 6.2.

[KuroMaboroshi]

I imagine there's going to be grumbling about some winners effectively able to get their houses for free since SE isn't going to force repayment if a refund was already received. It's not like those who accepted the refund were inconvenienced anymore than those who didn't take it and have been waiting. It will be interesting to see the results of any discussion.

Technically, couldn't those who did not grab a refund yet still get it to ensure they get their houses "for free"? Which on one hand would be good cause it would ensure that everyone affected by the bug gets their house for free, rather than just some. But on the other hand...
I understand why SE is not enforcing a return of those gil, as server rollsbacks are huge technical hassle, but I doubt many will make use of the voluntary option. So those who couldn't grab a house cause they lacked the gil initially will now be able to complaing that others got houses for free simply by having gil which they never ended up paying. So while it avoids drama on one end, it is sure to produce more drama on another.

Also, I wonder how much gil this is going to add to the economy overall per DC...

[Markfresh]

You misread. You will be able to claim your house come May 16th, and if you want to VOLUNTARY pay the gil that was refunded to SE, they will implement an NPC that you can go to to drop your money in in 6.2.

Oh ok i understand thanks.

At the moment my gil has not been refunded and is still on the placard with the option to refund or not.
Does this mean that i could/should refund my gil and get the house for free?
Or should i leave my gil there just incase?

[Nepentha]

Oh ok i understand thanks.

At the moment my gil has not been refunded and is still on the placard with the option to refund or not.
Does this mean that i could/should refund my gil and get the house for free?
Or should i leave my gil there just incase?

That's a personal decision. I know of some who are leaving it in for their own reasons, and some who've pulled it out.

[Dustytome]

Oh ok i understand thanks.

At the moment my gil has not been refunded and is still on the placard with the option to refund or not.
Does this mean that i could/should refund my gil and get the house for free?
Or should i leave my gil there just incase?

Taking the gil will not affect your ability to get and keep the house so as Nepentha said, it's up to you. SE would obviously like the gil removed from the economy (which is why they're putting that npc up later), but it's completely voluntary.