Quote Originally Posted by Amenara View Post
I can only hope what they mean is you can voluntarily pay for the house and therefore you can claim the land, otherwise you won't be penalized for having withdrawn your gil and not claim the house therefore it goes back into the lottery pool. My copium is that they are just getting rid of the 50% penalty for not claiming the house and giving you the option to not claim it if you decided you didn't want it, or you miss the period to claim it. In reality, I have no faith in SE to do anything properly so I imagine there will be a bunch of players getting free houses and I can't wait for that to be the next forum disaster and we can move past mods.
Nah it seems that if you're a winner if the 0 bug plot you're considered it regardless of whether you kept your bid in or withdrew it.

They will however add in an NPC in 6.2 to which players that got they house for free can voluntarily pay the money. But that's just it - scout honor thing.