Is the new housing notice saying you can keep your money and get the house?

[Shougun]

Would you promise to not complain about even further delays? Be honest.

There has never been, nor will be, a situation where that would ever be true, just sayian, super sayian...

[BristolRuss]

Exactly. Despite them framing it as an apology, and it is to some degree, it's really more of a "let's just move on." Could they have devised some way to re-collect money from winners who took refunds before awarding them their house? Sure, but it would have likely involved even further work on a system that (hopefully) will never need that functionality again. Clearly it's not as simple as just "press the button to do the thing I want" despite what some people seem to believe it would be. It would also potentially mean a return to plot sales being open would taken even longer.
For all those complaining about the honour system payment, would you really be okay with waiting another month (or more) for some sort of resolution? Would you promise to not complain about even further delays? Be honest.

I would rather they worked on a proper fix that is fair to everyone than shirk on putting in the work and calling it a day, yes.

[Skivvy]

I would rather they worked on a proper fix that is fair to everyone than shirk on putting in the work and calling it a day, yes.

Weeeeell.....housing for all just isn't in the cards, so things already aren't fair. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But yeah, I wouldn't trust SE to implement a more involved system that ensured funds were redeposited without introducing more bugs. I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm ready for the next round of bidding to start.

Kudos to those who get a free house.

[Greyhawk]

I doubt that people affected by the bug get a free house if that happens there while be a whole other shitstorm on the rise.

Nope, that's exactly what he said. In 6.2, there will be an NPC where you can 'voluntarily' give your money to the 'system'.

[Shougun]

housing for all

I accept this fix.... :3.

[Bunnycake]

What SE should do is those who get the house free could not decorate it til they pay the whole thing

[sagacious]

Why this is not the best solution:

What compensation is SE offering to those who had an entry on a plot affected by the bug and have been stressed out for the last month waiting to find out what is happening just to learn they lost?

They're not offering anything other than a big "guess it sucks to be you". Those players are now double losers because not only are they not getting a free house, they have to start the process over and will still have to pay should they finally get a house in a future lottery.

Also, someone who entered for a small and has been left waiting has been under the same stress as someone who entered for a large. Why does one player get only 3-4 million gil as compensation but the other gets 47-50 million?

Either compensate every player affected equally or compensate none. The worst response is to compensate only the winners and to do it disproportionately when all affected have been under the same stress.

I don't have an issue with SE offering the winners a grace period through the end of 6.2 to pay for the house if a refund had already been collected but they can't just let them have the house for free when some can't even get a house and others have to pay.

Hopefully this entire situation is a wake up call to SE on why they need to revamp the housing system entirely.

excuse me? How long does it take to make 3 million versus how long does it take to make 50 million is your answer and why 50 million is given to those you gave the effort.

[Mika_Zahard]

This is why we can't have things..

People are on arms because some got compensated with free 50m, and others didn't...

[Jojoya]

excuse me? How long does it take to make 3 million versus how long does it take to make 50 million is your answer and why 50 million is given to those you gave the effort.

Because the compensation has nothing to do with how long it took you to earn the gil in the first place.

The compensation is for players being left on hold for a month trying to find out whether or not they get the plot. That amount of time was the same for all affected players.

[IdowhatIwant]

You didn't add the benefits of this extra month of having a house, such as gardening and planting thavnarian seeds and then selling the onions for 1/2 a million each. You have an extra month to sell crystals, shards on the MB because of the gardening capacity. You have made millions while we wait and spend said gil on crystals you made gardening. You've had an extra month of growing your subs/airships and selling of the mats from said voyages. You have made exteriors that are going for millions on the MB. I know I purchased one for 3 million. We deserve a free house.

Moronic take.

This would only be a valid point of view if there were enough houses for every player to purchase one, and a select few were stuck waiting a couple weeks. But this is not what happened, there is still a majority of players that do not have a house that want one, mean while you are getting one for free and self righteously stating you deserve it for waiting a couple weeks while other lottery winners didn't.