I think I lost the lottery, but not sure

[Frizze]

Yeah, and every day you wait more people who won and now can do so will have claimed their plots leaving less of them open to check. Afterall, you dont need to check the lots that other people were able to build on - you know you didnt win any of those. I havent looked on my server(i didnt want to move my personal to ishgard, so ive been avoiding), but i would hazard a guess that the number still waiting to be claimed is already getting frightfully low.

[DamianFatale]

If you go to the placard and it doesn't say you won and give you the option to claim the plot, you lost. When I checked this morning with my main, the placard said participant #2 (my alt) won. Since I'd already taken the refund there was nothing more. When I clicked it on my alt it told me I'd won and gave me the option to claim the plot.

So you used two characters to increase the odds? Shameful.

[not_ya_wify]

The problem is that I do not recall exactly which ward I was in when I bid and had already moved on, with refund, before I found out that SE borked the lottery. I have visited a lot of plots that are still unclaimed (that looked familiar to me) with no luck, but was hoping there was something a little more definitive or explanatory.

If you win, the results period thing in your timer is selectable and it tells you your lottery ticket. Next time, I'd make sure to note the ward you were in.

[Greyhawk]

If you win, the results period thing in your timer is selectable and it tells you your lottery ticket. Next time, I'd make sure to note the ward you were in.

That data has already been refreshed apparently, so it's not there, as we had already suggested this and there is no data.

[Illmaeran]

So you used two characters to increase the odds? Shameful.

Yes, I did use both in hopes of increasing the odds of winning the plot. They're both legitimate, level 90 characters that have been around well before Empyreum was opened and I play both frequently. Both bid on the same plot so as to not potentially take the opportunity from another player by me bidding on multiple plots. My server's relatively low population so there was a real chance that I'd win both if I had. I was the only one to bid on the plot so even if only my main bid, I still would have won it. If other players decided not to place a bid, that's on them, not me.

How is this at all shameful?

[Aoi_Futaba]

Make a day of it go around each ward (FC or private) and just walk around the area and check EVERY board with an empty plot. it may take time but will be worth it when you get your plot. Honestly I've even seen houses on my own server that clearly had a winner that have yet to be claimed

[UkcsAlias]

How is this at all shameful?

Because essentialy you still potentialy made a competing bid worth less. 50% or 33% is still quite a big diffirence. Being on a relatively empty data center doesnt change a lot here.

But also, there was a 25% chance of you not getting a plot if you spreaded them out (and both had 1 extra contender). While in this case it would have been 33%. So to me that is fair enough. At least both characters are actively used instead of just existing for extra bidding options.

Personaly i think they should have restricted it to 1 bid per account max. And on that, if you win, any of those characters can decide to claim the plot (for FCs this would need an diffirent algoritm though).