During the claiming period allowing lateral first come first serve relocations

[caspergrey]

I guess I just don't see the problem with bidding on the plot you want to relocate into? It reminds me of the old system of relocations where you got to completely bypass the system in place for new home buyers and relocate whenever you wanted. It gives relocators an advantage again that I disagree with.

The point is that overall more players get into houses they want. The problem with strict bidding is less houses open up which creates a deadlock.

It's not an advantage, if anything it actually relieves pressure for new homebuyers because existing homeowners have a separate mechanism to get into a house they want.

Consider the following scenarios:

In the current system:

The lottery ends, and "player A" who won a house decides to vacate their current home.

That leaves 1 open house for the next lottery. Come next lottery, everyone who wants that house bids, and a maybe a new homeowner wins. 2 players are happy.

under the proposed system,

After "player A" vacates, "player B" who lives next door likes that house better. So "player B" relocates during the claiming period. Then "player C" likes "player B's" old house so they relocate. And then at the start of the next cycle, "player C's" house is available for the lottery.

In the first example 2 people got into houses they wanted. Also now, the new homebuyer is having to compete with "player B" for "player A" old house lowering the chance of them getting into a new home.

In the second example 4 people got into houses they wanted, in the same period of time.

also, Llimiting relocations to same housing area/same house size or smaller helps to maintain that the same quality of houses are available for the next lottery cycle as would have been if there was no relocation.

[Jojoya]

I think you might have misinterpreted the suggestion.

The lottery still exists. At the start of the lottery, all open plots become available to be bid on.

It's simply saying, that as people move into plots they've won, any vacated plots during this time period are available for some sort of lateral or less relocation. For the same of argument, it would be fine it it was even limited to within a ward. Effectively creating a shuffling period before the next period starts.

In the most conservative example, where relocations are restricted to lateral moves in the same housing area... if I have a small in Lavender Beds, and another small in Lavender Beds gets vacated, say I have a friend in that ward, I have an option to immediate re-locate to that plot, while vacating my current plot which will be available to be bid on in the next bidding cycle.

Once the new bidding cycle begins, relocations are no longer allowed until the next claim cycle.

It's still not going to happen because it cracks open the door again for plot resales via relocation. Seller relinquishes plot just before the claiming period starts, buyer is waiting at placard to claim plot when relocation begins.

It's also going to complicate a system that already had one major bug screw up plot purchases and continues to have smaller bugs with specific respect to relocation.

I'll be honest. Unless the number of players looking to buy houses ends up less than the number of houses available to purchase by large margin (pardon me a moment as I roll on the floor laughing hysterically), First Come First Serve is a dead system for housing purchase in this game. The system already has enough ways to abuse it even when it's strictly lottery. FCFS only makes it worse.

[Nezerius]

It's still not going to happen because it cracks open the door again for plot resales via relocation. Seller relinquishes plot just before the claiming period starts, buyer is waiting at placard to claim plot when relocation begins.

Except this would still require both parties to already own a house, of the same (or smaller) housing size. The seller wouldn't be able to just pick up the buyer's old plot, as they wouldn't have a house to relocate.
Besides, we already have house sales through FC plots. Which is an easier method, since there's way more wards that are (currently) FC-only. And with SE messing up the first lottery, the 30-days requirement isn't as effective.

It's also going to complicate a system that already had one major bug screw up plot purchases and continues to have smaller bugs with specific respect to relocation.

I'll agree with this, though. They probably got a lot of spaghetti code going on, considering that one major bug.

I'll be honest. Unless the number of players looking to buy houses ends up less than the number of houses available to purchase by large margin (pardon me a moment as I roll on the floor laughing hysterically), First Come First Serve is a dead system for housing purchase in this game. The system already has enough ways to abuse it even when it's strictly lottery. FCFS only makes it worse.

OP isn't asking for the FCFS purchase system. They're asking for a relocation system outside the lottery period. The difference between them is that the latter wouldn't actually affect the amount of plots re-entering the lottery.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

No, won't happen and should not happen. Once again bringing unhealthy practices to housing and favours botters who run them all night to insta tp to a new plot. No. Be grateful you have a house you can even relocate and bid like the rest.

[caspergrey]

No, won't happen and should not happen. Once again bringing unhealthy practices to housing and favours botters who run them all night to insta tp to a new plot. No. Be grateful you have a house you can even relocate and bid like the rest.

How does this favor botters? By limiting relocations to same housing district and lateral or lesser moves what does a botter have to gain? Again, having a relocation system benefits more players overall... the current bidding system creates a deadlock on plots and more people in less desirable plots, and less ability to build actual housing communities with friends. The same lottery system would still exist.

This feels like a very blanket judgement using botters as a straw man argument to completely shut down an idea to an actual problem that exists for players with homes who maybe just want to be in the same ward with their friends. I'm sure the original idea can be improved upon, but saying that people "should be grateful they have a house they can even relocate and bid like the rest" is not a path to helping improve the game.

[Burmecia]

--- to completely shut down an idea to an actual problem that exists for players with homes who maybe just want to be in the same ward with their friends. - ...

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Not owning plot by you pal is no actual problem.

You don't see raiders going "i still don't have my mount from 4/4 fight, make it drop 2 at once instead of 1!!" or "i'm 500 pulls into ultimate, add checkpoint to this fight i dont wanna slog through that first phase anymore!!" because those neither are actual problems either.

Am I unfairly comparing apples and oranges? Yes. But is the question about "actual problems" the one I wanna comment on? Yes
It the housing system is not broken, do not fix it. Lottery was player idea, invisible timer was player idea, I am honestly afraid what what people who may feel a little bit entitled to houses (but hush we cannot be sure of what's really in their hearts, maybe they actually have sick mom or kid or puppy - who only wants them to have house in videogame) invent as their next strategy to move the damn goalposts
to benefit of actually no one.

[caspergrey]

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Not owning plot by you pal is no actual problem.

You don't see raiders going "i still don't have my mount from 4/4 fight, make it drop 2 at once instead of 1!!" or "i'm 500 pulls into ultimate, add checkpoint to this fight i dont wanna slog through that first phase anymore!!" because those neither are actual problems either.

Am I unfairly comparing apples and oranges? Yes. But is the question about "actual problems" the one I wanna comment on? Yes
It the housing system is not broken, do not fix it. Lottery was player idea, invisible timer was player idea, I am honestly afraid what what people who may feel a little bit entitled to houses (but hush we cannot be sure of what's really in their hearts, maybe they actually have sick mom or kid or puppy - who only wants them to have house in videogame) invent as their next strategy to move the damn goalposts
to benefit of actually no one.

I'm not sure what argument you are making. I am trying to propose a system that benefits more players overall. If your argument is that it's not that big of a problem and the difference in number of players that would benefit isn't worth the development cost, then that's fair. But please make your argument clear. I am trying to make a suggestion that I think would benefit the overall player base. I honestly think that this would as a whole make more players happy and get more players into houses that they want. I welcome any constructive criticism with regards to any blind spots or holes in my thinking, but is there anything wrong with trying to imagine a housing system that could be an improvement on what we have? Isn't that the point of having a housing forum?

[LaylaTsarra]

I'm not sure what argument you are making. I am trying to propose a system that benefits more players overall. If your argument is that it's not that big of a problem and the difference in number of players that would benefit isn't worth the development cost, then that's fair. But please make your argument clear. I am trying to make a suggestion that I think would benefit the overall player base. I honestly think that this would as a whole make more players happy and get more players into houses that they want. I welcome any constructive criticism with regards to any blind spots or holes in my thinking, but is there anything wrong with trying to imagine a housing system that could be an improvement on what we have? Isn't that the point of having a housing forum?

I don't see the issue of a transfer as being a problem as long as the users doing the transfers haven't already placed bids on another property. Seems harmless enough to me to give people that option. It's certainly better than the old system which many complained about.

[DeNada]

Since part of the intention of lottery is to limit player behavior of camping, this is unlikely to happen as it would encourage players to camp their wards just in case an open plot which they would like to relocate to open up.

Also as mentioned already, this is going to add additional work which doesn't benefit the majority of the player base. Already, instead of working out a proper solution to retrieve the gil from owners who won the lottery last round, they took a shortcut and decided to implement a NPC for you to voluntarily turn your gil in, which is not going to happen for the majority of players who won a house.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

How does this favor botters? By limiting relocations to same housing district and lateral or lesser moves what does a botter have to gain? Again, having a relocation system benefits more players overall... the current bidding system creates a deadlock on plots and more people in less desirable plots, and less ability to build actual housing communities with friends. The same lottery system would still exist.

This feels like a very blanket judgement using botters as a straw man argument to completely shut down an idea to an actual problem that exists for players with homes who maybe just want to be in the same ward with their friends. I'm sure the original idea can be improved upon, but saying that people "should be grateful they have a house they can even relocate and bid like the rest" is not a path to helping improve the game.

It doesn't help more players overall, it will succeed in just annoying players that would rather have bid on those more desirable plots normally than have to deal with beating others to a relocation, camping was not fun and should not be brought back in any form. You have a house, maybe not in the perfect spot, but you still have one. More than can be said for plenty other people. And if one of those players WITHOUT a house sees the best plots just getting relocated onto it just brings back that bad feeling of 'well I wont get the plot I want because I don't have a house yet'. Further rubbing salt into the no house having wound. Bidding lets you get the house of your dreams without already needing a house. That's a good thing I wouldn't want to see go away.

As for what a botter has to gain, it should be obvious if they are currently sitting on a plot in a lesser location and they see a chance to relocate to a nicer one AKA more expensive one... they will. A plot on a bad spot may be £50-250 depending on size, a better spot can ez add another £100 to a large.