How do People Know Whenever there's a new Lottery?

[dspguy]

CTRL+U > Estate Tab

It tells you what periods (entry/results) are in progress. This is one suggested I had for SE though. I personally feel that there should be an actually TIMER, just like they have on the Individual tab.

True. However, the moment a player finds a vacant house, they can see the end time right there. If there are no vacant plots, then the timer doesn't matter anyway.

[mauiestlauiest]

True. However, the moment a player finds a vacant house, they can see the end time right there. If there are no vacant plots, then the timer doesn't matter anyway.

"If there are no vacant plots" so, like I said, players shouldn't have to search every single ward in every residential area to CHECK if there is a vacant plot. It's not like the game says "WELP there are NO plots available."

In that respect, it doesn't answer the OP's question of when.

But OP's question wasn't "when is there a new lottery", which yes, would be answered by knowing when the bidding period ends/begins by checking a placard. Their question was "How do People Know Whenever there's a new Lottery?" And using the Timers menu is one of the ways in which people know. They indicated they were never sure when there was a bidding phase in process.

"Yet many people just magically happen to know whenever the lotto happens." But we don't "magically know". I only ever know by asking or checking the Timers tab, which is more convenient than needing to find a vacant plot.

So yeah, it answers OP's actual question, which was how do people know. Not "when".

[Jojoya]

But OP's question wasn't "when is there a new lottery", which yes, would be answered by knowing when the bidding period ends/begins by checking a placard. Their question was "How do People Know Whenever there's a new Lottery?" And using the Timers menu is one of the ways in which people know. They indicated they were never sure when there was a bidding phase in process.

"Yet many people just magically happen to know whenever the lotto happens." But we don't "magically know". I only ever know by asking or checking the Timers tab, which is more convenient than needing to find a vacant plot.

So yeah, it answers OP's actual question, which was how do people know. Not "when".

Did you read the actual post or just the title?

No lodestone update saying when this happens.

Yet many people just magically happen to know whenever the lotto happens. And it's only when it's almost or already too late that they will even mention it.

Is there some secret discord group that has figured out when the lotto happens and are just keeping it secret to reduce competition? Where are you people finding this out?

Clearly the "when" is also important to the OP.

Now I can go to my Estate timers and get this:



Or I can find a vacant plot and get this:



Which is doing the better job of telling me when there is a new lottery?

Checking the timers is a "how" that tells me either "now" or "not now".

Checking the placard is a "how" that tells me "when". If I'm planning on entering the next lottery period, I don't have to keep checking Estate timers daily. I already know when.