This new SYSTEM DOESN'T Work

[Camishami]

I feel like i have absolutely no chance at winning the lottery. There is'nt enough housing for everyone and it feels like the JUMBO CACTPOT i've been playing since 2012 and have never won that either, so i feel like the lottery system is the same, and makes me wanna quit this game sometimes.

[Ruminous]

In all honesty, the worst part about it is going to the placard to get your money back. Just mail it back to me when the lottery results are up, it's humiliating enough to be forced to go see the land I didn't get.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

The system works because unlike before, I actually have a chance that isn't 0% and doesn't demand me to compete with autoclickers or resort to autoclicking myself.

And I get to continue playing the game as I signed up.

Quantity of houses at most will be an issue, however I found joy in transferring to a new server and get one medium with no competition. I feel sorry for people feeling restricted by their Free company I guess.

[SlackMage]

A queue system would be better, rng systems without bad luck protection are annoying.

[Jojoya]

I feel like i have absolutely no chance at winning the lottery. There is'nt enough housing for everyone and it feels like the JUMBO CACTPOT i've been playing since 2012 and have never won that either, so i feel like the lottery system is the same, and makes me wanna quit this game sometimes.

The new system works as intended. Players no longer have to spend hours clicking a placard for a chance to get a house. It's now more difficult for resellers to sell houses for profit.

The new system was never intended to give every player a house. That's a supply issue, not a purchase system issue.

Of course it feels like Jumbo Cactpot. That's also a lottery.

You have options for getting a house if you're willing to take advantage of them. If it's the lack of a house that makes you want to quit, then the other reasons that players have for not transferring to where housing is shouldn't matter to you,

Quantity of houses at most will be an issue, however I found joy in transferring to a new server and get one medium with no competition. I feel sorry for people feeling restricted by their Free company I guess.

It's rather funny. Some of the players I've met on my character that I transferred to Dynamis have said that their old FCs are now talking about moving to Dynamis as well. I guess a lot of FCs are thinking a fresh start on a new data center is more appealing than they thought it would be.

[Solarra]

While I am happy for the people who server-transferred and got a house, I don't feel we should accept having to choose between our friends and getting a house. For many of us an MMO isn't as much about the things you 'own' but more about the people you meet.

The new system is working as intended, in that we now all have an equal chance of getting a house. The acute shortage of houses at present means that chance is tiny on a lot of worlds. However, it is better than the placard clicking which was soul-destroying and encouraged botting.

I would be in favour of some bad-luck protection, but having been around for most of the band-aids they've slapped on house purchasing and seen the negative consequences, I'd like them to thoroughly research any method they choose rather than rush in and create a new rash of exploits and issues for us to deal with.

[Payadopa]

A queue system would be better, rng systems without bad luck protection are annoying.

You are also asking for RNG. The RNG part being the time where the queue starts. Everyone who works at that time gets punished.

The current system works and is vastly superior.

[Oizen]

A lot of people somehow view the chances of a 0% chance vs a 0.0000025% chance as a worthwhile improvement from the small indie dev that is Square Enix.

I dont

[DPZ2]

I feel like i have absolutely no chance at winning the lottery.,,it feels like the JUMBO CACTPOT i've been playing since 2012 and have never won that either

I understand your feeling of helplessness, but ...

The reason there was over a billion US dollars in play for a recent PowerBall lottery in the United States was because, well, the likelihood of winning by selecting 6 winning numbers (4 numbers in the case of the Jumbo Cactpot) is extremely unlikely to happen.

The reason a housing lottery works is because (a) you put down your money and (b) you're competing against a finite number of players who also put down their money. It's the same reason that Aunt Jean won that pumpkin pie in the church raffle -- someone always wins.

[DPZ2]

A lot of people somehow view the chances of a 0% chance vs a 0.0000025% chance

There has never been a house in the lottery that drew 400,000 bids. If you're going to use spurious "math" as an argument, at least make it realistic.

In patch 6.3, there will be 50,400 new houses up for bid across the North American data centers. Start saving your pennies. Or don't, because you seem to hate Square Enix sooooo much.