Housing Roulette was an absolute trash idea.

[ThaCa]

Old system - had no house.

New system - have a house.

New wins for me.

[Corvus_V]

Old system - had no house.

New system - have a house.

New wins for me.

Would be great if that was the case for everyone, wouldn't it?

[MrJPtheAssassin]

Old system - had no house.

New system - have a house.

New wins for me.

That's good for you but there 1000s of players who still haven't gotten a house since rng hasn't smiled on them as it has on you. You were lucky just like the ppl who got a house with the old system were lucky. As others said it's mostly a supply issue not really a lottery issue but that doesn't change the fact that the lottery is still a feelbad system. It's not fun looking for a lot week after week praying that rng god is going to bless you that day but when it doesn't you have to do the walk of shame to get your money back and watch as the lucky person enjoys their new house just bc they were luckier than you. The lottery is slight, only slightly better than the old system but it doesn't do anything to the main issue in 14 and that is there are still not enough houses of any type to go around. New ppl can't get a small unless they really lucky and ppl who have been playing for so long cant upgrade to a bigger house when they want a higher item cap. As someone with so many housing items, I could never go back to a small bc that would mean I would have to throw out the items I work hard to make or spent money on. Eventally everyone will want to upgrade to a med or large just bc they out grow the small and its really low item and inv cap.

[ThaCa]

That's good for you but there 1000s of players who still haven't gotten a house since rng hasn't smiled on them as it has on you. You were lucky just like the ppl who got a house with the old system were lucky. As others said it's mostly a supply issue not really a lottery issue but that doesn't change the fact that the lottery is still a feelbad system. It's not fun looking for a lot week after week praying that rng god is going to bless you that day but when it doesn't you have to do the walk of shame to get your money back and watch as the lucky person enjoys their new house just bc they were luckier than you. The lottery is slight, only slightly better than the old system but it doesn't do anything to the main issue in 14 and that is there are still not enough houses of any type to go around. New ppl can't get a small unless they really lucky and ppl who have been playing for so long cant upgrade to a bigger house when they want a higher item cap. As someone with so many housing items, I could never go back to a small bc that would mean I would have to throw out the items I work hard to make or spent money on. Eventally everyone will want to upgrade to a med or large just bc they out grow the small and its really low item and inv cap.

I was the only bid on my house, there was no luck needed. Thankfully people were slow to transfer over to the new servers in EU, pretty much all of my friends got their houses without competition. Sure the servers were almost a ghost town for few months but they are plenty active now.