The housing system is trash!

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The relos are opening up another house when they move though. That’s why they used to be instant. How many threads are telling everyone to just go for that small in the Goblet that no one wants, you can upgrade later when something better comes along. Now we want to stop relos? Heck I’m trying to downgrade and I’m still losing every week.

I think the issue is that this lotto cycle is too damn long, and that house the relo frees up doesn’t become available til the next cycle. You’re not getting the instant chance on the freed up house like you used to be able to, because it sits on hold til the next bidding cycle. I understand wanting to stagger the days so more people get a chance, but do we really need a 9-day cycle? 3 to enter, 2 to claim would be a modest scale-back, and it would still stagger to be different days every week.

Also I thought there was still a cooldown on relocation of like 30 days or something, but I can’t seem to find that info anywhere anymore. So if they’re relocating, they shouldn’t be able to do it like every cycle afaik.

I think a 7 day cycle could work with 4 days to bid and 3 to claim, but the problem is this could screw over people who might say be working the same four days every week, and thus always miss the bidding phase, or always miss the claim phase.

For relocation, personally I think relinquished plots in a claim cycle should be free to relocate to.
Currently, if someone relocates, their old plot sits vacant for 4 days before it even re-enters the lottery cycle. 4 days of complete lockout, can't even be bid on.
These plots that would otherwise be locked out, should be have a 'relocation exemption', so that those who want to move, and shuffle about in those 4 days of the claim period, and like a real life housing chain could just keep relinquishing and relocating along. This would speed up the process for those who are relocating, while not impacting the lottery process for those who placed bids in the bidding phase.