For the love of god, add a priority system.

[Khryseis_Astra]

For the people who are absolutely dedicated to bidding EVERY SINGLE WEEK, and getting crushed that they lost, they SHOULD have a priority for the next time. Regardless of how off-putting it might be for "newcomers", it will still EVENTUALLY guarantee them a housing slot, where as of right now, with this current system, their chances are close to never.

Unfortunately nothing guarantees anyone a housing slot as long as there aren’t enough plots for each player on a given server. That’s the issue I’d rather see them address, because if they fix that, most of the other issues are moot.

[Acesfool]

And that's your problem. Patterns repeat. Learn to understand them.

That's not my problem at all unless I'm able to go back in time. I've said it before but I'll say it again since it seems to be out of your grasp. Quit saying people are guaranteed a medium or large house by transferring to Dynamis when it is absolutely, 100% false.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

That's not my problem at all unless I'm able to go back in time.

Quit saying people are guaranteed a medium or large house by transferring to Dynamis when it is absolutely, 100% false.

I never said this. Not once.

[Jojoya]

I never said this. Not once.

Nor has anyone else.

All that's been said is that players are able to get a house if they transfer or make a new character on Dynamis. No one has made any promises about the size or location.

It's an option for someone who wants a house but has been unable to get one. For those that have a house and aren't satisfied with it, that's their problem they'll have to learn to deal with.

[Reinha]

The chance to not win when there are 100 bidders:
0.99 = 99%
The chance to win at least once: 1 - 0.99 = 0.01 = 1%


The chance to not win 5 times when there are 100 bidders each time:
0.99*0.99*0.99*0.99*0.99 = 0.9509900499 = 95%
The chance to win at least once: 1 - 0.95 = 0.05 = 5%

The people who bid more times already have a higher chance to win at least once compared to players who just started to bid. Why should the odds be stacked against new bidders even more? People asked for a fair system and random is fair.

[Yodada]

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Imagine thinking that would solve the issues of Balmung

Please implement it Square I would like to see the Balmung complains about the Pity System because they are still to much people in front of the OP

[Arohk]

The issue with a priority system is that's SE officially saying "this person's sub is worth more than that person's" which from a customer relations standpoint is suicide.

Long Loyal customers are worth more though.

[Oizen]

What if we just finally admitted the wards are mistake and go for an Ȉ̷͚͒́n̸̯͇̩͊ṡ̷̖̄ẗ̷̩́̿͂ȃ̶̻̂ͅn̶̮̿͆͑͜c̴͕̭̘͛e̵̪̘̯͗ḍ̵͒̀̕ ̸̗̃͐H̵̡͌̊̔o̵̢̝̳͑ů̴͕̲͠š̷̥̯͖i̵̘̲̯̓̑ṅ̷̛̰͕̺̋g̷̩̈́ ̴̦͍̜̉̋̂S̴̲̄͜͠ȯ̴̤͙͊l̸̪̟̬̒́͆ṳ̶̭͂̃̉ț̸̡̜͐ĩ̷̫͑͒ọ̶̧̯̀̓̐ṇ̵̛̊͜

scary I know

[PredatoryCatgirl]

What if we just finally admitted the wards are mistake and go for an Ȉ̷͚͒́n̸̯͇̩͊ṡ̷̖̄ẗ̷̩́̿͂ȃ̶̻̂ͅn̶̮̿͆͑͜c̴͕̭̘͛e̵̪̘̯͗ḍ̵͒̀̕ ̸̗̃͐H̵̡͌̊̔o̵̢̝̳͑ů̴͕̲͠š̷̥̯͖i̵̘̲̯̓̑ṅ̷̛̰͕̺̋g̷̩̈́ ̴̦͍̜̉̋̂S̴̲̄͜͠ȯ̴̤͙͊l̸̪̟̬̒́͆ṳ̶̭͂̃̉ț̸̡̜͐ĩ̷̫͑͒ọ̶̧̯̀̓̐ṇ̵̛̊͜

Instanced housing would go a long way towards helping, but its not the unlimited supply that people seem to think it is. You know all those times of high server stress when you can't enter your house or your island?

Don't misunderstand, I think instanced would be better than what we have now. I just want people's expectations of it to be realistic.

[HeyMcFly]

What if we just finally admitted the wards are mistake and go for an Ȉ̷͚͒́n̸̯͇̩͊ṡ̷̖̄ẗ̷̩́̿͂ȃ̶̻̂ͅn̶̮̿͆͑͜c̴͕̭̘͛e̵̪̘̯͗ḍ̵͒̀̕ ̸̗̃͐H̵̡͌̊̔o̵̢̝̳͑ů̴͕̲͠š̷̥̯͖i̵̘̲̯̓̑ṅ̷̛̰͕̺̋g̷̩̈́ ̴̦͍̜̉̋̂S̴̲̄͜͠ȯ̴̤͙͊l̸̪̟̬̒́͆ṳ̶̭͂̃̉ț̸̡̜͐ĩ̷̫͑͒ọ̶̧̯̀̓̐ṇ̵̛̊͜

scary I know

Scandalous! Imagine if the effort put towards island sanctuary went to instanced housing.
I for one, am all for instanced housing and think it should be easily customizable, upgradable and easily shared, much like the adventure plate.