64 losses

[Jojoya]

This is one of those situations where it has to be asked: were you going after mediums and larges only, or were you entering even on the undesirable smalls so you would have a better chance?

Even Coeurl has had a few lottery periods where some small plots in the personal wards went without any bids. Since you said you "packed things up", it sounds like you had a house but kept losing when you tried to upgrade. Otherwise no packing would be needed.

I agree the system sucks but it has nothing to do with the lottery. It is what it has always been - a supply problem. Even if there are technically enough houses for each player on a world, there aren't enough of each size/location that players actually want to own.

I don't understand this. Even on my server, there are houses open at the end of every lottery cycle. Are they mediums/larges or smalls in prime locations? No, but there are houses out there, I just looked.

I don't know what the population of your server is, a quick search shows 2023 pop on Coeurl as 630,723, my server is listed as 540,749. They're both congested.

Something is better than nothing.

Those numbers are for all time characters created, not active characters. The active character populations on the NA worlds are going to be closer to 30k-35k.

Crystal is considered the RP data center and so demand for housing is higher since many RPers feel having a house essential. Being raid-centric, Aether is going to have a larger percentage of players with no interest in housing and so there's less competition.

Congestion is something that SE sets based on online activity and character creation as opposed to overall population. I'm surprised that Coeurl has been Congested for several months now. Usually Mateus is the world that sits as Congested alongside Balmung.

I used to think more people deserve houses but....maybe I was wrong.

Justifying completely different and irrelevant form of achievement as the reason why you feel deserving a house in, again, completely different IP, damn.

I'm sorry for the bad luck, man. If the repeated attempts fail, try something different.

He's got a house. He's been complaining that he can't win the upgrade he wants.

[Impia]

I'm sorry but the lottery is better in every way. Placard clicking only ensured that cheaters or people actively harming themselves had a shot.

[LilimoLimomo]

I'm sorry but the lottery is better in every way. Placard clicking only ensured that cheaters or people actively harming themselves had a shot.

Louder for the people in the back.

[Stormpeaks]

Louder for the people in the back.

You mean just like now when you can multi bid on plots with multiple accounts, same for FC, instead of having to spam at a placard you can actually do it without the "cheating" (what cheating lmao?) part and get 10-20 or even more bids on a plot without even having to stay at a placard, and those are still alts.

So basically it fixed nothing, just made the bids spike in numbers and reduced the chance of people to get houses

but sure it's "better" lmao

[Impia]

By "cheaters" I'm referring to auto clickers. Not everyone had the bandwidth in their lives to spend that much time clicking. I don't think the lotto is perfect, but it opens housing to more people and gives them a shot at it without having to take time off from work or losing sleep. But thanks for your input, Stormy.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

You mean just like now when you can multi bid on plots with multiple accounts, same for FC

Being able to multi-bid on an FC house is the system working as intended. Larger FCs deserve more chances to get better houses for the simple reason that there will be more people there to benefit from them, and I say this as a co-lead of a small FC. As for personals, sure, go ahead and bid with your alt. Have fun shifting items and gil back and forth between it and the character you actually play. Oh, and hope you didn't actually want to be able to teleport to that house on your main. #YouPlayedYourself

[Kyssa]

Those numbers are for all time characters created, not active characters. The active character populations on the NA worlds are going to be closer to 30k-35k.

Crystal is considered the RP data center and so demand for housing is higher since many RPers feel having a house essential. Being raid-centric, Aether is going to have a larger percentage of players with no interest in housing and so there's less competition.

Congestion is something that SE sets based on online activity and character creation as opposed to overall population. I'm surprised that Coeurl has been Congested for several months now. Usually Mateus is the world that sits as Congested alongside Balmung.


He's got a house. He's been complaining that he can't win the upgrade he wants.

Ahh, I see, thanks for the clarifying info Jojoya. I went and took a gander over on Courel. Not as many available as my server, but there are houses. I think you're right in that they own a house and are just discouraged at not being able to upgrade.

My husband has been trying to upgrade from his small house for the past 64 cycles too, but his outlook is that hey, he's not homeless and when he wins something, he wins something. My son is so excited that he won a small shiro house (Lottery #33) some months back, that he says he's never moving. Our FC was lucky enough to win a LB large early on in the lottery process (Lottery #6), and I was able to upgrade to a medium last February (Lottery #28) myself.

I think tweaks can be had to the system, but overall, I do prefer lottery over clicking.

[Battler-Ushiromiya]

I have been playing this game too long. I spent 1000's on subs fantasias and goodies in the store. I have lost every house lotto that has happened. I think enix has shit ideas with the lotto. Let us click the sign again at least we knew we had a shot! Enix sucks! I've unsubbed and packed any of my things up. Thanks for all the losses! /middle finger/

Skill issue lol

[Jojoya]

Skill

I don't think that word means what you think it means. You use it a lot when it doesn't apply to the situation.

[PredatoryCatgirl]

I don't think that word means what you think it means. You use it a lot when it doesn't apply to the situation.

He's a troll.