Quote Originally Posted by Darkstride View Post
Personally I still prefer the lottery, but neither method is ideal or will make everyone happy.
Yup, having been through the various housing system changes, I'll take the lottery every day.
When it was first come, first serve - bots would vacuum up all the available plots
When it was hidden RNG timer- bots, people using third party tools was the norm because the alternative was carpal tunnel syndrome.
And when instant relocation was a thing - you guessed it - bots would relocate into the mediums/larges

Ultimately, the fault lies with SE for going with artificial scarcity with the limited ward housing system.

Neighborhoods are dead on most servers including heavily populated servers like Balmung.

As players we should constantly ask SE for a housing system where every player can get their dream house.

Other MMOs have done this and SE has demonstrated technical capability with Island Sanctuary.