Limit housing bids for FCs

[MicahZerrshia]

I know myself that I won’t be touching WoW’s housing until we get Nelf/Belf specific stuff.

idk if you have seen or its been said, but Blood Elf and Night Elf designs are coming at housing launch as well as orc and human, with all other races are being added later. Silvermoon is also getting an overhaul.

[BloodiedTongues]

I'm going to have to disagree with this argument purely by stating the obvious opposite argument.

If your suggestion is entertained, then we will start having large FCs coming in here complaining that they have 30, 40, 100 man FCs that are constantly losing to 4 man FCs and how unfair that is. That they should be allowed to bid with all of their active members, and that allowing some small 4 man FC to have the same bidding power is unfair when they have 100 active members daily who have no house to hang out at.

The truth of the matter is, Carfoutis's argument is the better argument. Benefiting 100 people is a better net result than benefiting 4.

(As a related note, I notice a LOT of arguments on this housing forum are made by people that want changes that specifically benefit just them, but when analyzed as a whole, would hurt the large majority of player base. No change should ever be made that benefits a small number of people while hurting a much larger percentage of people. This suggestion is just another like that.)

So, whilst I can't deny that I do want a better chance for my benefit, I have stated that from both angles, it's pretty unfair to lose to a large or small FC based on bids. It's why I've also noted a good couple of times that limiting it for everyone would still be more fair than 40 vs like 3 people. I also stated that one of my other main gripes is places where FCs already own a house and just want to move for the sake of moving

idk if you have seen or its been said, but Blood Elf and Night Elf designs are coming at housing launch as well as orc and human, with all other races are being added later. Silvermoon is also getting an overhaul.

I have seen! I mean the zones themselves. I know Silvermoon is getting an overhaul, i'm a terrible elf enjoyer so most if not all elf content is beamed directly into my cranium. I mean zones like Eversong, Ashenvale, Suramar, I'm weak. But i'll try not to get too off topic with my pointy enjoying self.

[MicahZerrshia]

I have seen! I mean the zones themselves. I know Silvermoon is getting an overhaul, i'm a terrible elf enjoyer so most if not all elf content is beamed directly into my cranium. I mean zones like Eversong, Ashenvale, Suramar, I'm weak. But i'll try not to get too off topic with my pointy enjoying self.

Totally get it, I am almost always elves myself. Almost all my WoW characters are elves and those that are not are only something else because elves cannot be that class. I am super excited for the Silvermood redo, the pics I have seen look amazing

[ShadowyZero]

i think they should just add more FC only wards to the districts i think this would help alleviate some of the multiple bidder concerns and allow for people to have more chances at obtainment.

[Solowing]

After the first big lottery takes place.If no one claims it, it should become open to pvt ownership

[sharpshooter4929]

I think FC's that represent more active people should in fact get more votes, as more people will benefit from having the house.

System is working as intended. FC's more deserving of a house and in a greater need that can positively benefit more people, can provide more lotto entries.

I absolutely agree with you!!

[Shistar]

I think the system couldn't be more fair, honestly.

Yes, of course it sucks that a large FC can bid 5+ more times than you, but keep in mind you need to have 5+ different accounts (you can't bid with your alts, the game is aware of which characters are and aren't yours) and the full price for every single bid.
So take the price of the house and multiply it by the amount of accounts in your FC that have been there for over 30 days = the amount of money you need to place as many bids as humanly possible for your FC.

In my old FC's case it was 7 accounts, which turned out to be 350M total because we were going for a 50M mansion.

You have to have all that gil at the same time and distribute the appropriate amount between everyone to bid (you should also make sure you trust these people to not run away with your gil). When you have a lot of bids you can place, it's also important to place them asap to intimidate others into choosing a different plot. That is why people will often advise you to wait until the last possible moment to bid on a house, since everyone is done with their bid dumping and you can see which house has the least competition.

[MAJRIS]

... you need to have 5+ different accounts (you can't bid with your alts, the game is aware of which characters are and aren't yours)

that works only for private bids.

on fc bids you can bid with 8 characters on the same fc plot

[Rinoa_353]

that works only for private bids.

on fc bids you can bid with 8 characters on the same fc plot

That only works when you don't own a personal plot, you get the error if you try bidding with any other character besides the one that owns the personal plot.

[Divinemights]

that works only for private bids.

on fc bids you can bid with 8 characters on the same fc plot

The assumption that an FC with 100 members automatically has 100 potential bids is a major misconception.
In reality, most FCs only have a small group of truly active “core” members, in which often just a dozen or so.
At best, you’ll get a handful of bids from this core group.

Many of the other members either aren’t interested in housing, don’t participate in bidding, or simply lack the gills to contribute.
On top of that, if a core member already owns an FC plot on an alternate character, they are not eligible to place another bid.
When people lose a lottery, they often look at the winning FC’s roster and assume every member participated, but that’s just judging from the surface.
Large plots usually attract more than 100 bids, so this misconception that FC size equals bid power is really far off the mark.