Quote Originally Posted by Vladmiere View Post
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Control to the top of what? Everyone has control over if they have the gil to purchase, when and how they log in and how they want to get to the plot to purchase it. Nothing about the game content influences that, what does is network and server load but thats a different topic. You started this thread about housing availability not flipping. These are two separate problems and need to be addressed separately but your lottery does nothing to stop flipping either, it just changes who can do it.

I did not say players had to move but if players chose to remain on a known overpopulated server then those players need to deal with the consequences, such as increased competition for resources and longer queue times when the server is busy. SE never forced anyone to stay on Balmung and they've been trying (perhaps ineffectually) to get people to stop converging there for years. Also, housing prices have been the same across all servers since 3.3, that isn't a valid argument anymore. There is also a rush around everything when its first released in this game, housing is no different in this regard. The main difference is there is a limited supply of housing compared to other items. Either way, the casual nature of this game doesn't really have anything to do with that and has nothing to do with buying a house. If a player wants to try for the house, they have ways of doing so. Your lottery removes those options for no benefit to anyone. The only thing you're trying to do here is leverage a system to increase the chance for you or your friends to buy a house instead of letting them work to buy it along with everyone else.

Its unfair that people on an empty server have less competition than those on the most populated server? If its so unfair and housing is such a priority for you then move. Many people felt that way and did move when the transfer bonuses were implemented. Those that chose to stay were explicitly accepting the overcrowded nature of the world and all the consequences of such. By choosing to accept that you forfeit any claim on it being unfair compared to other worlds. You had the chance to move and declined. First come first serve is the only fair way for players to buy housing within the system as it is currently.

SE will not create a separate lottery for each server because that would be playing favorites and they won't do that. The only reason they've done it with the creation/transfer incentives is because they were worried about the health of their servers...which if they don't make that a priority, we don't have a game to play in. Housing comes nowhere near that level of importance.

How does the lottery change the price of housing? that's set by SE not the players and its uniform across all worlds. The price won't lower just because there's a lottery. If you're referring to house flipping again, the lottery won't change that either. Players can sell their plot for whatever they think they can get away with. That they got the plot from the lottery or standing in line changes nothing about that. Also, the people that are buying the plots now, have the same chance as everyone else to buy them, that also wouldn't change under the lottery because there's no way for SE to effectively stop them from entering and flipping.

And no, I think the current system is bad and does need an overhaul. I just think your lottery is worse.