I felt extremely lucky to have got a house because with my internet speed, I wasn't going to be able to finish downloading the patch on time. I had to use my almost all of my phone's data to speed it up. And that data allowance happened to reset today. Patch and new data allowance on the same day.

Then the launcher actually responded me quickly. I got some connection error twice while trying to get in, and both threw me out of queue, but at least I never went back to the launcher. On the third try after a reduced queue it hanged for a while and then I connected and loaded pretty fast in Kugane.

I wasn't the first one to log in leviathan. When I logged in I heard at least 3 people using the aetheryte. So, I selected the Aetheryte. The first time I selected the wrong choice, fuck. Cancel, try again, this time I selected housing wards. First thing I do is check somewhere in the middle of the list for wards if my house is still on sale. Still on sale, check subdivision because maybe people will look at those at the end, also on sale. So I select 9th ward as teleport destination

When I arrive at the dock at Shirogane I see like two people running to the mini aetheryte, one of them summoned a mount. I just hit sprint and run to the aetheyrite and select quickly my destination with the help of a pictured of the teleport menu with my destinations highlighted.

After I teleport I turn my camera quickly 180 degrees because I already knew that the house I wanted was behind me from where you spawn at that aetheryte. Still with sprint effect kept running with no one around in sight. Probably I could had gotten the mansion, but I thought it was too big for me, and that wasn't the time to deviate from the plan.

At the placard I navigate all the menus quickly and without any bugs showing up those golden letters that appear when you unlock something marked the end of the struggle. Just like that Shirogane Ultimate was over, flawless victory.

So with third world internet, and a soon to be 6 years old PC I managed to grab a house. At least the sleep over was worth. Although sometimes it feels bittersweet because so many people didn't even stand a chance. It's just beyond belief this is fine for SE.