Suggestion For housing

[RobbyBunny]

As someone who just recently gave up his house, if more housing and/or instanced housing isn't an option then I'd very much be all for a lottery system. Far more fair, less inconvenient and impossible to abuse. No longer would I have to sit and spam a placard waiting for an arbitrary invisible timer to tick away just because people want to abuse the current housing system, I can actually play the game and not waste my paid sub time! Amazing thought.

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

How exactly would it make the issue worse? Right now we have many players standing around at a placard, most of them running a keyboard macro, to try and secure the plot for hours on end. At least this way you can place your name down and go off and actually play the game. I fail to see any scenario where the lotto system would make the situation worse than it already is

Simple in the end someone can get the plot and evently you will get 1 but a loto system would screw everyone every single day.
so right now u might have a 1 in 50 chance if they used loto you would have a 1-9000 chance lol almost noone wins the loto in golden saucer for housing no..

and if they did add this id support the game being deleted permanently..

[Flu]

Simple in the end someone can get the plot and evently you will get 1 but a loto system would screw everyone every single day.
so right now u might have a 1 in 50 chance if they used loto you would have a 1-9000 chance lol almost noone wins the loto in golden saucer for housing no..

and if they did add this id support ddos

yea... no it wouldn't change the odds at all. You'd still have to go and put your name in at the available plot so you would have the same amount of characters entered into the lotto as it is now

[Paladinleeds]

yea... no it wouldn't change the odds at all. You'd still have to go and put your name in at the available plot so you would have the same amount of characters entered into the lotto as it is now

I'm assuming though that more people would try to do that versus sitting at a placard all day until the timer runs out. Thus it would mean lower odds of winning.

[Flu]

I'm assuming though that more people would try to do that versus sitting at a placard all day until the timer runs out. Thus it would mean lower odds of winning.

Possibly yes, but they would still have to be checking to find an open plot within the timer. And either way this would not create more anger, this would lessen it. The only people I could even see getting more angry are the folks sitting at the Placards now and running a macro.

[RobbyBunny]

Simple in the end someone can get the plot and evently you will get 1 but a loto system would screw everyone every single day.
so right now u might have a 1 in 50 chance if they used loto you would have a 1-9000 chance lol almost noone wins the loto in golden saucer for housing no..

and if they did add this id support ddos

With all due respect, you cannot compare housing to the golden saucer, that's a designed lottery, designed specifically around minimizing the number of winners. A raffle system in housing wouldn't be bad at all, there's no inherent scarcity to uphold. You'd keep the current limits in place (lvl 50, 1 per character, ect), but rather than an arbitrary hidden timer you purchase a 'ticket' and then the gil is earmarked for 24-48 hours and then if you don't win, the gil is returned and you try again. Sure RNG is frustrating but so is standing around a placard for twelve hours alongside fifteen others as they spam a placard only for a random stranger walking buy to get the plot. Whilst other try to trade block you from buying the property. It stops people from actually being able to play the game they pay for.

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

With all due respect, you cannot compare housing to the golden saucer, that's a designed lottery, designed specifically around minimizing the number of winners. A raffle system in housing wouldn't be bad at all, there's no inherent scarcity to uphold. You'd keep the current limits in place (lvl 50, 1 per character, ect), but rather than an arbitrary hidden timer you purchase a 'ticket' and then the gil is earmarked for 24-48 hours and then if you don't win, the gil is returned and you try again. Sure RNG is frustrating but so is standing around a placard for twelve hours alongside fifteen others as they spam a placard only for a random stranger walking buy to get the plot. Whilst other try to trade block you from buying the property. It stops people from actually being able to play the game they pay for.

its not stoping you from playing the game

you are choosing to not play the game for something ment for roleplayers which honestly is playing the game for them.

Just buy an apartment if not a roleplayer a apartment should be good enough for you lol

[Yllania]

its not stoping you from playing the game

you are choosing to not play the game for something ment for roleplayers which honestly is playing the game for them.

Just buy an apartment if not a roleplayer a apartment should be good enough for you lol

Why should I be denied a house because I dont want to stand there clicking a sign for what can be 24 hours. Also they are not just for rpers what are you even on about

[Flu]

its not stoping you from playing the game

you are choosing to not play the game for something ment for roleplayers which honestly is playing the game for them.

Just buy an apartment if not a roleplayer a apartment should be good enough for you lol

you cant garden in an apartment

[Thamorian]

It would make it more fair between those trying to get a house. If Person A is on a PS4 and person B is on PC with a macro keyboard, Person A is at a disadvantage when it comes to clicking the board. Person B could set up a keyboard macro (even though its against ToS) and just spam placard while being AFK.

Though at the same time, taking the time and willingness to sit at a placard in itself shows a person probably wants the house more than a group of people who come by and simply deposit gil for a lotto chance at the house. Instead of 1 to 3 (the number of people I see on average competing for a small house on Gilgamesh) people sitting at a placard spamming it for several house (thuse giving 100%-33% chance at getting the house if all else is considered fair), with a lotto system where people only need to drop by once and deposit and then leave, then you would have to compete against a unknown larger number of players for the house. As long as you got the gil, it doesn't take any work to enter your lotto chance so why not go for it mentality?