Can the dev's please change how we buy houses?

[Ravaenous]

I just spent 7 hours spamming a placard trying to get a small house on my server and it got to point where I had to give up because it was physically harming my body. I realized that after I had given up that means I've given up on all housing because there's no way I can spend hours on end if another house opens up, my body is physically not able to do that even if I had the time in the day to do so. Please, take a look at the housing system and make changes because there are people who physically cannot try to purchase a house. I even have a few suggestions, some that are better than others obviously.

1. Remove the random timer. I know this is the worst on the list because the random timer is put in place to stop people from selling houses, but even with the random timer people still sell houses so it doesn't really do anything.

2. Lower the random timer. Currently I've heard it's anywhere from 30 minutes to 22 hours people might have to wait...22 hours? That is not okay at all. Maybe make it a maximum of 8 or 10 hours, but nowhere near 20 hours because there will be those people who sit there until they get it, someone else gets it, or someone relocates...that can cause a lot of harm to someone's body.

3. Make a "lottery" system. This one is what I wish our game had, and I'm surprised the team did not make it this way in the first place. Basically, a house goes up on the market, people notice this and they have to go with the right amount of gil in their inventory and hit purchase. When they hit purchase the gil is taken and they're notified that the winner will be drawn at a later time, for this I think 24 hours is fair. The winner will be randomly drawn and those who do not win can either pick their gil up at the housing NPC or they can get it mailed back to them, whatever is more feasible. Also, players can't enter the lottery for more than one house at a time, this means they can't enter the lottery for one house and go to another house and enter that lottery at the same time. This honestly would be the best way since it gives everyone a fair chance, people can go to work, go to school, sleep, eat, play the game...they can do something other than standing around and suffering.

I know none of these ideas will be implemented and I know that this post doesn't change anything...I just felt like I had to say something because I wanted a house but my body is physically unable to try and buy a house and I'm not the only one who is in this situation.

[Mew_FC]

There used to be a fair system... but players complained that acquiring enough gil wasn't good enough. So now all you aspiring home-owners have to literally waste your free time away when you could have previously enjoyed the game as it is in order to acquire a house.

[thrashette]

I transferred from Malboro, where I had tons of plots to choose from and could just click buy at my leisure. Not sure if it's still like that over there. But coming over to Behemoth was kind of a shock. I didn't even know that the random timer was a "thing."

Shortly before the expansion, I made it my goal to nab a house. I ended up hurting my hand so much clicking the placard that I had to wear a wrist brace to play the expansion. Still have to wear a compression glove just to use the computer.

So I had to give that up, but here's what I did: I parked myself in front of an empty plot before the pre-expansion 24-hour maintenance. To my surprise, no one else was there when the server kicked me. I got into the login queue pretty quickly on early access launch, and I was able to buy my plot! It's not a bad one either. Right next to where my old one was on Malboro, so I feel very at home.

Now, this was a unique situation-- most people were logging out near questgivers before the expansion. Also, 24-hour maintenances aren't common. But I think being patient and waiting for any sort of moderate server downtime definitely pays off. As it stands, the system is too tedious and painful, especially if many others are competing for the same plot.

[PopRocks]

I sat today for hours in front of the one plot on my entire server that was empty per chance, waiting for it to be, "freed up". Then one other person. Then five. Then 8. It's an FC buying it for themselves. They all had private houses. I have nada. Seriously. This system is ridiculous. Your amount doesn't meet demand. It's as unfair as it is a punishment to the people pumping money in every month.

[Dreamsoap]

I just don't understand why, if they really want to keep it this way, why not add more wards? It's ridiculous. I can't really justify no lifing a click farm like this just to get a house.

[RikuShieran]

This is easily one of the most embarassingly awful systems I've ever seen in a videogame, partially because of the server limitations. I understand it's probably hard to load that much information so many times over but... Jeez, man.

I've spent a few hours doing the same you did. Not only did I spend my day off doing this, I managed to not get it, with a nice little bonus of getting taunted by the player that actually snagged it. It's humiliating.

Housing takes up no small amount of resources and I'm willing to be a nice chunk of our subscription. It now feels dirty to think that after 6 or so years straight of playing this game, I'm paying so that other people can enjoy content that I'm locked away from. Come Eden, I most definitely won't have time to sit and camp houses either.

It's tempting to say SE doesn't care. I'm trying not to get cynical about it, but it's been YEARS now.

[Nims]

I'm dealing with this now. I think making a RNG timer that no one can see to prevent what some people were doing (that are still doing it) is ridiculous. Why prevent so many innocent people from buying a house if it's available?

It's one thing if I can't get a house because they're all taken, I'm completely fine with that. But a random RNG timer where we have to sit here? In a pay to play game? Not okay.

[ern815]

I just don't understand why, if they really want to keep it this way, why not add more wards? It's ridiculous. I can't really justify no lifing a click farm like this just to get a house.

They claim not enough server space to open more wards, I believe. Very much the same reason why there's no intention to add glamour dressers in our rooms.

[Losara]

They claim not enough server space to open more wards, I believe. Very much the same reason why there's no intention to add glamour dressers in our rooms.

The glamour dresser issue is because of a problem associating the glamour dresser with an individual. I think SE said it might be possible adding them to apartments since only one person can own an apartment spot at any point in time but houses have quite a lot of restrictions on them.

Will be interested to see how SE handles this.

[Vaell]

A lottery system is an awful awful idea. It should be first come first serve. If you aren't there when the timer opens, well better luck next time. I think the timer on new opened housing is fine, its just intensified by the housing crisis and the demand being faaaaaar larger than the number of plots available. They should just future proof housing with 30 wards and be done with it already. Never have to touch it again. Server capacity is not a valid excuse with the massive amount of money they get from subs. They could easily increase it, they just aren't doing it.