Quote Originally Posted by Vultureann1 View Post
So I have read all the tips and I get scared with the minute (i really want a house :-)).

If I boil everything down it goes like this:
- Check out what house(s) you want
- Do several practice runs from the local aetheryte (includ. possible alternatives from primary house), best use speed run as using mount costs too much time.

On the day:
- log out in any ward near the NPC
- download patch as soon as possible
- In Europe, Brussels time, maintenance is done at noon, so is it best to start checking
11.30 on if you can enter? Or really only from noon?
- when back in, run to NPC and choose new ward
- In the new ward run to aetheryte and go to your ward and speed run
Click or Num(0) or whatever on placard

Did I miss a step??
Also how do you use elusive jump for this? the jump is backwards, are you supposed to jump backward through the wards?

Getting more and more nervous with the minute.
You got the gist of it. Historically the servers have been booted up on the hour (they know people would be upset if they opened early) but it's really worth consistently checking about 10mn ahead and mashing that in the last 2mn.
With the official launcher, you should be able to refresh by going to the world list then back to the login. Should be a little faster than rebooting the game. Someone else can weigh in here.

Elusive jump would require you to look behind you a split second so the jump propels you forward. Might be harder to do based on your control scheme. If it's a pain just sprint.

Keep in mind that any number of things could go wrong, a slow login could lead to a 15mn queue (why I suggested practicing moving through the character selection menus), abrupt disconnects, etc. etc.. It's worthwhile logging in with friends so that they can guide you to the proper cities/wards that still have plots open in the event you got unlucky.