REQUEST: Replace the Current Land Purchase Mechanic With A Weighted Lottery

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TL;DR in bold.

This suggestion isn't to solve the issue of housing availability in its designed exclusivity. It is an alternative solution to the disrespectful waste of player time that is the current land purchasing process.

As it stands, a player is expected to spend a copious amount of real world time attempting to purchase land. Instead of requiring that players spend the better part of a day standing in one place, clicking over and over monotonously, just for the random chance to have the ability to purchase land; simply allow the player to queue up and then go about their play session.

Please replace the current land purchase mechanic with a random queue (or rng roll) that is weighted based on the overall amount of time a player has spent in queues for land purchases (purchase experience if you will), WHILE ALSO giving priority to those without property (private or fc). Make it so that a player must be online to queue and win purchasing rights. If a player, leaves the game during queue, they are dequeued (after a small grace period).

Again, this isn't a request to change current housing availability or the random timer. It is simply an improvement for a more respectful, and efficient use of player time.

If not this solution, then PLEASE improve the land purchasing process somehow to remedy this egregious misuse of player time. Thank you.

UPDATE: Apparently there's a limit to how much you can post in a day (or something else is up; but browser is telling me "New forum post cannot be made due to either you have reached to your daily limit or your main character's level is not high enough."). So I'll just have to respond daily in batches as I can. I am reading your responses though. - 5/8/21

UPDATE #2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO - THE FINAL UPDATE, AN END TO AN ERA:

All, I'm done responding to this post. I will concede that the community is just as responsible as the devs for this issue, although the devs initially created this issue and it is their responsibility to fix it.

I say this not because you disagree with me or my solution, but because you choose to defend the current mechanic and discourage innovation. Many of you openly admit that you don't want the system to improve solely because you believe it would lower your chances of participating. Until that changes, and the devs are held accountable, the system will not improve. A cynical mind would say they are well aware of this, which is why nothing will change.

Most of you don't read the initial post or any of my comments before you respond to the word "lottery."

So I'll leave it to you. My idea, that would save countless player hours, is out in the void. Good day. -6/4/21