Thoughts on Relocation removal

[FrogDog]

Wondering what everyone else thinks about this. I find it really disheartening and think it's a really bad decision. Strictly speaking the feature isn't removed but this is basically the same thing.

This seems like the end of the concept of housing as a ladder you progress through. The prospect of relocating to an available medium or large is already extremely rare, but it might as well be impossible after this.

At this point they should just make every housing ward use the lottery system. With no prospect of ever getting a medium or large home I think I'll bow out of housing entirely now. Here's to hoping that they'll ever do something with apartment sizes.

[StriderShinryu]

I don't see any issue with the changes at all. Buying a random small just because you could take advantage of a loop hole to skip the queue into a "better" small or a bigger plot always felt like an unintended process. And it's not that you can't relocate, you just don't get any special privelege for wanting to do so.

The only issue I see with the system is that they're still not allowing alts to be registered as part owners (or some form of special guest) in a house that you do own.

[Penthea]

The only issue I see with the system is that they're still not allowing alts to be registered as part owners (or some form of special guest) in a house that you do own.

Yea SE did express interest in introducing that feature and I was hoping to see it in EW but given they said nothing about it at all it seems not yet Though there is a chance some server voodoo would need to be done to enable a feature like that to be added, and well the recent enormous influx of new players causing congestion issues could have forced them to put that feature aside for the moment. I hope that's the case.

I have mixed feelings about this entire new purchasing system. I will say I am glad that SE did their best to make sure the lottery cannot be abused...well unless you own several accounts but there really isn't anything they can do about that.

I think I'll save my thoughts on this until I see exactly what Island Sanctuaries will provide. If they provide a house you can decorate at least as well as the current houses, then the new buying systems are going to be a significantly smaller issue than they appear to be right now.

[SchwarzwaelderTorte]

I think I'll save my thoughts on this until I see exactly what Island Sanctuaries will provide. If they provide a house you can decorate at least as well as the current houses, then the new buying systems are going to be a significantly smaller issue than they appear to be right now.

I've shared this thread on a housing discord server and it seems that a lot of people are putting their expectations on Island Sanctuaries, despite very little information being shared about them. Hopefully it is as you say, and it will live up to people's hopes, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't as ambitious as everyone is making it seem to be (or that more complex features such as housing will be added much, much later). Who knows, though! I'm excited to see what they're about either way.

[Arazehl]

I think it's a great idea. Puts the relocator's on fair footing with the first time buyers. Yes I already have my house. This is good to see.

[MarniDawg]

I came to post about this. I can't say I'm a fan. My friend and I both own a house but it's not in the area we want. We had planned on relocating to be next to each other in shirogane and the odds of us winning a house next to each other are insane now.

I can understand why they wanted to do it this way but here's hoping they leave a ward or two first come first serve so we can realize our dream.

[MizArai]

I came to post about this. I can't say I'm a fan. My friend and I both own a house but it's not in the area we want. We had planned on relocating to be next to each other in shirogane and the odds of us winning a house next to each other are insane now.

I can understand why they wanted to do it this way but here's hoping they leave a ward or two first come first serve so we can realize our dream.

Even if there are first come first serve wards, you'll have to wait out the invisible timers and get lucky winning houses next to each other. Best of luck to you. :-(

[Arazehl]

Even if there are first come first serve wards, you'll have to wait out the invisible timers and get lucky winning houses next to each other. Best of luck to you. :-(

I am not sure he stated that upon the intial release of the Empyreum housing district 6.1, that the brand new plots that are first come/first served will be on a timer. Only the plots in the other districts will go on a timer if players relinquish land to move to Empyreum when it launches or a different district. If he did I missed it.

[Lissandra]

I am not sure he stated that upon the intial release of the Empyreum housing district 6.1, that the brand new plots that are first come/first served will be on a timer. Only the plots in the other districts will go on a timer if players relinquish land to move to Empyreum when it launches or a different district. If he did I missed it.

He never mentioned that as far as I am aware. To me, first come first served should never be on a timer since they are fresh plots. Just have there be more lottery-based plots than FCFS.

[Arazehl]

He never mentioned that as far as I am aware. To me, first come first served should never be on a timer since they are fresh plots. Just have there be more lottery-based plots than FCFS.

Yeah I think you're right.