Such devastation... this was NOT my intention...

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I will concede, this is one step in the right direction AND two steps backwards. RMT is negligibly being curbed, and the problem of placard spamming is solved... and being replaced by more arbitration, less agency, and an even greater overall time investment in the system. Heckin' why.

At this point, I'm not surprised. Many assumed a lotto system would be a bandaid fix, and given the way they're haphazardly implementing the system it's even worse than that. All this, for a system that is arbitrarily gated by designed exclusivity, one that could easily be remedied by a dynamically allocated neighborhood system. There is no feasible technical reason or limitation for everyone in the game not to be able to purchase a house in a shared neighborhood, other than incompetence (or sadism).

This is the quality product that you're receiving after having been charged a retail box price, a sub fee, and absorbent micro-transaction fees for cost-less services.

What do we have to look forward to though? Why, the latest, greatest expansion featuring more content gated behind gofer quests, talking head slice of life cut-scenes using in game emotes, and (a crowd favorite!) aether currents.

Abysmal.