Do the new housing plots seem smaller ?

[LaylaTsarra]

If you want to compare plots take a look at the houses in the Firmament ward and not those in the empty wards available to lotto purchase on the 12th. I think you'll find they are basically the same size.

[Illmaeran]

It's inflation and the cost of space in The City On The Pillar.

[deadman1204]

I'll be happy just to get one, I don't care how small it is.

I've wanted to garden for years! I'll take any bit of land heh

[Jojoya]

I'm not so sure the 2nd will be a large one. Unlike FCFS releases in the past (like the three new wards) where there was a large number of small owners who could upgrade instantly. This time will be people trying to relocate in the 1 time per 9 day window AND mixed in with every homeless person and their dog on those same more desirable plots.

The chances will be miniscule to get a medium or large as a relocation, when so many homeless will try for them too, and that means less plots in the second pass. I think on NA servers the 2nd lottery will be around 1%, so 14 properties. Maybe less.

I suspect the number in round two will be in the 150-200 range on most worlds. I know a lot of players and a few FCs looking to relocate not necessarily to upgrade but because they like the Ishgard aesthetic more than what they currently have. New owners should get the bulk of the Empyreum plots but relocators will still manage to snag some.

The big question is going to be how that number will be split between plots in FC wards and plots in personal wards. Some worlds might be evenly split, other worlds might have the balance heavily weighted toward one type. It's going to feel bad for players trying to get a personal house if the majority of what's available in round two on their world is marked for FCs or vice versa.

[Starshower]

The space is the same, that red square is not actually the size of the house, it'll adjust once you put the actual house in. Everything will be fine.

[Shibi]

I suspect the number in round two will be in the 150-200 range on most worlds. I know a lot of players and a few FCs looking to relocate not necessarily to upgrade but because they like the Ishgard aesthetic more than what they currently have. New owners should get the bulk of the Empyreum plots but relocators will still manage to snag some.

While they might like to, mathematically I am not sure they can.

Base chance is maybe 1% assuming only 50% of a NA server enter.

Relocators will be aiming to the Mediums and Larges in many cases.

1440 houses in Emperium - 200 relocates means that 13.8% will be going to relocators.
But there are 456 Large and Mediums - 200 relocates means that 43.8% will be going to relocators.

Lets assume a few goblet 52 will want smalls, relocators getting 30% to be generous instead of 43.8%. That's 30 times higher than the base chance of 1%.

I can't see 1 in 3 properties going to existing owners when the base chance is 1%.

1% means... 14 or so properties in the second round.