Thread: Support for FCFS housing in 6.1

Originally Posted by Shibi

I don't think I can get a prime plot, in fact I am steeling myself not to get anything at all. But I started at level 1 on my OCE main, and I've collected:


On top, I've given away a few million to friends to help them reach their smalls.

How? Selling Leather, Ore, Diadem mats, and I chain-ran healing leveling dungeons for a month and sold the Materia X / Materia IX on the MB - Granted it's dropped off a lot recently, plus I am not logging in as much and when I do. I now do zero healing, the news of lottery only was too sad for me.

Getting gil isn't hard if you know what is needed by other people, and don't buy glams. And knowing what people will want is just experience.

I hope you do manage to get one. At least you've demonstrated the potential is there and you're as prepared as you can be.

Originally Posted by HuaTuo

I thought the OP was to voice support of FCFS as a feedback, not the opposite? If you don't agree, just make your own post to voice feedback for the opposite? I for one am heavily for FCFS system on at least SOME wards. And totally against ALL lottery. Im sure SE wanted lottery from the get-go and only gave us false hope for FCFS in the weeks running up to producer letter to minimize the blow-back from the community in favor of FCFS. Yes, we would change our sleep patterns, and cut every corner to get the plot and as for the people who made some questionable choices in their lives to be in position when they cannot set aside a specific time-frame (probably not more than 10-20mins) known weeks ahead due to job commitments and such, well, you will still have the chance to enter the lottery, isn't it. I think lottery really sucks, and even more so on Materia, where ALL housing will open all at once (that's some 7500-ish houses per world)

You don't get to dictate who can participate in a discussion and what they're allowed to say. Dissenting opinion is just as valid as agreement. All SE asks is that we keep our posts more or less on topic.

I agree that SE probably was already favoring lottery when they announced it because FCFS has too much potential for exploits bots and RMT. As I've pointed out elsewhere, there's still room for FCFS on worlds where demand is so low that plots remain empty even after a couple of lottery periods. Because players would not need to resort to bots or RMT to buy houses on those worlds, FCFS would be safe to use. If all those plot did fill up later, SE could switch back to the lottery.

So we look to Materia over the next month. What will actually happen with housing on the Materia worlds? Some believe there are already too many players and FCs, and that everything will sell out. Others think there are almost no players eligible to buy and the wards will remain mostly empty. It's a learning experience for all of us, and hopefully SE will take those lessons to heart when it's time to open the new worlds for EU and NA this summer.