Empty FC Wards

[Jojoya]

Image says it all, why are personal houses relegated to second class when all of these weren't even bid on? Am I going to have to make my own FC with dummy members just to get a house?

Answer to first question - SE didn't want to start the lottery with wards being split based on individual world needs so every world was hit with a worst case scenario split. They'll switch those some of the FC wards to personal in a few months if there are any left that haven't been filled by shell FCs.

Answer to second question - shell FCs been the way to get priority housing in the game since 4.2. You don't have to do it, but it's a lot harder to get a house if you don't. FCs will always have advantage due to the FC only content locked behind house ownership.

Going to go out on a limb and say that sanctuary islands are going to cover personal housing needs. So they made wards mostly FC locked.

Island Sanctuary is not housing.

LOL

You guys do know, that hundreds, even thousands of plots got blocked thanks to a game-breaking bug?!

You do know that on many worlds, half the FC plots had no bids at all don't you?

I counted up my ward yesterday as the initial chaos was going on. Out of 60 houses, 27 did not have any bids at all. Only 7 houses had a winning number of 0. My ward is half empty because there weren't enough potential buyers and other wards are in similar shape.

The ward OP displays is probably in a similar state.

Fair. It might allow for gardening though. Which would make apartments fine.

YoshiP stressed that Island Sanctuary is non-competitive. Gardening is competitive content due to the marketboard.

We know it has some form of gathering but it's not going to be anything we currently have available. More likely that gathering will be used to gain resources to upgrade features on the Island or to support other Island specific content.

Far better to stop hoping that Island Sanctuary is some sort of housing feature solution. On the very remote chance if does turn out to be, you'll have a pleasant surprise.

They said once the first round was done they would evaluate the data on a per world basis, based off demand/need and readjust the numbers and wards accordingly. Obviously if they see like 75% of the wards are for FC and only 1-2 wards are claimed or some such non sense they will open up more for personal use. But FC come first as they should.

I don't recall them saying it would happen after the first round, just that they could make changes in the future if they feel there's a need.

It also wouldn't make sense to do it after the first round. A second round would be needed so those who competed against other FCs and lost got another chance.

[Voidedge_Ragna]

Of course their empty, which FC would go for a small if they know their still there next week and not go for a large or at least medium. Next lottery the houses with nicer location will go and eventually it will fizzle out to "whats left", you go down the prio list, if this remains for 4-5 lotto weeks they should open it this will depend largely on server however.

[Jojoya]

For those who think it's that empty due to the 0 bug, I checked out that subdivision.

Five houses had bids but are unclaimed. Being from off world, it only lets me view the entry information on the placard but not the results so I can't say how many got hit with the 0 bug and how many are just unclaimed.

There was an additional house that has no entry information and states it is not available for purchase. I'm assuming it was claimed then relinquished.

The remaining houses all had 0 entries. So it's not the bug making that ward look so empty. It really is that empty from a lack of interested FCs.

[BellBixbite]

For those who think it's that empty due to the 0 bug, I checked out that subdivision.

Five houses had bids but are unclaimed. Being from off world, it only lets me view the entry information on the placard but not the results so I can't say how many got hit with the 0 bug and how many are just unclaimed.

There was an additional house that has no entry information and states it is not available for purchase. I'm assuming it was claimed then relinquished.

The remaining houses all had 0 entries. So it's not the bug making that ward look so empty. It really is that empty from a lack of interested FCs.

Lack of FCs bidding on what size houses? Like before woth a lotto go big and then trickle down when you don't get what you want.

[cayleigh]

I can’t speak for your world but the main reason why the fc wards are empty right now on Mateus is cause we did bid on houses for the fc but most of us got 0 and no one won the house cause of the bug. It’s really quite annoying.

[Silhouettic]

Do we have any idea when the FC wards will be open to personal housing? I wandered through one of the FC wards that had not a single house and the only properties with bids were the large. Nobody even LOOKING at the mediums. I get why they waited but even on a brand new server folks knew the demand for FC large would be at highest and chose to gamble vs take a medium.

[EthanXdeath]

Going to go out on a limb and say that sanctuary islands are going to cover personal housing needs. So they made wards mostly FC locked.

Island sanctuary is not and I repeat is not going to be housing in any way shape or form. It's literally a place for your minions to roam and for you to garden, Yoshi P has said he wants everyone to lower their expectations regarding it. So no this is not the reason they are FC locked.

[Masenko]

Obivously it's because nobody wants anything other than Large houses.

[Amenara]

Do we have any idea when the FC wards will be open to personal housing? I wandered through one of the FC wards that had not a single house and the only properties with bids were the large. Nobody even LOOKING at the mediums. I get why they waited but even on a brand new server folks knew the demand for FC large would be at highest and chose to gamble vs take a medium.

My copium is that they will look at the ward allocations in 6.15, but I honestly don't expect anything till 6.2 at the earliest, so August-ish. I think the reason everyone skipped medium and went for large is that they knew that this was the only shot at getting a large house, so might as well try for it. You kinda answered your own thought in a way, if no one bid on mediums then they are all available for the next round so they can get one then.

[LaylaTsarra]

Image says it all, why are personal houses relegated to second class when all of these weren't even bid on? Am I going to have to make my own FC with dummy members just to get a house?

When they opened Twintania and Spriggan in the EU only FC's were allowed to buy for months. At least here they allowed both although I'll agree the split is bad in my opinion. And yes if you want too you can make a small FC and bid on a house although you have to wait at least 30 days before you can bid.