So with the lottery fix

[Jybril]

Housing in this game is one of the biggest jokes lmao.
Shouldn't need a lottery system to own a virtual house LOL.

[sagacious]

I mean, my apartment is at its item limit fully decorated and I want a house so I can have a larger item limit and 2 floors...

I agree, I have a apt, same ward as my house is in, but I want to garden and send out subs and ships and I want a yard and a gazebo so yeah

[rainichan]

I came to similar conclusion after some time thinking about this too. As of now I'm seeing tons of the larges/mediums in 1st - 18th ward are already owned by FC folks, leaving almost all the small plots vacant. I'm kinda curious if they will eventually lift up the restriction to all those small plots in "FC-only"-wards after a while.

Did they ever mentioned anything like that before anywhere, like in LL?

Housing has always been meant more for FCs over personal, hence why in any new wards they've opened in the past, it was only open to FCs and relocations first, and then opened to personal housing later, beginning in SB (I grabbed mine in 3.3 or 3.4 when it was still a free for all at 3am before the change when FCs had trouble grabbing houses, fun times.) At this point I just want the devs to stop shell FCs/greedy multi-accounters from grabbing housing instead of FCs that don't belong to their main FC so they can reap the benefits of housing too :/

They've also mentioned that in FC-only wards, should a few lotto periods go and houses aren't bought up they'll open it up: "Wards can be individually designated as first come, first serve/lottery or free company/personal housing. It’s also possible, for instance, to change leftover plots in a free company-only ward to allow them to be purchased as personal estates." (source, bottom of the post) and on the housing info posted on 3/28: "* Methods of purchasing land and/or purchase availability may vary by World in future updates." so I'd imagine on a smaller patch like 6.18 or something after the lotto stuff is fixed and working, they may change the designation if no houses are bought in FC only wards. I do recall them saying they had the ability to change it on the backend without needing a maint from lotto to FCFS, so I wonder if it's possible to change the designation from FC-only to no restrictions without a maint as well. If so, give it a couple of lotto periods once they commence again in a couple weeks

[Xuled]

The new lottery system isn’t turning out to be the golden egg some thought it would be it seems. Oh well, off to maintain my two mansions.

[Illmaeran]

The new lottery system isn’t turning out to be the golden egg some thought it would be it seems.

I'd say it's the Golden Egg the player base needed, but not the one people hoping for less competition for a plot and who felt clicking a placard for hours or days on end made them more worthy of having a house wanted. We all got one try per character on each world. FCs all got one bid per character in that FC. Greater participation does equal lower chances of getting the prize, we all knew that going in. We also knew that the chance of getting a plot would decrease significantly as time passed, just like the Old Days of placard clicking the exceedingly few abandoned plots available.


I agree with the previous posters who say to check out apartments. Sure, they don't have a yard or garden like a house, but they're a whole ot better than nothing and are actually quite versatile if you take the time. I've enjoyed the hell out of decorating mine and use them daily. The 100 item limit in an apartment is actually pretty good. You're not going to get a much better space to item ratio than that, unless you're trying for an ultra-detailed space and would be blocking off half a small house to get an apartment sized area with 200 items....and at that point you're decorating an apartment, not a house.....

[Avidria]

Yeah I'm probably gonna just give up my house and toss my outdoor furniture at this point. Ishgard is where I've wanted to live since Heavensward.
I only kept the one I have for the garden and the relocation bonuses, but since the important bonus is gone and I have four friends who don't use their gardens... I mean no point stressing over needing to stay subbed for a house in a zone I don't want to be in in the first place I guess

Shame it can only go to an FC if I do leave though. Since the ward I'm in is FC locked now :/

[xenahawk]

Kill all hope, then you will never be disappointed. But yeah, the chances of getting a house now and in the future are basically slim to none. Many asked for this lottery, and they got exactly what I expected them to get. Reap what you sow and all of that.

Its not the lottery system thats the problem. Personally i feel the bidding period is way too long other then and the fact they made 75% fc house promoting players to either make a bogus fc to have a better chance for a house or to make it easier for people to buy and sell for teal money since fc housing was basically the work around for people that do that. Simple fact is whether you click a placard for hrs on end or buy into the lotto its just rng anyhow. You just feel a fake sense of greater control clicking a placard.

[ValkyriaCrystalis]

At first, I put a little hope on the lotery in order to finally grab a medium plot for my FC. But unfortunately, I lost the 1st time because another FB placed a bid (on last day) on the M plot I bid on first day (there was a M without any bid just besides but that's the game...).
With the timer up to 16th May, more and more people will fulfill the requirements for a FC house, so I think it will be very complicated to grab a M on the next lottery period.

I don't complain that much because I'm lucky to own a S for my FC since 2017, but still, what a missed opportunity ! I lost my first house last year due to a break and I had to enter the misery of the placard war, it wasn't fun at all...I prefer lottery because it's nice to just put your bid and go.
But in a few weeks, like many posters said here, it will be a nightmare to bid on a plot due to the high concurrence for a few plots.

I really hope SE will consider to open FC wards to individuals eventually, because yeah, apartments can be a start but if you really like to garden and to decorate, it's quite limited.

Many people are members of a FC, but most of the time, they can't have the fun with gardening and all if they are not the master or really close to that master. Before 2017, I was on a big FC on my server and I had never touched gardening or airships/submarines before making my own FC with some friends (who all stopped playing, unfortunately).

By the way, could somebody tell me if you can send more airships and submarines from a M house ? Currently on my S, is 4 ships that can be send. If it's the same number on M, I will thinking on just keeping my small eventually. (I looked up on internet but I found contradictory informations. Thanks in advance !).

[not_ya_wify]

Nobody ever abandoned a house because they thought getting another was easy

[Doc_Seraph]

Kupo, I need a lottery fix. <3 kupo