Update 6 on Lotttery

[Eraden]

I'm kind of ambivalent about this issue. I mean, change the outcome one way or another and it still does not solve the core issue of there being not enough housing. For all the nerve-wracking grief that bidders on the Zero-bug plots went through, I don't really mind them getting some compensation. Could this have been handled better? Most certainly. It seems that the developers are fumbling around a bit. In the end though, the most important issue is making housing more plentiful for all. The Lottery solved the issue of fair access. Now we need more housing to meet the demand.

[iluke77]

im pretty sure i was the only bidder on my medium and got the 0 bug but did do the refund !!
i think ill still pay my money for it anyway its only fair !!

[Greyhawk]

Here is what I found the funniest thing out of all this:

Everyone screams for some type of entitlement 'compensation' when something happens in the game, yet when the same thing happens, everyone cries 'foul' about doing exactly that. It's the best part of this entire debacle.

[EthanXdeath]

Doesn't matter what side of the argument you sit on, NOT everyone is going to be happy. Housing in this game is going to remain a hot topic in this game until the core issue is fixed (availability).

Some cry it should only be for FC's, other's cry it should be for everyone, other's cry it should only be for personal's. There's simply a lack of supply and until that issue is resolved (not going to be anytime soon), people will remain unhappy and even then you're going to have fringe types on each end. Better to please the majority 80% rather than the fringe folks.

[WillIrishclover]

What is done is done, time everyone moved on from this.

[Pablomaldito]

Getting the houses out to their rightful winners is the #1 priority. People have had to wait over a month for their results, and it would be ridiculous to delay things any further for the sole purpose of making sure to take their gil.

If you were lucky enough to win a house in a non-bugged plot, then be thankful for that. You have been able to to enjoy your house for the past month without needing to deal with the drama and uncertainty of having a glitched plot. It is not your place to judge what happens to the gil of the winners of these plots.

[SlickPaws]

Getting the houses out to their rightful winners is the #1 priority. People have had to wait over a month for their results, and it would be ridiculous to delay things any further for the sole purpose of making sure to take their gil.

If you were lucky enough to win a house in a non-bugged plot, then be thankful for that. You have been able to to enjoy your house for the past month without needing to deal with the drama and uncertainty of having a glitched plot. It is not your place to judge what happens to the gil of the winners of these plots.

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100% this.

While I understand that people who legitimately won their plots will be a bit miffed about having to pay gil while others are potentially getting houses for free, the whole thing just reeks of sour grapes to me. The compensation of free housing is just that - compensation from Square to say "We shit the bed, we're sorry." and that should be fine. As for the gil itself, it'd only get removed from the game anyway - which is the intention of houses in the first place, an endgame gil sink for people with more gil than they know what to do with; and if you play for a couple of years at least you'll fall into this camp pretty fast because the game has a way of just throwing gil at you without a lot to spend it on. Ultimately the result of this is a couple hundred million gil floating around each server that'll probably be spent on furniture because players are feeling flush and will be wanting to splash cash on nice expensive housing glams. If I were one of these people who got a house a month ago, instead of moaning about how unfair it is, I'd be crafting and looking to capitalise.

[MaeveHatesHousing]

Getting the houses out to their rightful winners is the #1 priority. People have had to wait over a month for their results, and it would be ridiculous to delay things any further for the sole purpose of making sure to take their gil.

If you were lucky enough to win a house in a non-bugged plot, then be thankful for that. You have been able to to enjoy your house for the past month without needing to deal with the drama and uncertainty of having a glitched plot. It is not your place to judge what happens to the gil of the winners of these plots.

those that didnt win have now had to deal with the drama and pain of having not won a plot, now having to face ever worse odds to get a house, and dont even have "free gil" to show for it.

sorry buddy. i dont care about those that had to wait a month for their house because in the end at least they have a house. i'm now stuck fighting 500 people instead of 5 for a plot.

[XiXiQ]

The few who got their houses have now had a month. A month to grow their gardens, build their submarines and other things in the FC workshop. The ones stuck with the bug will never get ahead of that market curve.