Housing lottery round 2

[Rolder50]

A large on a populated server be like:

[Zomkei]

Well the mist medium I'm looking at has 23 bids... might as well pack it up already I don't have that kind of luck

the medium i went for has 62, and this is still the first day lol. might as well try, someone has to win (hopefully)

[Rolder50]

the medium i went for has 62, and this is still the first day lol. might as well try, someone has to win (hopefully)

Best to try now, since it'll only get worse as time goes on (all the remaining bidders will be funneled into fewer and fewer plots)

[sagacious]

It'd be nice if people realized that stakeouts and harassing people away from the placards is no longer needed. Had that happen to me earlier as I was trying to place a bid on one.

The house I bid on had a #2 as it's previous winner who didn't claim so nobody wanted a #2 everyone wanted to be #1 and I was at the placard and someone started getting in front of me at the last minute to distract me and I got #2 so this is why people harass you I think.

[Ravenwatch]

Wish me luck on my 1 bid against the fc that has like 8 bids :'(.

Cheer up, it only has 8 bids -so far-

[Avoidy]

The chances of making someone turn away from just putting in their bid are astronomical. In the bygone age of click-to-win you could actually influence with numbers, distract with chats/trades, possibly also affecting their input capability by standing on the placard (some people still click on everything), possibly bogging down their system. If you think some inconsequential gathering of people is going to matter that's silly. There's a literal number of entries you can read. If that's too high for your blood, then leave. Otherwise the group standing around the placard does NOTHING.

Having one less person bidding does affect your chances, but it's a very deluded approach to think you can intimidate someone out of the bid in a virtual environment.

Right? I've seen people playing dead in front of their placard. I'm generally a well-meaning person, but even I had no problem literally stepping over their corpse to check the number of entries. Anyone haunting a placard with this goal in mind is delusional.

[LianaThorne]

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

Ya'll happy now? System doing good for ya?

[Eraden]

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

Ya'll happy now? System doing good for ya?

You appear to be conflating the issue of giving fair access to housing with the availability of housing. The Lottery is doing what it was meant to do. It allows equal access to all for personal plots. It was never meant to solve the issue of availability. THAT issue, availability, is still yet to be addressed.

[Illmaeran]

Said this months ago that the number of people we'd all be competing against would go through the roof, but nope...people just wanted a system that didn't involve camping and didn't care.

We all knew that participation would skyrocket when the lottery started. We also wanted a chance to get a house without having to camp placards. We got a lottery that gives us that chance and a small chance is better than no chance due to avoiding placard camping.

[Katalyn]

A large on a populated server be like:

Mmmph that makes me feel good about the large I bought a ticket for. It "only" has 33 so far. Good luck if you are one of that 80!