Currently, we have a 9 day lottery cycle, which I think most players would collectively agree is way too long.

Five days for bidding: Although we have had only two lottery cycles so far, I observed that, generally, most people wait until the last day or the very last minute of the bidding period to put in their bids. This makes the total five days wasteful, as players are simply just waiting around seeing who will bid first and go for the one with the less bids. I believe most players want this time frame shortened. I believe a 2-day (48 hour) period is more than sufficient for bidding.

Four day claim period: While I understand the need to provide time for players to claim their plots, four days seems excessive. From my observations, most plots are claimed within 24 to 48 hours. For plots that winners intend to not claim for whatever reason, it is just more time wasted with a plot sitting for four whole days. I don’t believe we need to have a claim period longer than 2 days (48 hours).

Because housing is such a finite resource in this game, having this long 9-day lottery cycle makes the process extremely sluggish. And because for most players on active servers, we have a less than 1% chance of winning a house, so it would take an extremely long time to win a house. The sting of losing a lottery wouldn’t hurt so bad if we didn’t have to wait 9 whole days to try again.

I think the game developers need to understand that people in this game are really motivated to have their house! Most do not need five days to pick their house and certainly do not need four days to claim their house that they won. Please leave feedback below if you agree. Thank you !