Lottery idea

[Shibi]

...I have plenty of houses...

Share, how many?

[LianaThorne]

I am really happy to have had the chance to be at a time when we could sell our houses at the prices we wanted and buy them right away according to the sellers' prices

So yes there could be abuses even often but it's 100 000 times better than the horrible systems of now which incite nobody to sell his house I have plenty of houses and I would never sell any because in the current system I would sell at a loss

Weird flex but okay.

[Rhea_]

you have "plenty" of houses... do tell...

Grandfathered?

[Tyjacon]

Grandfathered?

And GREEDY!

If I had my way I'd make them choose 1 and put the rest back into circulation.
There is no reason that anyone would need more than 1 house

[Stormpeaks]

And GREEDY!

If I had my way I'd make them choose 1 and put the rest back into circulation.
There is no reason that anyone would need more than 1 house

Oh no the drama, some people having multiple houses, which by the way is totally not agaisnt TOS in any way.

[Rhea_]

And GREEDY!

If I had my way I'd make them choose 1 and put the rest back into circulation.
There is no reason that anyone would need more than 1 house

Humans are greedy. Why wouldn’t you expect people act this way in a video game?

[LianaThorne]

Changing the claim period isn't going to magically make enough houses for everyone appear.

[Toutatis]

instead of it being 5 days to allow bids and 4 days to claim. How about 2 days to bid and 2 days to claim. I think that is fair enough and lotteries would be shorter. 5 days to bid is just to long and unnecessary. 2 days are fair enough imo

If there was an infinite supply of houses and people could bid on their favourite plot, it would make sense. However it is not the case and there are not enough houses to meet demand and the lottery becomes quickly irrelevant. I think that the idea was to give a reasonable chance to enter the system to the greater number of active players. People work, they can be on a business or leisure trip, have family emergencies, etc.

Anyway, unless SE fixes their flawed system, it is a moot issue on most servers. There are three houses on my server up for grabs this week. There will be none left after this cycle unless the owner of a house gets permanently banned from the game or cancels his account.

[Stormpeaks]

If there was an infinite supply of houses and people could bid on their favourite plot, it would make sense. However it is not the case and there are not enough houses to meet demand and the lottery becomes quickly irrelevant. I think that the idea was to give a reasonable chance to enter the system to the greater number of active players. People work, they can be on a business or leisure trip, have family emergencies, etc.

Anyway, unless SE fixes their flawed system, it is a moot issue on most servers. There are three houses on my server up for grabs this week. There will be none left after this cycle unless the owner of a house gets permanently banned from the game or cancels his account.

You are only looking at personal housing, FC housing exists as well, and there are a lot of plots available.

[Toutatis]

You are only looking at personal housing, FC housing exists as well, and there are a lot of plots available.

Surely they can wait 5 days?

2 days is reasonable I say.

Some people have zero availability during some parts of the week or are not in a location where they can log into the game. In my previous position, some days required me to work 20 hours or I could be called to board a plane and travel with no warning. Waiting a few more days to give a chance to people who want a house is not the end of the world. I don’t mind a faster system either but the limited and finite supply is the real issue.