Suggestion: Shorten lottery timer

[CatStarwind]

That's why weekends should be the results period. Most people have more leisure time during the weekends.

I don't think you're deliberately trying to say "service industry workers aren't real people" but that's what you're saying here.

Gonna need help connecting the dots with this one.

[Khryseis_Astra]

I think the idea was to stagger it, so it’s not the same days every week… but we could do that with a 3/2 split. Just feels so long, especially when you’re losing every round… lol

[Reinha]

Most people don't have a dire need for a shorter lottery period. You can wait that long so there is no reason to change it.

[Seraphor]

The offset pattern definitely helps those who can't access the game too often or every day, or at regular intervals.
It's particularly important for the claiming period, because if you fail to claim your winning bid, you lose half your gil.
I could perhaps see them shortening the bidding period, to three days, with a four day claim period, to fit that 7 day cycle, that still allows more than two days per phase, and crucially the four days for claiming so you don't lose your gil. I do agree you'd have to be very specifically unlucky to be unable to log in for four days straight due to working patterns.

However... there's no pressing need to shorten it other than the fact that people are impatient. Two additional days isn't going to hurt.

[Elevin]

If anything, I think the lottery cycle should be 14 days, 7 days to enter, 7 days for results. Easy 2 week timetable as the current one is a bit of a nightmare to keep up.

[CatStarwind]

They really should at the very least add the time period information in Timers.

[PaalHenrik]

Hasn't this topic been beaten to death already?

[LaylaTsarra]

Hasn't this topic been beaten to death already?

I don't think they'll shorten it, it's pretty reasonable gives people an opportunity to bid and to claim their winnings.

[dspguy]

5 day entry guarantees entry period straddles a Friday night, Saturday or Sunday which is when much of the playerbase is available to put in a ticket. This makes it more accessible. And the 4 day pickup is reasonable since if you put in a bid during that time period, you'll probably make time to login and check if you one. And 9 days means that lottery doesn't always start/stop on the same day like it would if it was 4/3 or 5/2 or something.

[muras4ki]

Even on the busy servers, grabbing a small was pretty easy, but hmm that doesn't seem right. Moving to Dynamis is always an option, but hmm, that doesn't seem right either. Should I lower my expectations or the number of days in the lottery period?