Suggestion: Shorten lottery timer

[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?

[Hycinthus]

People work and have lives. the 9 day rotation works well because of that.

Understand that people have different work schedules.

However, if the lottery time is shortened, for example, 2 days entry, and 2 days results, then in a period of a month, you would be able to enter way more lotteries (7times) than the current system (3times).

Surely during those 7 times, there are a couple entries that fit your schedule, so you can pick and choose which ones that fit your schedule. And probably you could even enter more entries than in the current system.

[Reinha]

However, if the lottery time is shortened, for example, 2 days entry, and 2 days results, then in a period of a month, you would be able to enter way more lotteries (7times) than the current system (3times).

Which would benefit no one. Fewer houses are freed up by auto demolition in 4 days compared to 9 days, so your chances would not go up despite getting more entries. Let's say it's 1 house per day. In 4 days 4 people get a house, in 9 days 9 people get a house. After 36 days the result is 36 new house owners no matter how long the lottery cycle is.

[DrWho2010]

but mooooooooom i want my house nowwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Jojoya]

Understand that people have different work schedules.

However, if the lottery time is shortened, for example, 2 days entry, and 2 days results, then in a period of a month, you would be able to enter way more lotteries (7times) than the current system (3times).

Surely during those 7 times, there are a couple entries that fit your schedule, so you can pick and choose which ones that fit your schedule. And probably you could even enter more entries than in the current system.

Entering more lotteries doesn't mean more available plots or less competition, though. If the lottery period is too short, there many be multiple lotteries with no plots at all.

[dspguy]

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?

I still know people that complain they don't have a house, even a small... when there were over 100 uncontested smalls in the private-buyer wards after the first lottery. No idea what they are bidding on. If they were bidding on larges against dozens of players but then complain they didn't get a small, you just can't help them.

As the second lottery closed, I was running around the Goblet yelling out in Novice Network all the smalls with 0 bids. Still... they went unpurchased until the 3rd lottery.

On my server, there isn't a housing shortage. If you wanted a small and didn't get one, in most cases, it was because you were lazy (didn't bid or just bid on the first one you saw) or got greedy (went for a medium or large). Get something so you can start placing some outdoor furnishings and enjoy some aspects of housing. Then when more houses open up, like after the next "purge" from auto-demo being back on, you can bid knowing that you still have a house to go back to when/if you lose.

[Elevin]

I still know people that complain they don't have a house, even a small... when there were over 100 uncontested smalls in the private-buyer wards after the first lottery. No idea what they are bidding on. If they were bidding on larges against dozens of players but then complain they didn't get a small, you just can't help them.

As the second lottery closed, I was running around the Goblet yelling out in Novice Network all the smalls with 0 bids. Still... they went unpurchased until the 3rd lottery.

On my server, there isn't a housing shortage. If you wanted a small and didn't get one, in most cases, it was because you were lazy (didn't bid or just bid on the first one you saw) or got greedy (went for a medium or large). Get something so you can start placing some outdoor furnishings and enjoy some aspects of housing. Then when more houses open up, like after the next "purge" from auto-demo being back on, you can bid knowing that you still have a house to go back to when/if you lose.

The first 2 cycles since the new wards were implemented, the mediums i bid on, I lost to first time buyers, so a lot of them took their chances unfortunately on a medium rather than going for a small. They still haven't touched the houses...shows how interested in decorating they were. /o\

[dspguy]

The first 2 cycles since the new wards were implemented, the mediums i bid on, I lost to first time buyers, so a lot of them took their chances unfortunately on a medium rather than going for a small. They still haven't touched the houses...shows how interested in decorating they were. /o\

Oh, that definitely happens. There are first-timers winning mediums and larges. There are likely more first timers losing mediums and larges than winning them. And then they have to fight for what's left. It all depends on what their priority is. If they prefer the higher chance of winning nothing at all and having no house vs owning a medium or large, then that's their prerogative. However, these same players shouldn't complain if they can't get a small then. Of course, there are probably still servers were every small in the new non-FC-only wards all went in the first lottery. I'm on a medium-to-high population server and supposedly one of the higher "active population" servers- and we had at least 100 open smalls across all 5 districts in the private-buyer wards.

[NightHour]

I'd personally like it reduced to 7 days total.

3 for entry, 4 for results.