(Large Housing Problem) 177 Bids on One House

[MAJRIS]

Taking into account the new conditions where wards are available for both and personal,
6 L lots per ward
23 wards that personal bid is possible

One new world in the most ideal conditions would offer have 619 L plots to bid on first week.

690 L on one world
Vs
421 people on Excalibur placing their bid on single L this period. 421 during content drought when the saving grace is to lay down and combine all the grindiest events mogtome+fall guys+yokai.

Adding new worlds is like pressing the snooze button instead of getting up.

[TwistedTea]

Personally I still prefer the lottery, but neither method is ideal or will make everyone happy.

Yup, having been through the various housing system changes, I'll take the lottery every day.
When it was first come, first serve - bots would vacuum up all the available plots
When it was hidden RNG timer- bots, people using third party tools was the norm because the alternative was carpal tunnel syndrome.
And when instant relocation was a thing - you guessed it - bots would relocate into the mediums/larges

Ultimately, the fault lies with SE for going with artificial scarcity with the limited ward housing system.

Neighborhoods are dead on most servers including heavily populated servers like Balmung.

As players we should constantly ask SE for a housing system where every player can get their dream house.

Other MMOs have done this and SE has demonstrated technical capability with Island Sanctuary.

[Solowing]

Yup, having been through the various housing system changes, I'll take the lottery every day.
When it was first come, first serve - bots would vacuum up all the available plots
When it was hidden RNG timer- bots, people using third party tools was the norm because the alternative was carpal tunnel syndrome.
And when instant relocation was a thing - you guessed it - bots would relocate into the mediums/larges

Ultimately, the fault lies with SE for going with artificial scarcity with the limited ward housing system.

Neighborhoods are dead on most servers including heavily populated servers like Balmung.

As players we should constantly ask SE for a housing system where every player can get their dream house.

Other MMOs have done this and SE has demonstrated technical capability with Island Sanctuary.

Neighborhoods feel dead because the game's content doesn't take place in the wards so unless you have a personal reason for being in the ward its gonna feel dead.
It's kind of like the doman enclave unless you're selling something to the vendor there's kind of not much reason to be there So it's pretty empty for the most part

[Rinoa_353]

This may sound silly and it's not for everyone but that's where venues make sense to bring activity to the housing wards. I also invite my friends to hangout at my homes between content runs and just chat with them, it makes my home feel like home and I actually use my home aside from when I'm crafting in my yard.