That is actually supposedly
not the plan. It was, it seems, an extrapolation from what they said in the HoC, which I actually missed.
In that post, the one I linked to, Cal says he will post the actual plan.
Hopefully he will post the plan on the Herald, and thus potentially get feedback from more than just Stratics.
Any kind of lottery isn't terribly friendly to RPers though. But if the intent was to have Magincia as a player housing area (perhaps the cheapest way to fulfill Draconi's promise that the players would have an impact on how Magincia looked after the ashes finally cleared), I have to confess I can't think of a way to do it which is
more fair to RPers. We'll have the same chance anyone else does.
I would rather for my part have had them actually go back on Draconi's promise and just build a humble new NPC city there, with virtue content.
Or, finish
Warriors of Destiny, then do an entirely separate, shorter story arc to rebuild in Magincia, and have the players impact how the city looks not by housing but by having a limited ability to donate resources and complete quests. (A more "expensive" way to determine how it looks but we get a little story arc out of it.)
But I've strayed from your topic, I apologize....For your actual topic I'll say that I'll withhold thoughts until I see what the plan actually is. Like I told Cal in that thread if we're gonna hate the plan we may as well have it for what it actually is as opposed to what we imagine it to be.
-Galen's player