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Final Fantasy XIV will finally fix its housing lottery on May 16

Finally an end to housing woes?
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Published: Apr 28, 2022 08:10 am

Since the release of the new Empyreum housing district in Final Fantasy XIV, players have suffered because of the lottery system to assign housing. When the system launched alongside patch 6.0, an unfortunate bug led to the lottery sometimes recording the number 0 as a winner. So even if a single player entered the auction, they could lose to a 0 result!

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But this issue will finally be resolved on May 16, according to a new post by game director and producer Naoki Yoshida. As per the post, on April 19, Final Fantasy XIV underwent maintenance to attempt to reset the lottery results. After a week of testing, the team verified the fixes on April 25. So now, all the results of the initial lottery will be reinstated. 

According to Yoshida, the maintenance to restore and implement these fixes will occur on Monday, May 16. This delay is likely linked to the fact that there’s currently an Ultimate Raid race going on, and any maintenance will significantly interrupt the race. However, waiting a few more days will still be frustrating for eager potential homeowners.

If you won a house in the housing in the previous lottery, you’ll keep it. However, if you lost to the number 0, the lottery results will be amended to a valid result. But you’ll have a few days to wait.

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Michael Hassall
Michael lives in the UK, but wishes he lived in Eorzea. A life-long gamer, Four years ago, he ditched a "real" job to write about video games for a living, and hasn't looked back. When not guiding players how to get the latest mounts, crafting recipes, and in-game goodies, he spends his time nurturing an unhealthy addiction to MMOs and gacha games.