Final Fantasy XIV: Everyone wants to win a spot for their house – But the lottery is so broken the boss steps in

“Housing” has been a big topic in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV for years: There are too few building sites, especially since Final Fantasy XIV has been so popular that it is bursting at the seams. They wanted to expand the housing system in Ishgard with a lottery, but that failed. The boss is now pulling the plug.

What is the problem with the houses in Final Fantasy XIV? There are simply not enough building sites. The places to make your own home in Eorzea are limited and coveted. Ever since Final Fantasy XIV has received such hype, the problem has only gotten worse.

This is how they wanted to solve it: With patch 6.1, a lottery system was introduced in Final Fantasy XIV. There should also be new lots in Empyreum, the adventurer housing area of ​​Ishgard. In this way, 1440 additional slots should be created per server, which will be distributed by drawing lots.

0 always wins

Why did that go wrong? how on reddit can be read, there are two major problems with the raffle for the living spaces:

• Some houses advertised that the number “0” won, but there was no real player who had that number, so no one won the lot – even if only one bid for it
• Some houses indicated that there was no bidder in the lottery, even if elsewhere it was clear that several interested parties had bid on the house

According to reddit users, these issues would appear on all build sites in the game, not just the new ones in Ishgard.

Square Enix had already admitted these errors on Easter Saturday (via lodestono).

Boss stops the next cycle: “It’s very complicated”

The boss now says: Final Fantasy XIV’s boss is Naoki Yoshida, who is both producer and director of the MMORPG, a mythical figure who once led the game out of the damnation and to great heights. He reported especially on Easter Saturday.

Yoshida spoke:

• They take the problems very seriously and investigate them with high priority.
• They apologize to the players but admit it’s really complicated and needs to be investigated further.
• The current cycle of the lottery was supposed to end on Wednesday, but they will let the cycle continue for the time being and not start a new one until the problem is solved.

If you want to know more about how Yoshida ticks, you can look at his statements in the interview:

The Final Fantasy XIV boss explains how one of the best MMORPGs in the world is made