Final Fantasy 14 Housing Lottery Pull Plagued with Glitches

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Final Fantasy 14’s Housing Lottery System just pulled its first set of tickets for winners of the new Empyreum housing ward. However, glitches in the new Final Fantasy 14 system have caused some plot lotteries to choose nonexistent lots, rather than the players who put in their bids.

The new Housing Lottery System inFinal Fantasy 14 allows players or Free Companies to place bids on a plot of land over the course of a few days, after which one of the bids is pulled to claim the land. Individuals who lose the lottery receive a full refund of their bid, and unclaimed or abandoned plots are re-added to the lottery pull on the following week.

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However, when Final Fantasy 14 pulled its first set of lottery winners, some lots pulled up with the number 0. This glitch seems to affect all lots–even those with a single bidder–meaning some players and Free Companies lost plot lotteries with no competition. This error seems to have occurred on all servers in all Data Centers across the globe.

Unfortunately, more glitches seem to have appeared in the Housing Lottery system as well. Some players have reported their plot’s lotteries wiped their bids clear, causing them to lose the large sums of gil they bid on the plot. Many believe the recent emergency maintenance for Final Fantasy 14's Patch 6.1 bugs caused these issues, especially since players reported that bids placed before or after the maintenance seemed to be excluded from the lottery pull on some lots.

Needless to say, Final Fantasy 14 fans are furious about the Housing Lottery System snafu. Housing in FF14 has always been a stressful experience, and it seems the new Lottery System has not done much to alleviate that. The