Final Fantasy XIV Will Hold Housing Lottery for Land in Empyreum
A lottery will be held in Final Fantasy XIV for housing plots in the Empyreum, according to a new announcement by the game’s developer and publisher Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV exploded in popularity late last year with the release of its Endwalker expansion. The exponential growth of the MMORPG even led Square Enix to make the game unavailable for purchase and suspend its relatively generous free trial. Thankfully, the game was made available again in January and FFXIV’s free trial also resumed last month.
Square Enix also implemented other measures during the several months that the game faced severe server congestion issues since the launch of the Endwalker expansion. Some of these include the addition of more data centers and servers, providing free game time for existing players as compensation, limiting the number of people who can move between certain zones at a time, and suspending certain features such as the character renaming service. The company also suspended the game’s housing demolition feature, which automatically deletes a player’s home and puts the respective plot of land up for sale if the player fails to log in after a long period of time. However, Square Enix recently resumed FFXIV’s housing demolition, so players will need to make sure to log in to prevent losing their houses.
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In a new blog post, Square Enix revealed that land in Final Fantasy XIV's Empyreum, Ishgard’s residential district, will be available for purchase when the game’s Patch 6.1 launches and that buying land from the area will require joining the new housing lottery system. Players will have to submit a lottery entry for their desired plot of land during an announced time
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