FINAL FANTASY XIV Online News

The Maiden’s Rhapsody Returns April 28!

In anticipation of FINAL FANTASY XI’s 20th anniversary on May 16, the Maiden’s Rhapsody collaboration event will be returning on Thursday, April 28! Participate and discover what strange twist of fate brought a hero of Vana'diel to our realm.

If you’ve previously completed the event, you can replay the quests via the seasonal event replay feature*!

* This event is identical to the one previously held.
* We highly recommend learning more about the seasonal event replay feature on the collaboration special site.

Event Duration

From Thursday, April 28 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) / 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST) / 18:00 (AEST)
to Wednesday, May 18 at 7:59 a.m. (PDT) / 14:59 (GMT) / 15:59 (BST) / Thursday, May 19 at 0:59 (AEST)

How to Participate

Begin the quest "A Journey to Remember" by speaking to the Remumu in Limsa Lominsa - Upper Decks (X:11.6 Y:11.2).

Rewards

Visit the special site for more details.

Yoshi-P clarifies FFXIV Housing Lottery bug situation

Players attempting to buy a new house in Final Fantasy XIV's latest update have been running into a bug with the new lottery system which has caused them to miss out on their desired property - even in cases where they were the only bidder. The MMO game's producer and director Naoki Yoshida wrote a brief post addressing the situation on Saturday, but has now further clarified the situation in a longer write-up.

In his initial announcement, Yoshida said that "there are many patterns involved for the lottery conditions" which caused some speculation about whether there was some hidden complexity to determining the lottery outcome. In the follow-up post, Yoshida clarifies that the patterns he spoke of refer specifically to the entry conditions, and that the actual lottery itself uses a simple randomisation method.

Yoshida says that the team has the lottery data, and that it is possible for them to confirm the status of entry applications through database server logs. They are using these to ensure that players will not be negatively affected if they accepted the refund of their gil deposit offered after losing a lottery which suffered from one of the aforementioned issues.

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Final Fantasy 14's housing lottery system is broken, but a fix is coming

Final Fantasy 14 producer Naoki Yoshida has issued an apology over the recent issues with the housing lottery system.

As part of the 6.1 update, Final Fantasy 14 introduced a lottery system for getting housing in the Empyreum residential district. It generally worked to start, but over the weekend a major bug arose which prevented anyone from actually winning the lottery. Essentially, the number zero somehow got added to the running. No one could claim it, resulting in cases where everyone would lose, which apparently happened a number of times. Thankfully though, the Final Fantasy 14 team is aware of the issue, and Yoshida even issued an apology regarding it.

"I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the issue with the housing lottery system," wrote Yoshida, going on to explain the issue. "Firstly, we understand that this is a major issue, and are prioritizing our investigation into the matter. We are working to identify the issue in the corresponding program; however, as the process is very complex and there are many patterns involved for the lottery conditions, it will require some time to pinpoint the problem."

A new Final Fantasy XIV Housing Lottery bug is stopping players from winning any bids or buying any form of house. Players entering the MMO game's lottery, especially in Japan, are finding that Square Enix coded an impossible number into the system that keeps getting picked - thus, making everyone a loser.

If you didn't know already, as of patch 6.1 with the Endwalker expansion, Final Fantasy XIV introduced a housing system for the Empyreum residential district which is governed by a lottery system - players submit an application and are randomly chosen for a plot of land, which they can build on. When it works, it's a fair system.

Unfortunately, over the weekend a "major issue" hit the lottery system where the number zero got added to the pool of winning numbers - which no players can claim. Apparently, it came up a lot, and every time it did all players lost. Sometimes it even bugged the system entirely, so players received messages saying that no one entered the lottery.