Don't worry, GMs lied to/misled players in JP about FC housing too
In 6.1, a new restriction to purchasing FC housing was added:
“4. You must have been a member of your free company for 30 days or longer.(*)
* This is a new requirement introduced in Patch 6.1, in order to preserve the integrity of the lottery system.”
Maybe understandable, but JP worlds have been re-grouped: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...25cb0c1c99b3c4
As a result, free transfers have been given to members of the JP DC. One rationale is:
“To reduce disruption caused by the World redistribution of Japanese data centers, the Home World Transfer Service will be free to use for a limited time. After reviewing feedback from players, we have decided to ensure that this time period occurs before land in the new residential district becomes available for purchase in Patch 6.1.”
New problem: FCs relocate, but don’t have time to get FC housing. The result is being unable to participate in the Ishgard housing lottery.
Concern was raised on the Japanese forum, the GMs posted an update: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...fd1648e8f2189d
“We would like to apologize to those who were looking forward to the upcoming lottery system and purchasing land in Empyreum but no longer meet the lottery system requirements as a result of their free company changing Home Worlds in anticipation of the World redistribution. The newly added requirement is necessary to prevent the resale of land and would be difficult to change. As such, we will look into individual requests from free companies that have been affected by this issue.”
TL;DR- Multiple FCs left Meteor-destined servers to reform.
- They applied for exemption (April 11 for mine), provided GMs requested info about history, members and transfer dates.
- GMs ignored these applications and/or didn't respond until after April 17 (post-lottery), and decided not to waive 30 day limit despite meeting conditions.
Technically nothing was guaranteed, but double digit numbers of people in the same FCs in Meteor servers for 1-3 years with no history of re-selling land, were unambiguously affected by the server redistribution, and moved to a new server/FC with same leaders in hopes of staying in touch with friends. If this doesn't meet the conditions, what does?
Not expecting anything from this. Trolls might respond, and I don't know what % of FCs got screwed (but definitely more than just mine). But let it be known that GMs selectively apply their decisions/mislead their players about housing even in JP.