Endwalker Housing Update

[Dustytome]

Below I've compiled the slide information and a small amount of non-slide information that was mentioned during the liveletter. If you prefer to watch it, here's a twitch link to the housing portion of the liveletter (5h 45m mark if it doesn't take you to the timestamp). new More information from the February 2022 liveletter updated below, you can watch it for yourself here (4h 33m mark).
New Housing District

A new residential area based off of the Firmament called Empyreum will be made available for preview in 6.0 and plots will be made available for purchase in 6.1. There will be 24 wards & 24 subdivisions available.


Changes to the Housing System

- Relocation to plots of land not yet available for purchase will be disabled as of 6.0
- Land devaluation will be removed as of 6.1
- It will no longer be possible to grant brand-new FC members authorization to purchase land or the rank of FC Master as of 6.1.
- new There will be 4 total land purchase systems in place. Lottery (individual), Lottery (FC), FCFS* (individual), FCFS* (FC)
- new Land purchase systems will be ward based and you will be able to tell which system is being utilized by a ward in game. These can be changed each patch.
- new As of 6.1 All wards will start off using either individual or FC lottery systems. FCFS* may be considered if there is a strong enough demand.

* FCFS = First Come First Serve, which is the system currently in place pre-6.1.



New Land Purchasing System - Lottery [6.1]

Lottery will be schedule based and the same across all worlds.
There will be two phases for the lottery, a bid phase and an acquisition phase, each lasting several days.

The bid phase:

- Players may view a plot's placard and enter into the plot's lottery to receive an entery number.
- Each player may only enter the lottery for one plot of land. new For Free Company plots, each member may enter once. Each FC member's single entry does not have to be for the same plot.
- Lottery entry will take place at each empty plot's placard, where players can view the number of entrants.
- Players must pay the full price of the plot upon entry - unsuccessful players will be refunded in full.
- Players cannot withdraw after entering a lottery.

The acquisition phase:

- The winning numbers are decided and winners must claim possession of the land.
- The winning entrant can be confirmed via the plot's placard.
- Winners must claim possession of their land within this period, or it will be forfeit. (only 50% of the purchase price of forfeit land will be refunded.)
- Players who did not win the lottery can receive a full refund within a limited time frame from the plot's placard. (90 days)

Entry Requirements:

For Personal:

- Character must have at least one class 50+
- Character must hold the current Grand Company rank of Second Lieutenant or above.
- Another character on the same service account must not own a private plot on the same World (entry for relocation allowed).

For FC:

- FC must be rank 6 or higher.
- FC must have at least 4 members.
- Another character on the same service account must not own, as buyer, an FC plot on the same World (entry for relocation allowed).

Additional notes:
- The devs are requesting feedback on lottery vs first come first server wards.
- The devs have the ability to select a range of wards to function on either system.
- It was stated that they will log and monitor the system for abusive behavior and will consider such harassment, taking action against abusers accordingly.

(if I missed anything let me know!)