Still Can't Bid on a Single House

[YukikoKurosawa]

Travelled to every available house for sale now that servers are back and the issue was "fixed".

Not a single option to bid on any house. Free Company or Single Person houses. I click the placard, it only gives me an option to "view lottery results". No bidding option.

Nice housing system you got there, Squeenix.

[LaylaTsarra]

Travelled to every available house for sale now that servers are back and the issue was "fixed".

Not a single option to bid on any house. Free Company or Single Person houses. I click the placard, it only gives me an option to "view lottery results". No bidding option.

Nice housing system you got there, Squeenix.

The next lottery cycle will begin promptly on Thursday, 26 May at 15:00 (GMT) / 16:00 (BST) / Friday, 27 May at 01:00 (AEST), at which point you will lose the ability to claim land you won during this lottery. We will announce this deadline again as it grows closer, so please do not forget to claim your land.

[Arkfrost]

It was literally written in the same article that stated how the housing system was fixed, that the next lottery cycle will begin next week.
But apparently people are not competent enough to properly read and then jump the gun right away, when their uninformed expectations aren't fulfilled.

[YukikoKurosawa]

The next lottery cycle will begin promptly on Thursday, 26 May at 15:00 (GMT) / 16:00 (BST) / Friday, 27 May at 01:00 (AEST), at which point you will lose the ability to claim land you won during this lottery. We will announce this deadline again as it grows closer, so please do not forget to claim your land.

So why was maitenence today to fix an issue that's still not being resolved until another 10 days?

[LaylaTsarra]

So why was maitenence today to fix an issue that's still not being resolved until another 10 days?

It's fixing the ability for people who got the 0 bug to claim their houses. They are allowing more time than normal which I think is usually 4 days for people to do this. I think the normal cycle is 5 days to bid and 4 days to claim your house then the next cycle will start.

[Arkfrost]

So why was maitenence today to fix an issue that's still not being resolved until another 10 days?

Because you not getting to bid on your house is not the problem they were fixing, nor was anyone except you ever corncerned about that.
The problem was people who already had bid on a house and would've won didn't get their house. THAT was the problem and that's what they fixed.

[Ilisidi]

It's fixing the ability for people who got the 0 bug to claim their houses. They are allowing more time than normal which I think is usually 4 days.

If the housing lottery hadn't been halted, 17th May and 26th May would have been regular lottery start dates. 17th would have been not enough time. 26th will move us back into regular schedule.

[Artorias112]

Why is the housing in the other locations still can be purchased? I thought SE had lifted the housing purchase and relocation?

[Stormpeaks]

I mean apparently they think that people need 10 days to understand that they got a house and to claim it.

"Oh look I got this amazing house, let me just wait 2 weeks so I can claim it !"

[Darksummoner]

I am glad I haven't tried to invest my time into this whole housing thing. It seems to be one HUGE headache at the moment...Claim your house this day, I still can't bid, Fix this issue but not this issue. Yeah, no thank you.