Cannot Enter Lottery for Relocation

[IvoryHawk]

I'm not very happy that there seem to be hidden rules operating here. If we'd have known how many bids we could place, we'd have gone for a large instead of trying for a medium in a nice location. The FC made that decision on the understanding that we could place more bids and would therefore have a better chance.

I am hoping this is a bug and not working as intended. Either way, it would be nice to have some answers.

There is definitely something else going on, because if i wasn't allowed to bid on one, i shouldn't be allowed for any, and i checked the one character i had that issue on first and after bidding with the other characters, so there is most likely some anomaly with selected characters, because if Lachesia said was true, i wouldn't have friends relocating 5+ FC's and their personals in one go

[Yukimin]

I was only able to bid on one of my characters in my FC. Such character is the one that
1)Founded the FC
2)Purchased the very first plot

And yes, we are trying to relocate.

[Eclair_Xysha]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../housing_land/

This is direct from the dev's play guide itself:
In wards designated first come, first served, an available plot of land can be immediately purchased by accessing the placard at its entrance. See purchase requirements.
* Players may only purchase one private and one free company plot per World on any given service account.

Well if thats the case, I would like to hope its a bug. If it isnt, I would appreciate they would fix the description a bit.

[GarretStrongstaf]

This makes literally zero sense, because like i said, i have 3 FC plots and 1 personal plot, i've relocated 2 FC plots and 1 personal plot, the 3rd FC plot i cannot relocate, none of what you said relates to my situation so i assume there is something else outside of the scope of the rules that won't allow for relocation

The lotto system acts as a great equalizer for between the grandfathered-long-game home owners and newer buyers. It acts as a double check for "2 houses per world, per account." The first is the lotto entry and the second is the purchase phase. Both will block a character with too many houses. This ensures that anyone who was "grandfathered in" (owns more than two plots on one world) can no longer relocate one of their "extra" plots to upgrade them or buy a new one without getting in line with everyone else. This levels the playing field and makes the system work as the developers intended post 3.0.

It makes perfect sense.

[Llyr]

I'm having the same issue. I could only place one bid on one character to relocate my FC's plot from a small to a medium, but one of my other members (who has a personal on their main) could bid on two characters. At least I'm lucky enough to have two other friends playing the game I could trust to bid in my place.

[Eclair_Xysha]

There's like, no official statement from the team either. What is going on

[LaylaTsarra]

I'm curious where the relocation screen is at. I have a personal on Mateus and am thinking about relocating to a FC ward if i can get the same house location which i like a lot. The reason primarily is my other alt cannot use the private which is really frustrating.

Clicking the screen only seems to allow an entry for the lottery. For those who have relocated can you shed some light on how it works?

[Yodada]

I'm curious where the relocation screen is at. I have a personal on Mateus and am thinking about relocating to a FC ward if i can get the same house location which i like a lot. The reason primarily is my other alt cannot use the private which is really frustrating.

Clicking the screen only seems to allow an entry for the lottery. For those who have relocated can you shed some light on how it works?

You get the option to relocate once you win the lottery (not beforehand). In case you have a personal you want to relocate you are stuck for the personal wards even for relocating. Good luck for your entries on those wards.

[LaylaTsarra]

You get the option to relocate once you win the lottery (not beforehand). In case you have a personal you want to relocate you are stuck for the personal wards even for relocating. Good luck for your entries on those wards.

Ahh so you can't relocate a personal into a FC ward interesting even if you have a FC without a house. Oh well guess my alt will have to live with not having direct access.

[Kyssa]

Ahh so you can't relocate a personal into a FC ward interesting even if you have a FC without a house. Oh well guess my alt will have to live with not having direct access.

Right. If you have a FC that needs a home, simply do the lotto for your FC in wards 1-18.

*edit- If you have other people in your FC, they can add your alt to the FC, allowing you access to everything.