Reports about the sudden and unannounced loss of homes belonging to active players are emerging in the Final Fantasy XIV community. The community is demanding a halt to the eviction feature until the matter is clarified.
Housing has always been a sensitive topic in FFXIV. The developers have had to deal with two major issues since the release of the feature:
- acute housing shortage
- and property sharks.
It now appears that the homes of active players are being evicted without warning.
Players are losing their homes
What happened? For several days, various threads have been appearing on Reddit and in the official Final Fantasy XIV forum, where players are complaining about lost homes.
These homes were released due to the automatic eviction function; however, according to the owners, this should not have happened as they had been using the homes regularly.
Is there a bug going around? Normally, a house is evicted if the owner does not enter it for several months. Before eviction, several warning emails are sent to inform the player about the process. According to the Reddit and forum threads, this was not the case.
Players logged in and suddenly lost their homes, even though they had been using them regularly.
In the official forums, a thread has been created in which the community is demanding, among other things, a stop to evictions until the matter is clarified and any potential bugs are fixed.
Players are not getting their homes back: The user ReverendSpanky wrote in his thread that he immediately contacted the Game Master. The GM agreed that the eviction had occurred mistakenly.
However, the player was told that the eviction would not be reversed and that he should retrieve his furniture from the corresponding NPC.
Bug is not confirmed
How widespread is the housing bug and is it official? More players have come forward in the past few days reporting similar issues. While the reports all sound credible and are increasing, there is still no solid evidence such as screenshots of conversations with GMs that would clearly prove the existence of the bug.
What can homeowners in Final Fantasy XIV do now? It is still advisable to be cautious. If you own a house, you can check in-game to see if the eviction process has already been initiated.
The timer can be found under Game Content -> Timer -> Housing:
If the timer has not been reset, even though the house is being used regularly, you should contact the Game Master immediately.
There has not yet been an official statement from Square Enix regarding this.
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