Final Fantasy 14 Announces More Housing Demolition Suspensions

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Final Fantasy 14 Announces More Housing Demolition Suspensions

Key Takeaways

  • Final Fantasy 14 halts some house demolitions due to floods in Spain.
  • The pause impacts European Chaos and Light Data Centers.
  • North American Aether, Crystal, Dynamis, and Primal Data Centers were previously affected due to Hurricane Helene.

As a dedicated Final Fantasy 14 fan with countless hours spent traversing Eorzea, I can’t help but appreciate Square Enix’s compassionate approach towards its players during challenging times. The temporary halt on automatic housing demolitions due to floods in Spain and Hurricane Helene’s aftermath is a testament to the company’s commitment to their community.

Due to heavy flooding in Spain, the automatic house demolition timers have been temporarily halted on the European servers of Final Fantasy 14. This is the second such pause announced within a single month, as all houses in both the European and North American servers of Final Fantasy 14 are currently frozen at this moment.

The moratorium on automatic housing demolitions came days before the November 12 release of Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.1. The Crossroads update will continue the story of Dawntrail and bring fans of Final Fantasy 11 a dose of nostalgia via the first part of the Echoes of Vana’diel alliance raid series. Along with Job balance updates in PVE and PVP content, Patch 7.1 will introduce two high-end Trials for level 100 players; The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden (Extreme) and The Jade Stoa (Unreal). In subsequent smaller updates, the Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) and Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) raids will test Final Fantasy 14 players to their full potential.

As a gamer, I’m thrilled about Patch 7.1 in Final Fantasy 14, but Square Enix has shown understanding during these challenging times. They’ve temporarily halted the demolition timers for housing plots in the Chaos and Light Data Centers, located in Europe, due to the severe flooding in eastern Spain. This pause, effective on November 7 at 3:33 AM Eastern, is a response to the catastrophic floods that occurred from October 29 to November 3, which sadly turned out to be one of the deadliest natural disasters in Spanish history. Interestingly, this isn’t the first time Square Enix has extended such consideration; last year, they paused timers for several weeks following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Final Fantasy 14 Temporarily Pausing Automatic Housing Demolition in Europe

  • Some Final Fantasy 14 homeowners will temporarily not be subject to automatic housing demolitions.
  • Square Enix said that the Chaos and Light Data Centers are affected by this pause.
  • The European moratorium joins an ongoing one on the Aether, Primal, Crystal, and Dynamis Data Centers.
  • Square Enix will announce when automatic demolitions will resume in a future follow-up.

In addition to the ongoing break in European housing demolition timers within Final Fantasy 14, there was also a halt implemented on North American servers due to Hurricane Helene’s destruction in early October. This pause affected Aether, Crystal, Dynamis, and Primal Data Centers for Final Fantasy 14 in the U.S. During this interruption, players residing within any impacted data centers are allowed to manually extend their housing demolition timer by 45 days simply by visiting any property plots they possess within the game.

Square Enix plans to keep a close eye on developments and inform players when the automatic demolition timers for all Final Fantasy 14 Data Centers in Europe and North America will start again. With the ongoing housing issue and the upcoming Crossroads content update, Final Fantasy 14 players have much to look forward to in the coming weeks.

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2024-11-08 01:54