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Final Fantasy XIV is having a rent freeze even if your real landlord isn’tPack up the wrecking ball
Pack up the wrecking ball
Things are plenty uncertain enough with many folks' actual housing situation as they find themselves out of work while theCovid-19 coronavirusspreads. While you’ve got bigger real life concerns, at least you won’t need to spare a worry for your in game real estate.Final Fantasy XIVhas canceled automated demolitions of unattended player houses for the foreseeable future.
“Taking into account the world-wide spread of the COVID-19 (also known as “novel coronavirus”) and the economical effects of various cities going into lock-down, we have decided to temporarily suspend automatic housing demolition,” Square Enix say in theirannouncement.
It’s entirely possible that some folks are stuck away from their PCs during compulsory local quarantine. Others may just not have time to visit their digital homes while working essential real world jobs. Either way, coming back to a missing home would be a real bummer when you’re at last able to play again. Nice to see that Eorzea’s landlords have the decency to cut their tenants some slack amidst the pandemic.
“We will monitor the situation in the coming days, and inform you all when we have come to a decision that auto-demolition can commence again,” Square Enix says. When it’s time, you can likely expect Square Enix to post about reinstatement of demolitions over on theirFFXIV notice board.
