Faced with a carefully orchestrated shortage, players learned to be cunning. Eorzea’s property market doesn’t escape the optimisation games you find in real-world big cities. When supply is locked, there is only one way out: get round the rules.

The most effective method is still relocation. The game lets an owner give up their current house and immediately acquire another, without going through the lottery. So many players adopt a step-by-step strategy: buy “anything”, a small house in the least popular district, simply to gain the coveted status of owner. Then wait, watch, and look out for the chance to trade up. A game of patience, but above all of positioning.

The most determined fight on several fronts at once. Thanks to the Data Center Travel system, a single player can enter the lotteries of several servers. The most relentless create up to eight characters, build up parallel fortunes and submit eight entries in every round of draws.