Why is housing even being released

[Ozz]

If this was XI, people wouldn't bat an eyelash at content released that is not immediately attainable and requires a virtual life's work. Relics? Mythics?

In Gimme Entitlement Reborn, SE can't release anything that takes time and work and community building and any of the virtues they hope to instill in the player base that are lacking in its instant grat channel surfing low attention span twitterati gimme the escalade now daddy existence.

First, this isnt XI.

Second, legacy players have already been waiting for housing , since it was promised back during the days of 1.0. And to this date not everyone has hundreds of millions of gil. Only a small handful of players would.
300-600million gil is not even a long term goal for most honest players. Getting myth gear and +1 for all 9 jobs is a better example of a long term goal.

[McStagger]

And to this date not everyone has hundreds of millions of gil.

It isn't meant for everyone. This is a luxury item.