New housing district with Ishgard?

[Enkidoh]

The last time the development team spoke on the subject, they already stated that lore wise there is no way an Ishgardian housing ward could be implemented, yet, although they did open up the possibility of it coming some time in the distant future (which, most likely just means, "it will never be added"). New wards for the existing housing areas were strongly hinted at though:

0:54:15
Q: Large size houses feel empty. Can you increase the cap on the amount of furnishings we can place?
A: We’ve been using all our energy to increase the amount of land, so we haven’t been able to touch this aspect of housing. However, with the new wards that were added, I feel that we’ve just about fulfilled the demands.

We’ll continue to add more land, but we’d like to improve the utility of each house.

However, the team that is in charge of housing, known as the Live Team, is also in charge of Free Company elements and the Gold Saucer, and they’re currently devoting all their energy to Free Company crafting and the Gold Saucer. We expect that they will be able to address this afterwards, but they will need a bit of time.

0:55:35
Q: Will you be implementing housing areas in Ishgard as well?
A: Ishgard is a land where there is still an intense war going on between humans and dragons, so it’s not really the time to build houses there.

I’ve been talking about whether we can add this sometime after the expansion, but we wouldn’t be doing this at the same time as the expansion and as I can’t make any promises in regards to the timeframe, for those of you who are wondering if there will be new housing areas in the expansion, I urge you to look into housing in the current three city-states.

So there you have it - no new housing area for Ishgard for a long time, but, new housing wards for the existing residential areas are coming, so just have patience.

[BreathlessTao]

for those of you who are wondering if there will be new housing areas in the expansion, I urge you to look into housing in the current three city-states.

...yeah, I'd urge him to look into housing and find a plot that he can buy. On any of the decently populated (and upwards) servers, maybe even on some of the "emptier" ones as well. >_<

[Nadirah]

The last time the development team spoke on the subject, they already stated that lore wise there is no way an Ishgardian housing ward could be implemented, yet, although they did open up the possibility of it coming some time in the distant future (which, most likely just means, "it will never be added"). New wards for the existing housing areas were strongly hinted at though:

But that's why instanced apartments would be a good idea.

Repurpose some of the buildings that already exist.

...yeah, I'd urge him to look into housing and find a plot that he can buy. On any of the decently populated (and upwards) servers, maybe even on some of the "emptier" ones as well. >_<

Right. Excalibur I think hasn't had an open plot since 2 minutes after the last wards went available.