I'm trying to remember what they did last time when housing came out and then the when they added new wards as far as how it worked... Does anyone remember? Did they do the patch to add it first but turn on the purchasing ability and depreciation timers in a future update? It seems like it might make sense to let people wander about first to see what they want.

Those of you looking to get one, don't forget they flip the map between ward 1 and ward 2, so looking at the map for ward 3 might not help. If you can figure out the new house number though, that might help you find the spot you have in mind. I assume the new wards will have the same amount of housing spaces as the other wards (so you can use that to figure out the new number maybe). The layout will be the same likely too. It's just a strong chance they will flip the map sideways or something again on the user interface. I think it has to do with making the walkway from one ward to the next connect. Can't have 2 north exits for instance or otherwise it becomes like the lost woods in legend of zelda lol...

I agree it would be better if it was limited to one house per account. It seems some more oversight would be helpful since people seem to care about housing quite a bit. It's rather limited AND people could have 16 houses per account if they tried (one personal and one fc house per each 8 possible characters). I mean, personally I think it would be better if they'd cost more too so that would limit people from buying more than one for themselves too but I guess that would limit people that have less gil. In the end, a "black friday sale" type housing plan seems to put everyone on a similar playing ground. I feel bad for the people that will be at work/school though. I will probably be not home either. I guess no matter what they do it's probably not going to work well for everyone.