PAX East 2017 Question-Gathering

[Shougun]

no real housing crisis though. Not SE fault people congregated on 2 servers. globin server has a TON of housing.

Yes it is. They allowed players to pile into the server (server transfers) it is therefore their fault and issue. This also affects people who didn't pile into the server but just came there naturally (part of the server's creation).

Just sort of a tangent to Vexander's instances housing comment (since instanced housing is known as it is shown in other MMOs): does SE still keep an eye on their competition? Not to copy it all but to realize what other MMOs are doing better for example. There is an MMO for example the does nearly exactly SE's system but auto generates wards. Or another that has massive more customization and community even though instanced or another that has fold more players but still allows everyone their own place. (Basically saying their current system seems very non-competitive, not just one or two that do it better but many).