There are times where it feels like housing in FFXIV makes as many headlines as the rest of the game combined. In the wake of the Shirogane housing controversy — in which many players were left unable to buy a home following an early morning rush — Yoshida apologized, later saying additional wards and a ‘fair and square’ purchase system would be added.

I ask him if he’s willing to provide details of what that might look like, suggesting auctions or lotteries, but he declined to elaborate to minimise the risk of a repeat of last time: “If we show people the requirements now, they’ll start to prepare for it, so we’re going to keep the information until we’re close to the release.”
I mean, it's kind of nice to feel safe about denying auction or lottery... but why prevent people from preparing it...?