1) Ive no real reason to believe that SE will create a staggered purchase period and NOT tell us when the window for independant buyers opens up. It will most likely be made known in a small patch note. As in "Hey, after this minor maintanence, youll be able to purchase privately." It would be hugely retarded on SEs part to just open up individual purchases without any form of notification on a staggered purchase period. They have problems, but theyre not diabolical retards.

2) Yes, if you were inclined to go through THAT much work to mass buy houses, yeah you could work aroudn the restrictions. Thing is, most people are not going to go that length. There may be a handful of people who will actually use multiple accounts to get multiple houses. And theyer going to try and do this WHILE actual functional FCs are making their purchases. Are they gonna be duel boxing too? Or grabbing 7-8 friends to run in at the same time as FCs to get that thing?

Just because there are work arounds doesnt mean the system is bad. If you have to expend a lot of effort to do things, it shrinks the pool of people being able to do it easily, thus opening it up more for people doing it by legitimate means. Meaning, chances are youre going to find enough re-sellers be able to purchase FC housing competitively with actual FCs is likely to be small. Im not saying there wont be resellers, Im saying that given current restrictions pushed forward, youre not going to see it be this huge issue. Itll be there, itll suck for some cases, but its not going to be the 'world-ending' issue that people make resellers out to be. Abuse potential is there, though I dont believe it to be "high".

3) Glamours is end game, but that still doesnt make this system the worst thing ever. Its a decent step. They will add more housing over time. Maybe not right now, but theres no saying they wont add another round before the next xpac either. Its going to be EASIER cause they cut down on the average reseller nonsense, and there is a slightly LESS demand now for housing simply because people who wanted houses and got them dont need them currently, and server populations did not increase to overcome that difference. You may compete with getting a particular house, sure, but the number of people wanting a house should be less currently than it was when Shirogane opened up. And as I point out, 1400 new houses per server is not nothing to sneeze at. In some cases, thats almost a fourth of the server population. Assuming you wont get a house means you wont get a house. "Im never going to get the thing I want, so I will not try." Its a self-fulfilling prophecy. Youre not guarenteed a particular plot of land. Thats never been a feature. You have to compete with other players for specifics. But the idea you wont get a house being guaranteed? No, thats bleak thinking.

4) Disagree and decline all you want. The simple truth is this system being put forward is a step up from what it was. You can hate that its not being implemented in a manner you deem fit, but that doesnt make this a bad implementation.