Restrictions Being Lifted on 20th Feb

[Searban]

Uh, no... People have literally been saying they don't want smalls because they saved for a medium and large so they deserve them, and that they're quitting because only smalls are left. Anyone who seriously wants housing will take what they can, these guys clearly don't. It has nothing to do with the rush to get them, but purely because they feel smalls are below their worth.

By all means, keep ignoring the context so you can have your narrative about entitled people that, in your eyes, don't truly want or deserve housing.

And that contex is pretty simple - the post-maintenance rush isn't going to be pretty. Or a pleasant experience. It'll also require people to stay up late (if NA) or make sure they're online at either 9 or 10 am during a working day (if EU). With no guarantee for anyone involved that they will get their plots anyway. It's not simply I don't want to buy a small plot, it's I don't want to put all this effort in for a slim chance at getting something that wouldn't meet my needs in the first place. Unless someone puts small plots in front of them and tells them Buy them! while they refuse, then somehow making conscious decisions based on the effort/gain ratio and expecting the company developing an MMO that you're playing to do a better job makes you a bad person.

EDIT:

Now onto the good part. I have read the examples you provided. With the exception of the last one, which is a story of a personal drama between two people with one of the involved sides displaying what seems to be signs of deeper, personal issues, the remaining cases have nothing to do with small plots being "beneath" anyone. One of the people quoted simply doesn't find small plots worth the effort (and has every right to do so), while the other clearly complains about not having a chance at buying anything larger than a small. They're not complaining about not getting things they deserve at all. I also went through this entire thread and a few others and haven't found examples of what you're claiming to see a lot of.

I don't see how these complaints are unfair. If there was any communication from SE between 4.1 and 4.2 regarding their exact plans for 4.2 housing things would look different. But they chose to keep everyone in the dark until the last possible moments instead, so naturally a lot of people will be disappointed by the whole affair.