Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
Skipping over the part where no one actually asked for Shirogane, while players had been asking about Ishgard housing throughout Heavensward...
Why would people ask for something they didn't know was going to exist? I'm willing to bet no one was asking for Ishgard housing before Heavensward was announced. Why would players have been asking for Shirogane housing before Stormblood was announced?

I'd also be surprised if players on the Japan server hadn't been asking for eastern themed architecture for the housing districts since housing was introduced. Doesn't it strike anyone as strange that the Shirogane Castle housing skin can be used in any housing district while there are no Riviera/Glade/Oasis themed skins that can be used in Shirogane? I doubt very much that would have happened if players in Japan hadn't been asking for it.