The devs are actually doing a great job

[Brynne]

I personally (I'm one person) would feel like housing is trash and definitely not be as enthused (i am addicted to housing in this game) as I am now if it was just "you can only see my house if i give you the invite and you have to pick it from a list of other indistinguishable realms). I've had housing in other games. I love their ability to customize way better than FFXIV but i absolutely hate the isolationist feel of instanced housing in all games I've tried it in.

This is why I'm in favor of introducing instanced housing as an addition to wards, not to replace them. There are a lot of players who feel the same way you do, and they'd have the option to stay in the wards. There are also players who would prefer the instanced system, and they would move out, leaving space in the wards. If the wards were full, the option is still there to get an instanced house regardless, so no one has to be homeless (and everyone can make use of cute event rewards) and they can wait for plots to open up in the wards if that's what they'd prefer.

[ErysNight]

This is why I'm in favor of introducing instanced housing as an addition to wards, not to replace them. There are a lot of players who feel the same way you do, and they'd have the option to stay in the wards. There are also players who would prefer the instanced system, and they would move out, leaving space in the wards. If the wards were full, the option is still there to get an instanced house regardless, so no one has to be homeless (and everyone can make use of cute event rewards) and they can wait for plots to open up in the wards if that's what they'd prefer.

I 100% think that would be a viable solution. Apartments are already in game, so they could allocate resources into making those larger and introduce the ability to garden. The best thing about apartments is that you don't lose them after 45 days either so people wouldn't have to worry about losing their stuff.

If they decided to fix housing with instanced homes, I really hope they implement this method.