Quote Originally Posted by shaiel View Post

Right now, the options for people who want housing are:
-become a sign monkey and invest up to 24 hours of your life per plot, clicking every minute, with a good chance you won't get it or somebody will relocate
-server transfer or make an alt at a different, less populated world with housing available. Leave your friends, FC, etc behind
-buy an FC from somebody with an FC house (people do gil or IRL money) and then 'inherit' the FC from them
Or you buy an apartment because an apartment is housing just as much as a house in a ward is. Not to mention every character on your account is allowed to buy an apartment once they meet the purchase requirements. Last I heard even Balmung has apartments available.

At least you point out that instanced housing is a better system as it allows all players to purchase what they want. Let's keep encouraging SE to implement better instanced housing instead of expanding/changing a ward system that does not and never will meet the overall needs of the player base.