Quote Originally Posted by Evogolist View Post
So a quick question to everyone?

We know that at some point during the 5.xx series we'll be tasked with helping with the restoration of Ishgard, much like how we helped restore The Doman Enclave. The difference being that from what we were told, Ishgard housing may become available sometime after restoration is complete. I'm curious if the current housing system would work with something like that and think it would be unfair to those who actually contributed to the restoration if they didn't at the least get a house of some sorts there.

What would be the best way for the devs to handle that?
We haven't been directly told Ishgard housing is coming at all. The restoration effort is supposed to come with 5.1 unless they're required to push it back. The restoration effort was described as server wide and you'll supposedly be able to earn rewards from contributions. I was surprised they'd make the restoration server wide and I hope players coming in later still get to experience the transformation. I think if Ishgard housing is released it will likely still be a separate pre-announced opening, it will be the usual ward system, people will be reselling the larger plots for hundreds of millions of gil immediately after and the forum will blow up with disappointed housing enthusiasts that didn't get a plot because they got stuck in server queue or kicked from game just before they could get through the placard menu.

I honestly don't think there's a best way for the devs to handle the system they've created. It started off strangling itself when it was on paper. It has been and always will be a supply problem between general supply, district, specific plot locations and size. None of that should be an issue in a digital environment, but they artificially created and continued with that issue from the start. Yoshi was asked in one of the interviews what one thing he'd do differently was and his response was housing. It was a simple response, but I personally interpret it as kind of a "We're stuck with this now" response.