Housing

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Ishguard housing sounds awesome and I would love to own one. Though i'm not sure how "fair" this will turn out for all players. We have waited a long time for Ishguard housing and I would hate anyone be restricted by aspects of the game they take no interest in. Then there is the problem of the housing wars and high demand. Trying to secure a house if you don't already own one is hell. I would have preferred a tombola raffle then the timer system lol.

The only option that I can see that may work in regards to the housing problems and wars is keeping the housing wards as they are. Adding in different sized apartments (small, Medium, Large). Ok, so you wont have the communal feeling some players want and you cant run FCs from them but for players that just want a place to call home this would be a viable option. With less people feeling the need to buy an estate you would probably see an increase in housing slots. This would also make getting a house in new housing wards somewhat easier.

Also adding things like a balcony (so you can still make use of planting plots) to the medium and large apartments would also be beneficial to the idea. You can have a lot more apartments then ward housing.
I personally wouldn't mind trading in my plot for an apartment if it had the same functionality. I understand though this might take a bit of work and the devs might not be to fond on the idea. Not to mention what affect it will have on the servers.
But I would have like to see them fix the outcry for housing even if just by a little before they throw another set of wards in the mix. This will probably end up like shirogane wars