Quote Originally Posted by Endeleon View Post
Guys... you can't seriously believe that this is a housing ward? It looks exactly like the Doman Reconstruction did before you fix everything.
No, it doesn't. Doman reconstruction started with a large flat piece of ground that was sprinkled with wooden frames in irregular shapes that bore no resemblance to a ward layout.

This is dotted with squares within squares sitting in tiers, much like the current housing districts are. Center bottom is one laid out just like a Medium house plot; other side of it and up on the higher levels you can see smaller ones with the square offset against a corner - much like small house plots.

Progress is not going to be individual like Doman Enclave nor will it be worldwide like it was with Mor Dhona and Idyllshire. It's going to be at the world level, which implies it's intended to be used by players from the same world together outside of other content being released in the game.

All of that heavily leans toward it being a housing district, especially with the heavy hint given us at the NA FanFest that players would be able to live in Ishgard once the Reconstruction is completed.

Time will tell.