So, the Firmament...

[Iscah]

I think the issue here is that taking "leading but ambiguous" responses from the dev team as "confirmation" is exactly what happened with male Viera. They gave vague answers to questions that players thought must mean it was coming and they were just being deliberately fake-secretive about it... and look how that turned out.

Yes it looks like it could be a housing ward.

Yes they've given answers that imply it may be coming.

But don't assume it IS coming until they outright say it is, or you still may be setting yourself up for disappointment.

[Eloah]

I think the issue here is that taking "leading but ambiguous" responses from the dev team as "confirmation" is exactly what happened with male Viera. They gave vague answers to questions that players thought must mean it was coming and they were just being deliberately fake-secretive about it... and look how that turned out.

Yes it looks like it could be a housing ward.

Yes they've given answers that imply it may be coming.

But don't assume it IS coming until they outright say it is, or you still may be setting yourself up for disappointment.

I'd say the Viera fiasco is a bit different, but not by much, with that it was a bit more media manipulation. But regardless, the Viera and healer controversies made SE realize how they should present their information to the media now, so I doubt anything they are saying is an ambiguous lie. But regardless if it is or not, not getting a housing district is far tamer then locking out the entire gender of a race.

Plus while there is no denying that the Firmament looks like a housing district, we have to remember that this is a game, and assets get reused. They might of just refused residential features for another "resident" district.