Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
Unfortunately, I don't expect Ishgard Housing to come with 5.3. From looking at the map for the Firmament and what we've completed (or almost completed depending on world) versus what's not yet uncovered, we've got at least 2 if not 3 patch phases left for the Restoration. Maybe we'll get lucky and SE will include all 3 of the remaining sections in 5.3 if the Restoration content is effectively ready to go and they want players to have something more to do while they work on developing 5.4 under the lockdown limitations.
So i chanced to talk to Augiebert(the NPC next to the skybuilders board) while our server was waiting out the final construction events. He said that the work was roughly 1/4 done. A quick tour of the completed work shows 7 houses are now completed in the New Nest area. Which is basically 1/4 of the 30 you would find in a housing district zone(division or subdivision). So if i were betting on it, id say we have restoration work to do for patches 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 before we're done. That could put open housing into 5.55. The fact that Ishgardian Restoration, rather then Ishgardian Housing, was listed as an expansion feature leads the cynic in me to think the work gets done roughly at the end of the 5.x cycle, and housing actually happens sometime in the 6.0 timeframe(that way they can advertise it for the next expack - if this is the case, id be betting 6.01 when the first savage tier and first real tomes arrive). All of which is to say, if my guess is correct then i really hope this is more then just a 5th city with 21+ wards that will fill up in a flash and not solve the housing problems we have.