Quote Originally Posted by Sotaris View Post
Problem with this, is server hardware cost. That's why they are pretty slow on adding new ones until it's really needed.
It's not just hardware cost, they also have to arrange for physical space at the facility housing the servers and have technicians available to install the equipment.


Quote Originally Posted by Almagnus1 View Post
A couple of things SE should probably do if they are hellbent on keeping supply low:
  • End personal house grandfathering
  • End shell FC housing

If we are going to forever deal with a limited supply, all players must be restricted to one personal house per server per subscription, and an FC should not be allowed to hold a house if it does not have at least four unique active subscriptions associated with that FC.

The housing supply has to be optimized and fairly distributed and SE must end a player controlling a single ward without paying for a lot of subs to make it work.
I doubt the grandfathered housing amounts to much. There weren't that many players with multiple houses when it went into effect and it's likely some of those houses have since
been relinquished.

The shell FC situation is a much bigger issue. It was nice to hear YoshiP acknowledge during the keynote that RMT and the other housing exploits are a problem they are trying to find ways to address but it was a shame they still wish to avoid an actual solution to the problem in favor of making new band-aids that will still get exploited.