Housing crisis

[Dewslam]

According to you. I would say it's selfish to expect to have people give up something they earned fair and square.

We can debate whether they earned it fair and square but you're not wrong, it is selfish to expect someone to give up a house so I can have one; and I'll be pretty open about being selfish. I want a house, I want raid gear, minions and mounts - I mash that need button every time something drops. But no one is outright expecting them to give up their houses. Certainly some people want them to. But keeping extra houses they don't need is quite literally the selfish option. The selfless option, of course, being to give the plots up to the community at large and dusting their hands of it. You seem to struggle with the idea that being selfish isn't the same thing as being malicious. You don't have to be acting to deprive others to be selfish, just acting out of self interest rather than communal interest.

Square Enix grandfathered in house ownership in a time when the game's community was far smaller and the housing system in far less of a demand, the changes being made in 6.0 and beyond show that they're displaying far less of a tolerance for people who play the "there are no rules against this..." game and general community response seems to indicate higher approval of that path than if they were to loosen it back up and let a select handful of people selfishly hoard everything. You can cry about people demonizing you or judging you all you want but all I really have to say in response to that is that hey, there are no rules against subjective moral and ethical judgements or opinions. You chose to do something you clearly knew would rankle others, then double down on it when challenged. If you can't handle the idea of people disapproving of the things you do, don't do them.