Just Another Housing Complaint

[Jojoya]

This is not Apple vs Orange
When I used Elden Ring I am refers to its uniqueness and didn't follow the "industry standard" that established by western RPG makers like Ubisoft's Assassins' Creed series and Far Cry series
Every single title made by Ubisoft nowadays is basically cut and paste berceuse they think the "system" is the best

Did Elden Ring hold player's hand like they are little babies? No
Did Elden Ring gives you marker on map? No
Did Elden Ring hand stuffs to player on a silver plate? No.
Did Elden Ring suppress every other Ubisoft titles? Yes.
Elden is successful because it choose a different path so did FF14
Why you keep thinking ward system is a failure?

You keep bring up system from either dead or dying mmorpg and believed FF14 should do the same.
Why should FF14 do the same?
The ward system is unique and highly customizable and this is the system they choose to have
You can complains the supply but claiming ward system is a filature is out right laughable.

If there is sudden advanced in technology where server is able to sustain more wards and there is no longer a supply issue
Are you still can claiming this is a failed idea?

The ward system is not unique. LotRO also uses it and theirs predates ARR's release. They've even added more neighborhoods (their term for wards) automatically on an individual server basis as existing supply sold out. They didn't have some servers with multiple empty neighborhoods while other servers didn't have enough.

The ward system does fail when not every player is able to get a house. That's leaving players cut off from content access despite meeting qualifications. That doesn't happen with any other content in the game.

If your "sudden advanced technology" were ever to materialize and SE were to discuss it as a possible solution the supply problem, we could talk about it then.

Yes, it is a failed idea. Ideas frequently fail in practice. Many times only in hindsight that the drawbacks come to light. This is such an idea.