Housing sucks rn!

[Jojoya]

^ ^ This 100 times.

People are encouraged to post feedback here. Obviously some players dislike the current state of housing, either in general or for some specific reason.

The SE forum troll task force is out in spades with complete bullshit like "there is a server shortage" and things like that to defend what is happening. I respect their right to do so, but it does not help at all. You're defending a company that has the talent and means to speak for themselves - stop making up excuses for them and discouraging players from posting feedback in the way they're encouraged to do so.

I'm not seeing anyone trying to discourage feedback.

What is being asked is that the feedback be constructive and realistic instead of filled with dramatic exaggeration and distortions. The latter does nothing to encourage SE to actually listen to and address player concerns. They're a business, not parents trying to placate an upset child.

Should SE have taken action years ago when the problems with the system became apparent beyond just adding more wards and apartments? I believe they should have. They didn't. We can't change what happened in the past.

You can talk about excuses but the reality is that change can't happen on a whim in the business world when companies are partially reliant on other businesses that have their own needs, obligations and limitations. SE can't walk into an electronics store, buy a server, slap down on a desk, plug it in and immediately fix everything. It takes planning and coordination. It takes time.

What we need to do is focus on convincing SE it is worth the effort to begin that planning and coordination now instead of wasting our time blaming other players for the problems with the system and dreaming up new bandaids that play games with RNG and shuffle around where the problems are instead of solving them.

We need a better supply system. Whether it is improving the instanced housing system so it provides larger apartments or even houses such as other games have used very successfully, moving to an automatic ward expansion system like LotRO uses for its Neighborhoods, or some other system that none of us have thought of but solves the supply problem, SE needs to get to work on changing things for the better for all players instead of just the lucky few.