Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
Y'all keep misinterpreting this. It's not about responding "as the demand appears." The system is designed to be imbalanced. There will always be demand.

The point at which they respond is when the proportion of unsatisfied players begins to approach the proportion of satisfied players.

Example: As long as they can satisfy 80% of the demand for housing, the system is working "good enough" and they don't need to do anything.
Over time, that number slips, and now housing is only meeting 60% of the demand.
Throw a few more wards at the problem (and let's be completely fair here, even just a few wards, across all housing districts, across all servers, is still a fair chunk of housing).
Satisfaction is back above 80%, problem solved. Repeat.

Numbers used are purely for example purposes. "80%" is their target, but they're comfortable letting it ride all the way down to "60%". As long as they can continue to say "most of the demand for housing is met," the system is working. More than "80%" and they're spending more than they need. Less than "60%" and they can't really call it "good enough."
When over 90% of bidders cannot get a house, talking about "most of the demand" being met is kind of pointless.