So will Island Sanctuary become more like WoW Garrisons?

[Shurrikhan]

You want to know what kept players in their Garrison (other than the lack of dungeon/raid content)?

Garrison chat.

Which was, for all intents and purposes, Limsa chat, just with many, many more players.

[Jojoya]

Which was, for all intents and purposes, Limsa chat, just with many, many more players.

Exactly.

There is no near global chat channel in housing wards so few players are hanging out there despite all the QoL amenities.

There is no near global chat channel in Island Sanctuary so few players would hang out there even if those QoL amenities were added and they'd likely be those few already "hiding" in their housing.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not in favor of adding the OP's list of QoL amenities to Island Sanctuary. I don't feel they fit in with the Sanctuary's base theme of "getting away from it all". Even if I was in favor, I doubt SE would implement most of them.

But I also wouldn't fear them being added because I know it's not those things that keep some players from interacting with others.