Housing Roulette was an absolute trash idea.

[LianaThorne]

I mean, there already are story based requirements.

Shirogane came out during Stormblood, which meant you needed to be at least level 62 (when the cap was 70) in order to get a house there. 1/4th of all housing slots were locked off otherwise.
Likewise getting a house in Ishgard requires you to have completed Heavensward, so level 60.

Whichever new housing district we get is likely going to require a level of at least 81, as the prime candidates are likely Sharlayan or Thavnair.

You're not wrong but still can just buy a story skip and get access immediately and the same case will apply when 7.0 opens and we get a skip to Endwalker and higher level job skips.

Locking it behind reqs like level, gil or story progress are irrelevant because they can be acquired with your credit card. The only actual way to lock people out is setting a req behind character age or account age which I doubt will happen because the backlash would be insane.

Also, was a new district announced or are people just assuming we're getting a new one? Genuine question since I avoid LLs and the like.

[Seraphor]

You're not wrong but still can just buy a story skip and get access immediately and the same case will apply when 7.0 opens and we get a skip to Endwalker and higher level job skips.

Locking it behind reqs like level, gil or story progress are irrelevant because they can be acquired with your credit card. The only actual way to lock people out is setting a req behind character age or account age which I doubt will happen because the backlash would be insane.

Also, was a new district announced or are people just assuming we're getting a new one? Genuine question since I avoid LLs and the like.

Oh I didn't mean to suggest that story based requirements make a difference, as you said, they don't.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but if the game as another 2 or 3 expansions left in it it's almost a certainty that at least one new housing district will appear at some point.

[Jojoya]

Also, was a new district announced or are people just assuming we're getting a new one? Genuine question since I avoid LLs and the like.

Someone posted it as a fact in the Housng subforum without providing any source other than "SE following their normal pattern" and it seems to have spread.

Of course what little pattern we've had for district additions would indicate a new one coming in 8.1, not 7.0.

To my knowledge, there's been no announcement made about additional housing beyond what will be part of the new worlds to be added later this year.

[Zebraoracle]

Someone posted it as a fact in the Housng subforum without providing any source other than "SE following their normal pattern" and it seems to have spread.

Of course what little pattern we've had for district additions would indicate a new one coming in 8.1, not 7.0.

To my knowledge, there's been no announcement made about additional housing beyond what will be part of the new worlds to be added later this year.

While it'd be nice, yeah I feel like that would be a pretty big announcement.

Where even would it be? Sharlayan? Garlemald Restoration?

Wait wait wait, CAN WE HAVE A RABANASTRE RESTORATION FOR A HOUSING DISTRICT???? SQUARE PLEASE

[Midareyukki]

While it'd be nice, yeah I feel like that would be a pretty big announcement.

Where even would it be? Sharlayan? Garlemald Restoration?

Wait wait wait, CAN WE HAVE A RABANASTRE RESTORATION FOR A HOUSING DISTRICT???? SQUARE PLEASE

Bozja restoration.

I mean, what, are we going to inherit a blasted heath and not get to do anything with it? Especially when like Ishgard we're trying to get rid of old cultural habits?

Like, you're striking gold right there. Giant uninhabited wasteland? Look at how many houses that can fit!

Ilsabard? Pfft. Okay sure. Guys, there's a reason why Garleans made a city there. It's about as uninhabited otherwise as the northern half of Canada.

*slaps Bozja* this bad boy can fit so many players

[Zebraoracle]

Bozja restoration.

I mean, what, are we going to inherit a blasted heath and not get to do anything with it? Especially when like Ishgard we're trying to get rid of old cultural habits?

Like, you're striking gold right there. Giant uninhabited wasteland? Look at how many houses that can fit!

Ilsabard? Pfft. Okay sure. Guys, there's a reason why Garleans made a city there. It's about as uninhabited otherwise as the northern half of Canada.

*slaps Bozja* this bad boy can fit so many players

"Welcome to scenic Bozja! Here you can see the blasted ruins of the old hrothgar capital city! Feel free to explore a post-nuke abandoned land! Don't forget your full body PPE gear though, don't want anyone catching aether cancer from the nuked landscape!"