Inability to obtain a house is making my interest in playing this game wane.

[Sindele]

Might I interest you in a (free for you, since you're on Crystal!) transfer to Dynamis? If you're not going to be playing otherwise anyway and you're not particularly attached to a content group like an FC, I don't see what you have to lose.

That said, yes, it can be that difficult to convert a non-instanced system to an instanced one. As the years tick by, I should think it increasingly difficult to believe that they're doing it out of sheer stubbornness - particularly considering the fact that they've steadfastly avoided even commenting on the concept. That's not something you do if you're outright dismissive of a popular idea.