Quote Originally Posted by Xylira View Post
They could and probably should just leave the existing wards for people that want to live in a ward, and add fully instanced housing as an additional option.

Having to change servers just to be able to get a home also has a lot of draw backs for people, mainly in that it makes it more difficult to play with friends. Yes there's server and data center travel now, but those still have limitations like not being able to use your retainers and not being able to join an FC on another server.
It's not just housing though. The servers aren't evenly populated, and they need to be. As the player base expands, all they can do is add new servers, they can't make existing servers bigger.
What do you think is going to happen come 7.0 when nobody on Crystal can play the game? Stuck in a 6 hour log in queue while everyone else is making their way through the MSQ.
Evenly distributing players across worlds is something that needs to happen, and housing is as good a carrot as any. There's actually nearly enough houses for everyone who wants one, if they would just move off their congested worlds.