Quote Originally Posted by Ayan_Calvesse View Post
To answer the first question - because those instanced homes are still eating resources; so govern them by the same rules as wards (Auto-demo)
I was more pointing out that Wards are persistant; so people should naturally try to gather there - I was not claiming ward homes should only belong to RPers; though RPers populating the persistant wards makes more sense to me. I am seeking the essence of a compromise here.
The resources required for instanced housing when a player is not in it is tiny in comparison to what is needed when it is loaded for entry. That's why demolition and maintenance fees are rarely seen in other MMOs. It's usually all instanced so there's no need to deter players from obtaining it.

If SE did a proper job of creating the hypothetical instanced housing, wards could go back to being FC only with any current private owners who wished to stay in the ward instead of moving to the instanced housing being grandfathered into their current plots (though unable to buy additional ward plots in the future). Most private owners would be happy to move to instanced if they had outdoor space in addition to indoor and if there is no demolition, which would create plenty of space for future FC houses considering the current FC to private distribution. SE could then suspend purchases in some wards until others had filled, then open up a few of the suspended wards to purchase as needed (similar to how wards on Dynamis right now are currently not available to purchase until the original wards fill).