When will houses be available to private owners?

[Khryseis_Astra]

That's why I'd love to see the wards become the portals to an improved instanced housing system. The more players that have reason to travel through the same area on a regular basis, the more chances there are for player interaction that would make the wards feel alive. We know the wards themselves are capable of holding a fairly large number of players concurrently thanks to some of the huge venue events. Imagine how lively wards would feel if even half that number could own housing within the same ward/subdivision instead of the current 30.

Same here… the most activity I see is at my FC house, because we all hang out by the bell there, while waiting for ques or just crafting. But I never see anyone in my actual neighborhood. And the FC only wards are pretty much ghost towns for some reason. I’d expect them to be more lively!

I do hope they’ll look at things and maybe open up some of the FC only wards to be unrestricted… they’ve done it before. And there’s some nice smalls in there, that have been 0 bids the last 4 lottos, so clearly the FCs don’t want them. There’s multiple of a rank 4 plot that I would be happy to call home, but I’ll be competing with 3-10 people minimum on one of the 7 smalls left in the mixed wards next round.

[DeNada]

Same here… the most activity I see is at my FC house, because we all hang out by the bell there, while waiting for ques or just crafting. But I never see anyone in my actual neighborhood. And the FC only wards are pretty much ghost towns for some reason. I’d expect them to be more lively!

Honestly, the reason why FC only wards are ghost towns are likely that they are mostly shell FCs. And those owners only popped in to renew their submarines once every 2 days so you would be extremely lucky if you could catch a glimpse of them in the few seconds it take for each character to load into the ward before popping into their workshops.