Quote Originally Posted by Avenger View Post
OT reply: As I understand it, he was referring to apartments, which are personal/instanced, separate from FC housing, and affordable. The statement seems to have accurately predicted the introduction of apartments at a time when (I believe) wards were still limited to FC housing only.

What reversed it was opening up ward plots to individual purchase, but I think people were making de facto single player FCs to get around the restriction anyway. Personally I'm fine with FC housing and personal apartments only, but we can't really go back at this point.

Predictions are hard, especially about the future. Sometimes they just change their mind or decide to take a different path vs. what was originally planned.
His statement predates apartments even being a concept.
He also said the combat in XIV was going to encourage player expression around the same time.