To be honest I kind of hope the "people with more time to play the game actually get more out of it" idea expands to more parts of the game. Trying to slow everyone down to the point that casual players are just as well geared and leveled as hardcores is absolutely ridiculous. People who play 4 hours a week should not be geared as well as people who play 4 hours a day.

All that being said, even I think the housing prices are slightly absurd. I'll wait to see how it shakes out in the end though.