Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
Can you imagine the backlash if they'd mention that we'd receive three new expert dungeons for a patch, but they ended up releasing only two and never bothered saying anything until the day of? That's, from what I see, essentially happened in regards to the pricing of personal houses. Not that prices are the big issue here, but it really leaves room for doubt when it comes to what to expect from when a developer makes a post. In the end, you want some sort of hype so players have something to look forward to, as well as word-of-mouth to sell the game.
I do see where you're coming from, but I think the dungeon example is not up to par. Simply because they've been setting a precedence of releasing three new expert dungeons for the last 3 patches now. However, I do understand and agree with your example, people would be let down or at least more reluctant to believe things he'd say.

The way I see it, he left the interpretation of personal housing pretty open ended and didn't do his due diligence in seeing just how important and just how big personal housing would be for the community. It was a large ball to drop, and will probably be the largest of his FFXIV career in this post-ARR world. We all know that he and his team climbed a hell of a mountain to even revive FFXIV, but the community doesn't want to see them rest on their proverbial laurels because of it.