Quote Originally Posted by Bishop81 View Post
The wards are instanced - that's why there is a loading screen. But I believe they never "unload" from the server even if there is no one in them, hence the "need more servers" answer from SE.

Stupid design IMHO.
In EQ2, if there aren't a certain number of people in the house(even guild houses) after 30 minutes of inactivity(go afk) they boot you outside and close the instance for stress reasons.