Thoughts on additional wards

[Legion88]

Right now, there are 12 wards with 30 plots each in 4 areas. That's 1,440 plots. So, if SE managed to, for the sake of argument, double the number of wards in all areas, which is quite a feat, that is 2,880 plots.

Your numbers are wrong.
We have 4 housing areas with 12 wards each. Every ward has 2 Subdivisions with 30 lots each.
4 x 12 x 2 x 30 = 2880

By adding 1 additional Subdivision to each ward they could add 1440 lots. They could also add a fourth Subdivision to add another 1440 lots.
This would increase the number of lots to 4320 or respectivly to 5760 lots in total.
Also there would be a huge increase in appartments.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Your numbers are wrong.
We have 4 housing areas with 12 wards each. Every ward has 2 Subdivisions with 30 lots each.
4 x 12 x 2 x 30 = 2880

By adding 1 additional Subdivision to each ward they could add 1440 lots. They could also add a fourth Subdivision to add another 1440 lots.
This would increase the number of lots to 4320 or respectivly to 5760 lots in total.
Also there would be a huge increase in appartments.

Until Apartments are updated to be more than glorified FC rooms, they won't be considered a viable alternative for most, especially with an FC. If they made it potential to upgrade them into a Penthouse suite with a balcony for gardening, then people would be interested. Regardless, while doubling the Wards certainly helps, it will still pose an issue unless houses become account locked.

[Legion88]

Until Apartments are updated to be more than glorified FC rooms, they won't be considered a viable alternative for most, especially with an FC. If they made it potential to upgrade them into a Penthouse suite with a balcony for gardening, then people would be interested. Regardless, while doubling the Wards certainly helps, it will still pose an issue unless houses become account locked.

I know the problem with appartments and i think this is one of the more urgent things they should consider and maybe redesign the complete housing system like this:

• Make appartments be upgradeable in multiple steps to the size of M or L house including the addition of a schrebergarden, balcony or garden on the roof.
• Clear current wards from FCs and make them private only.
• Add an additional Subdivision for FCs only with a special house size around L house or larger like a huge guild hall.
• Give access to Airships for private houses (1 for S, 2 for M and 3 for L).
• Give access to Airships for FCs without houses via their citystate Airshipyard (limited to 1 or 2 Airships).
• Give access to Workshops for FCs without house, maybe via the gobies in idleshire. This may be also a possibility to open Workshopin some kind to all players.

Just some thoughts to make housing and its features more accessible for more players and FCs, even without a house but limited.