Isn't it safe to assume more wards have to be added?

[Dyvid]

If you are doing this for me there's no need. Already lost 3 houses where I camped for around 3-6 hours in each (one of them being extremely frustrating due to nighttime) and I have no intention of visiting a doctor so absolutely stopping here.
But really, who said this system is much better than what he had? Nothing, and I mean NOTHING could ever be worse than what we have now. Even no houses available or people selling them is still better than this. SE have really outdone themselves with this one. "You can finally get a house now, we finally figured out how! The only requirements are that the player must not sleep and get Carpal Tunnel. But hey, here's the exciting part, even if you end up with both (which you will), there's still no guarantee you'll get a house!".

Sorry to here about your troubles. Sadly RNG was SE attempt to players abusing the system and encouraging RMT use. For those who don't know, in the past players would buy a plot then have players buy the right for the "seller" to relinquish the plot at 5 or even 10 times the purchase price. The only other option I can think of is remove in game rules all together. A player signs up on a waiting list, when an opening happens the GM would contact the player by either in game or email setting up a time and date where they would purchase the land.

[GomJabbar]

For those who don't know, in the past players would buy a plot then have players buy the right for the "seller" to relinquish the plot at 5 or even 10 times the purchase price.

The new rules changed nothing on that front. This is still very much happening, the only difference now is that potential buyers must already have a crappy small house to relocate from. The problem with the timers is getting that small in the first place. FC housing sales weren't affected at all.

[Jojoya]

The new rules changed nothing on that front. This is still very much happening, the only difference now is that potential buyers must already have a crappy small house to relocate from. The problem with the timers is getting that small in the first place. FC housing sales weren't affected at all.

It's still less of a problem than before since the flippers have a harder time getting a plot themselves and then they're reliant on finding a buyer who already has a house but wants that specific plot.

[milovan]

Maybe we get a new housing ward in ishgard during 5.x

restoration of Ishgard it is.

[Kleeya]

Someone got a link to a reliable source about this Ishgard housing ? I keep seeing some people convinced that it will come, but the best i did see is SE saying something like "yes, we know that players want Ishgard to be more alive... yes, we know that players would like to live here..." when talking of the upcoming restoration. Not "yes there will be Ishgard housing in Shadowbringers". Did i miss something or are players hyping themselves too much on some rumors like the dancer being a healer ?

[Dustytome]

Someone got a link to a reliable source about this Ishgard housing ? I keep seeing some people convinced that it will come, but the best i did see is SE saying something like "yes, we know that players want Ishgard to be more alive... yes, we know that players would like to live here..." when talking of the upcoming restoration. Not "yes there will be Ishgard housing in Shadowbringers". Did i miss something or are players hyping themselves too much on some rumors like the dancer being a healer ?

There's nothing but that small clip with the emphasis put on the "live in Ishgard" part that I know of. With the new expansion taking place in a different world, they may have wanted to keep player housing on the source world and the crafter/gatherer rebuilding process being Ishgard instead of something in the new area is probably their means of introducing the reasoning behind Ishgard suddenly having a home for adventurers. It's completely possible they're toying with us, but I do think they knew exactly what and how they were saying that bit on Ishgard.

[MizArai]

Someone got a link to a reliable source about this Ishgard housing ? I keep seeing some people convinced that it will come, but the best i did see is SE saying something like "yes, we know that players want Ishgard to be more alive... yes, we know that players would like to live here..." when talking of the upcoming restoration. Not "yes there will be Ishgard housing in Shadowbringers". Did i miss something or are players hyping themselves too much on some rumors like the dancer being a healer ?

There's nothing but that small clip with the emphasis put on the "live in Ishgard" part that I know of. With the new expansion taking place in a different world, they may have wanted to keep player housing on the source world and the crafter/gatherer rebuilding process being Ishgard instead of something in the new area is probably their means of introducing the reasoning behind Ishgard suddenly having a home for adventurers. It's completely possible they're toying with us, but I do think they knew exactly what and how they were saying that bit on Ishgard.

The Shadowbringers site updated on April 11th. In the section about the restoration of the Holy See it says we will get a new area/ neighborhood/ district depending on the translations (in all but the English translation). (translations courtesy of Google translate)

French - A thousand years of war against the dragons have left deep scars on the walls of the Holy City and in the hearts of its inhabitants. This dark page is however turning, while the Ishgardais gradually learn to cohabit with their neighbors with scales. Symbol of this renewal, a brand new neighborhood will see the light of day. His name: Azurée.

Japanese - The dragon poetry war, which lasted for a thousand years, left a very deep scar in the religious city "Ishgard". But still, people are embroiled in accepting the change of harmony with the dragon and start moving toward tomorrow. It was such a time that the development of the new area "Shenten" was announced as a symbol of reconstruction.

German - The thousand-year-long Dragon War is over, but its traces are still visible in the holy city of Ishgard. The dragons and the Ishgarder have settled their dispute and are now working for a common future. A new district is to be built to bring prosperity and peace to the Holy City.

English - The Dragonsong War has long since ended, but its scars yet remain. As man and dragon work together to rebuild the Holy See, the people of Ishgard have come to find they want for helping hands...

[Jojoya]

The Shadowbringers site updated on April 11th. In the section about the restoration of the Holy See it says we will get a new area/ neighborhood/ district depending on the translations (in all but the English translation). (translations courtesy of Google translate)

None of that sounds like adding a housing district to me. It sounds more like just adding a new section to the city, such as a Jeweled Crozier.

It wouldn't make sense for a new district reserved as housing for foreigner adventurers to be embraced as any sort of positive symbol by the residents of Ishgard,

I don't doubt that there is some sort of housing planned. That comment during the NA FanFest was pretty pointed. I just don't think that page on the expac website is referring to it.

[Kleeya]

I did see that but not even talking of the english one, in the french version of the game the housing zones are always categorized as "résidentiels" ones, like "quartiers résidentiels" or "zones résidentielles", the second word meaning you can live in them. "Quartier" only could very well be adding a common town part like the doman enclave, where most of the reconstruction can be done, and that's it.

I also find it strange that since people are asking for Ishgard housing since a very long time, such a thing finally happenning isn't highlighted way more than that they are doing now with a few vague words. Or maybe it is not ready at all, hence the fact that we didn't even get some screenshots at a fanfest, and they keep such an announcement for way later.

[MizArai]

None of that sounds like adding a housing district to me. It sounds more like just adding a new section to the city, such as a Jeweled Crozier.

It wouldn't make sense for a new district reserved as housing for foreigner adventurers to be embraced as any sort of positive symbol by the residents of Ishgard,

I don't doubt that there is some sort of housing planned. That comment during the NA FanFest was pretty pointed. I just don't think that page on the expac website is referring to it.

I did see that but not even talking of the english one, in the french version of the game the housing zones are always categorized as "résidentiels" ones, like "quartiers résidentiels" or "zones résidentielles", the second word meaning you can live in them. "Quartier" only could very well be adding a common town part like the doman enclave, where most of the reconstruction can be done, and that's it.

I also find it strange that since people are asking for Ishgard housing since a very long time, such a thing finally happenning isn't highlighted way more than that they are doing now with a few vague words. Or maybe it is not ready at all, hence the fact that we didn't even get some screenshots at a fanfest, and they keep such an announcement for way later.

I just know that's what people have been using as concrete proof around me. I agree with both of you, as it seemed a bit vague in my opinion, but my opinion seems rather unpopular most places. At some point I just keep my mouth shut while I smile and nod. ;-)