why isnt there enough housing plots?!?!

[Allegor]

It's bad design to lock players out of content simply because they weren't lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time.

This privilege argument is little other than thinly veiled elitism. Reserve the elitism for moments when you're skilled at the game in content such as savage. There is no skill in buying a house. Most of it is luck.

That's exactly why I used quotation marks - it doesn't mean I agree to it, but the very quests to unlock the housing districts states it's reserved for the most wealthy adventurers, so it's pretty clear housing wasn't made with the intention of everyone getting a house and players to compete for plots. Granted, they likely didn't foresee all the BS and loopholes players would do to get a spot either, but even if that policy has changed after the years it's not as easy as simply adding more wards, unless they add A LOT of them.
Even If/when they open Ishgard, I expect all house plots will be taken within a week and there will still be people without one, taking us back to square one.

[Penthea]

That's exactly why I used quotation marks - it doesn't mean I agree to it, but the very quests to unlock the housing districts states it's reserved for the most wealthy adventurers, so it's pretty clear housing wasn't made with the intention of everyone getting a house and players to compete for plots. Granted, they likely didn't foresee all the BS and loopholes players would do to get a spot either, but even if that policy has changed after the years it's not as easy as simply adding more wards, unless they add A LOT of them.
Even If/when they open Ishgard, I expect all house plots will be taken within a week and there will still be people without one, taking us back to square one.

There aren't many ways to defend the housing system. Putting in a limited amount of slots for accessing content is never a good thing. Especially when accessing said content doesn't even require skill. Why? Because the more popular the game gets, the more players feel they're being punished simply for starting the game after other people did.

Whatever SE's intentions were, they clearly didn't think about the long-term effects of the housing system.