Quote Originally Posted by Malious_Lux View Post
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Free Companies had a 3 week period when 4.2 came out and the wards were increased from 12 to 18 to be the only new purchasers of houses. Only a small percentage of the new houses added ended up getting purchased. Many wards remained completely empty. It wasn't until after the moratorium on private purchases ended so individual players could become owners that wards started filling up.

There isn't the huge FC demand for houses that you're implying while there is definitely a huge demand for personal ownership. There's no reason to take away houses from individual players who fairly purchased their homes after FCs were given their chance to purchase but didn't bother to do so.

If SE chooses to expand the ward system, I do see them repeating what they did in 4.2 and giving FCs first chance at the added plots before individual players can purchase but I don't see them being more restrictive than that.

I'm also curious what "hard work" you think your FC has already done that can only be displayed by owning a house.