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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenky View Post
    But why the wards over infinite housing? Two main reasons. 1. Yoshi-P (and other developers at SE) want a Neighborhood-esque feeling for Housing. 2. Infinite housing (with the system the way it is) is near-impossible. It would need to be through the Apartment system, rather than the ward system. Actual physical land in a virtual world will add up if everyone has it.
    Not impossible at all. There is a certain other MMO out there with a ward system, that automatically adds new wards when the existing are 80% full.

    Now, it might be impossible for SE because of a microcode update intel issued 5 years ago that fundamentally affected some 1.0 legacy code that will make all mounts in the game stop working if SE makes a needed change to allow automatic addition of wards at the same time as a certain number of trout swim upstream.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
    Not impossible at all.
    When I say "near impossible" I mean it in the sense of "It is near impossible to do while maintaining Square Enixs stance on the Housing as a whole". They wish to keep it a luxury and maintain the neighborhood feeling. While they are working to try and make it more accessible to everyone, it is still meant to be a "luxury" of sorts. Entirely optional in its own right, which only adds to its desirability.

    With "Infinite housing" AKA Instanced Housing, everyone would indeed obtain the housing they desire. But at the same time, kill the Luxury of it. At least if they do it so everyone has a Ward House. If everyone had an Apartment, instead (Upgraded to be the same as a house, just with no physical land than you can walk up to / interact with) then we would have another issue on our hands.

    There needs to keep a reason for Ward Housing to be desirable. Personally, I think the physical land is enough, but others may wish if not outright demand more questionable, perhaps even outlandish claims to maintain their stance.
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