Quote Originally Posted by Amarria View Post
Thank you so much for that very detailed account. I feel like I'm playing catch up right now. So that was very much needed. So to follow up with that... I'm assuming, because you didn't mention it, that when Endwalker drops that new area won't have available housing? That's disappointing. I was hoping they would add additional servers to the current housing locations at least.
They don't automatically add new housing districts with each expansion. Neither Heavensward nor Shadowbringers saw a new housing district added though the number of wards in the existing housing districts did get increased in both expansions when SE decided there was need.

Right now, the need for server hardware to add new worlds for players is a greater priority than just adding servers for housing (the upside being that a new world automatically comes with its own set of wards). But the current semiconductor shortage has made it impossible for SE to get the hardware they need even when they were offering substantially over normal market rates. I've heard the shortage is expected to end sometime next year. Once they are able to get the hardware and open new worlds, they'll offer free transfers to player who want to move to those worlds.

It's not unusual for friend groups and entire FCs to take advantage of the free transfers for the sake of housing among other perks. Even if someone doesn't want to transfer, plots will become available on existing worlds as others do.