Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
In the end, supply is the problem. SE can keep juggling purchase changes all they want but it won't fix anything. Resellers will always find a way to exploit the system for profit as long as anything comes in a limited quantity. Even if SE was able to expand wards on demand as each world needed more housing, the limited number of more desirable plots would keep the resellers very happy.
I had some grand plans for my original house but that rapidly fell apart for a variety of reasons and have since let it auto-demo. My second one is for whenever I get the building itch. That one's in a great spot in the Mist so IS would have to be something super special for me to consider letting it go. Believe me I dislike feeling beholden to sub just to keep it so there's some motivation to find a replacement.

I wonder how much of the supply problem is due to the gating of gardening, workshops, aetherial wheels, airships, and subs. Decoupling those from ward housing seems like a ridiculously easy way to reduce demand. Hopefully Island Sanctuary takes care of plot gardening. All the guild workshop features could be made available if they'd repurpose an unused door near the GC's space for FC's without housing that leads to a workshop.

Because of the gating I'm going to be part of the problem. I'll be on the lookout for a small for one or more of my alt-FC's just to gain access to those features.