Quote Originally Posted by Raim View Post
They have said countless times due to server restrictions they can't just make infinite instanced housing. Calling them liars isn't going to help. Island Sanctuary won't be nearly as detailed as actual housing, nor should it because then why have housing wards?
I highly doubt it is technical issues. In fact I suspect a fully instanced housing system would require less system resources than the current devoid of players ward system assuming the instanced system is well designed. Housing has been something SEQ has hinted at for a long time that they really don't believe should be in the game. It has been pretty much a failure from the beginning due to SEQ not having a good understanding of what the user base is looking for and underestimating its popularity. To change course now would mean FF XIV leadership would have to admit the current system is not a success and that they wasted a lot of effort trying to put lipstick on a pig. So the real issues is not technical so much as the ward based housing system has become a matter of saving face. There is a compromise which could be considered a win-win and that would be keeping and freezing the ward system with all of its restrictions and a parallel instanced housing system for the larger player base.