Go Balmung!

[Brygd]

No doubt in my mind there is a clear demand, I think the large number of bids on these properties is proof. Balmung went higher than 1002 in the end and from the screencap I saw of the winner, I believe they are someone genuine who will enjoy their new home.

So, YES! there is a demand for 4 to 5 more personal wards right now to satisfy that demand of about 1000 people (1000 / 60 / 5) maybe as a short term bandaid that would help for a few weeks?

But wards are not great in the long term. Better is that SE hire a systems developer (as they hinted to in the last live letter) to take responsibility of housing, listen to the community, and then take ownership and make it better.

That takes on a lot more than just removing the pent up demand, it also needs a redevelop in many other areas, like availability, Z-Axis, scale, replacable inside walls, possibly ways to link your house to friends in virtual wards, entry through NPCs or doors, rather than teleporting into your yard - and so much more.

Housing can become so much better in the #1 MMO.

Where was hiring a systems developer hinted at in the last live letter? I didn't catch that in the summaries I read.

And ugh, if they're just now hiring a developer, that means nothing until 8.0 at the earliest.