In a better world, with more role-play to begin with, player housing would be a great idea. But it would be dreadful for beginning role-players in Warcraft. An already sparse and underground RP scene would be driven even deeper. There would be fewer open-world scenes and more instanced, hidden away ones.

Guild halls, perhaps? Same problems. We need more inter-guild role-play, not less, but the guild hall would all but guarantee it.

And while we’re there, if it’s instanced, who’s to say you’ll ever get in? You can’t get into half the dungeons these days.

Finally, and this is the coffin nail for me, there’s nothing IN it for the raider. There’s nothing IN it for the PVPer. There’s no in-game benefit, and these guys LIVE for that.

Player housing is a dead end.