Well its possible the housing and crafting recipes could be added later. KI did the same thing with Celestia. First the area was released. Not sure how long it was but later the housing and recipe merchants were added. On test realm before Wysteria went to the live realms, the Sunken Palace and Wizards Watchtower was in the crown shop. As my understanding they didnt go live with the update because the preview wasnt fixed so they had to put those on hold. So lets be patient and see what happens in future updates. Maybe merchants will be added :)
Well its possible the housing and crafting recipes could be added later. KI did the same thing with Celestia. First the area was released. Not sure how long it was but later the housing and recipe merchants were added. On test realm before Wysteria went to the live realms, the Sunken Palace and Wizards Watchtower was in the crown shop. As my understanding they didnt go live with the update because the preview wasnt fixed so they had to put those on hold. So lets be patient and see what happens in future updates. Maybe merchants will be added :)
I believe you are right, that there is more to come in Wysteria. For example there is a professor Dolly Salvador that we don't even talk to during the current quests. I for one would love to see more of Wysteria so I hope it gets expanded.