My dream came true! FROGS! Fireflies! GIANT trees! Thank you ZOS!

MoonPile · January 30

Finally, some live frogs for the Frog-Caller to call:

(sorry they are hard to see: tiny, by the water.
I'm sneaking from a distance because they get scared and jump in the water if you come too close

)

There are also live fireflies - none of which take up any furnishing slots!!

Well, almost came true since this is on the PTS.
And it'd still be great to get them as a "furnishing" to use in other homes (I know about the statue antiquity, it's cute)

Re:

(From another post of mine; I'm not sure if it's ok to link to or if that's considered spam.)

The landscaping for this house is gorgeous and the new trees that come with are IMMENSE.
They will be very useful in hiding unused sections of plots. The leaves are also nice close-up, though the crown is a bit polygonal-looking. Fairly natural on the whole.

Here's pictures of the biggest new tree "Tree, Giant Swampshadow", hiding a huge chunk of a house with just one slot:

Tree, Ancient Jungle (one of the biggest you can get in base game for gold) next to it, looking like a sad little shrimp:

Tree, Ancient Blooming Ginkgo (Housing Editor, 580 crowns) on the left, also looking wee:

I really wish this giant tree would come to base game but... if that Gingko is nearly $6, I have little hope for this one.

The new willows are also beautiful but unfortunately will probably also be crown-only:

LunaFlora · January 30

yay froggies!
everything i see of Willowpond Haven makes me love it more 🌸

edit: corrected typo.

MoonPile · January 30

LunaFlora wrote: »

yay froggies!
everything i see of Willowpond Haven makes me love it more 🌸

Seriously! I got so distracted by just this place and the trees lol, I've yet to look at the other cool new items. Already thinking I have to redo a build and move it here...

Only bummer is the Crown-only bit

MoonPile · January 30

Ok other great things: more gigantic (even bigger!) Apocrypha book-structures that will be in-game earnable recipes. LOVE!

And finally a roof, from Rollis for 125 tickets. This goes with the Apocrypha-Midden style platforms from Necrom, so finally between this and the books, we can actually build a real Midden-style place.

Though... I can't help but notice this "pergola" still leaves a gap in the A-frame area

that one sore spot that everyone constantly requests triangular pieces for. I have yet to try if it fits with the triangular platform from the merchant.

EDIT: PRAISE the art team! (Or whoever deserves credit) They all fit together, the triangular piece fits in the roof!!

I cannot wait to build.

LunaFlora · January 30

MoonPile wrote: »

Ok other great things: more gigantic (even bigger!) Apocrypha book-structures that will be in-game earnable recipes. LOVE!

And finally a roof, from Rollis for 125 tickets. This goes with the Apocrypha-Midden style platforms from Necrom, so finally between this and the books, we can actually build a real Midden-style place.

Though... I can't help but notice this "pergola" still leaves a gap in the A-frame area that one sore spot that everyone constantly requests triangular pieces for. I have yet to try if it fits with the triangular platform from the merchant.

EDIT: PRAISE the art team! (Or whoever deserves credit) They all fit together, the triangular piece fits in the roof!!

I cannot wait to build.

that looks AMAZING!
i love pergolas

MoonPile · January 30

I was going to farm today so I can actually buy this stuff when it comes out, but got thoroughly distracted by the PTS. Here's a quick little wooden house by the lake:

Book-walls would be a great option for this too but given the location I opted against wet books lol

LunaFlora · January 30

that little house looks awesome!

Thee_Cheshire_Cat · January 30

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

MoonPile · January 30

LunaFlora wrote: »

that little house looks awesome!

Thank you! It's rough but really made me want this location.

Thee_Cheshire_Cat wrote: »

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

Agree, the two houses there aren't for me, though I'm sure some will like them. Gratefully they are over in the corner and will be easy enough to cover with with those giant trees + some volcanic plugs lol. The space is awesome otherwise!

MoonPile · January 31

Covering up the houses at Willowpond:

Thankfully it's pretty easy here - the big rocks and trees we have fit well with the existing landscape. Still, it would be great if ZOS would make a Structure-less option in addition to Furnished & Unfurnished.

The greenery and rocks took < 100 slots. Could be done with less or more, depending what's blocked off or how detailed and natural it's made. It can also get a little pricy in Crowns if using some helpful large or new items.

Quick & rough:

emilyhyoyeon · January 31

I'm in love with this house too. I've always wanted a normal sized imperial style home in a Black Marsh/swamp area. It's pretty perfect and the waterfalls, frogs, etc all make it even better

It is the perfect house for one of my characters. The past six years I've been using Domus Phrasticus in Craglorn decorated as marshy as I could to pretend it was in the right location.

I like the home nearest to the entrance quite a lot although I agree with others saying that an option to remove structures would be nice. I'd remove the other building. On PTS I've been messing around with ways to cover it efficiently so I appreciate what you've shown with that MoonPile.

But overall I'm so happy with this house and I will be grabbing it instantly as it hits the live game.

AScarlato · January 31

House is so tempting. Why do they do this to me!?

Crubbles · February 2

I wish they'd update other houses with water to have frogs and such, the temptation is real.

alternatelder · February 3

Thee_Cheshire_Cat wrote: »

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

That thing is currently what's blocking my wallet. Remove it, or both and it's a day 1 buy for me.

Araneae6537 · February 3

alternatelder wrote: »

Thee_Cheshire_Cat wrote: »

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

That thing is currently what's blocking my wallet. Remove it, or both and it's a day 1 buy for me.

Totally agreed! Maybe it’s a fine house, but it’s not my style and not what I would like to do with the property. I love Moonsugar Meadow and would love to have properties in additional regions with lovely plants and water features to build around!

Jaimeh · February 3

The surroundings look so beautiful and serene and the details are nice--glad you can call finally have your frog calling wish (the sound of that furnishing cracks me up just thinking about it)

Agreed about the house, I like the its design but I hoped we could have had a template version of this plot for more freedom in building.

MoonPile · February 3

Araneae6537 wrote: »

alternatelder wrote: »

Thee_Cheshire_Cat wrote: »

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

That thing is currently what's blocking my wallet. Remove it, or both and it's a day 1 buy for me.

Totally agreed! Maybe it’s a fine house, but it’s not my style and not what I would like to do with the property. I love Moonsugar Meadow and would love to have properties in additional regions with lovely plants and water features to build around!

Same, it's not that I think it's ugly or anything, just would much rather do my own thing in that beautiful environment. Why house when I can live in the cave behind the waterfall?

But if it will cost ~ a year's worth of crowns, to additionally have to use 100-200 slots on blocking off... Ehh.

Anyway I sent feedback directly on PTS, I hope others do also. Though Idk how much they look at feedback here or email

Outside of egregious bugs, seems like most of what's on the PTS goes live regardless.

alternatelder · February 4

Araneae6537 wrote: »

alternatelder wrote: »

Thee_Cheshire_Cat wrote: »

i'd rather a little house like that or the pergola, than that ugly huge house they have there, currently.

That thing is currently what's blocking my wallet. Remove it, or both and it's a day 1 buy for me.

Totally agreed! Maybe it’s a fine house, but it’s not my style and not what I would like to do with the property. I love Moonsugar Meadow and would love to have properties in additional regions with lovely plants and water features to build around!

I think all houses should have a removable option for the house. I bought Moon Sugar Meadow on my PC account, I built a decent little house, I loved it, and I'd have done the same on PS, but then something really started bothering me that I never noticed before. It's surrounded by open water, yet on the map, there is no body of water nearby. I got pretty annoyed with that. I need homes with bodies of water because my main guy is a fisherman, and we have boat furnishings to show off, but the water needs to make sense.