Housing System: A Vision

Theosis

You sir should get a job at ESO. I love your ideas.

Rodario

Thanks for all the feedback, you guys. Opinions on how housing should be implemented will of course differ, but after spending a lot of time developing this concept, it's good to see so many positive reactions from the community .

Rodario

WraithAzraiel wrote: »

ZOS, hire this guy to run the Housing project.

Theosis wrote: »

You sir should get a job at ESO. I love your ideas.

I would not be opposed to that

Leijona wrote: »

Nice job so far, I hope @ZOS_GinaBruno or @ZOS_JessicaFolsom will pass this forward to Phil/Michael/Doug and the rest of the team, so they will be aware of it and read this concept.

At this point, I do not believe in official responses to player suggestions anymore. The last one I saw was months ago and even that was more a list of issues with some recommended fixes than a suggestion per se. Not that any of it was implemented after "passing it along to the devs".

I suspect there is no "suggestions" subforum simply because ZOS is not interested in our ideas and having such a subforum would imply the opposite.

I will probably not be posting any more suggestions after this one. The effort just seems pointless.

Xalian

Woah, nice long post. I'll wait till the book is out. Joking! Good post. I just hope we will get the ability to build storage containers, chests, drawers or an armoire that a woodworker can build and sell on the market.

Gidorick

I would make one big addition to your concept.

I think those of us that don't want to build a house (or do not yet have the skill) should be able to buy a publically shared house in each city that would be like half the price of building a house. Everyone would use the same door to get to the house but each person that owns the house goes to their own instance of that they can decorate and make their own. Everyone who doesn't own the house would go to the public instance.

Gidorick

Rodario wrote: »

I suspect there is no "suggestions" subforum simply because ZOS is not interested in our ideas and having such a subforum would imply the opposite.

I will probably not be posting any more suggestions after this one. The effort just seems pointless.

This is probably completely true. I suspected the same, that's why I made this post:

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/134538/zos-what-do-you-need-from-us#latest

1.6K views... 57 comments... no response from ZOS. I'm convinced these forums are to let the players have a place to discuss amongst ourselves. I've actually been looking for a good Guild to join so I can start posting on those forums instead.

I think ZOS has a plan on what they are going to do and when. Player input and suggestions isn't wanted or needed (at least they think it isn't needed).

Rodario

Gidorick wrote: »

Rodario wrote: »

I suspect there is no "suggestions" subforum simply because ZOS is not interested in our ideas and having such a subforum would imply the opposite.

I will probably not be posting any more suggestions after this one. The effort just seems pointless.

This is probably completely true. I suspected the same, that's why I made this post:

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/134538/zos-what-do-you-need-from-us#latest

1.6K views... 57 comments... no response from ZOS. I'm convinced these forums are to let the players have a place to discuss amongst ourselves. I've actually been looking for a good Guild to join so I can start posting on those forums instead.

I think ZOS has a plan on what they are going to do and when. Player input and suggestions isn't wanted or needed (at least they think it isn't needed).

@Gidorick‌ That's pretty much what I've come to believe.

If ZOS want to come up with all content on their own, that's fine. Just because other MMO developers take suggestions from the community and actually implement a few of them doesn't mean they all have to.

The decent thing to do, though, is to make that policy public, so we don't have to waste a lot of our time with the conception, refinement and posting of suggestions to realize that on our own.

Leijona

/support in game and give them the link to this topic. That could help. Luckily I was able to give the team my last two ideas personally when I was in Baltimore and I actually got some response from them

Rodario

Leijona wrote: »

/support in game and give them the link to this topic. That could help. Luckily I was able to give the team my last two ideas personally when I was in Baltimore and I actually got some response from them

Unfortunately, that's a 6'600km journey for me. I used the feedback function for many of my suggestions, but as they tell you in advance, an answer is not to be expected.

On the plus side, I don't spend my time coming up with suggestions for this game anymore, so that sunday I spent writing this one was more of an investment in free time than it was a waste of it

MornaBaine

michaelpatterson wrote: »

I personally would LOVE to see housing in ESO but Ultima Online style.. Id like to see plots of land and actual houses people can see... This instanced housing is ridiculous and no one gets to even see it. Its sooo much more enjoyable and fun to have your house out in the open, decorations for all to see and even pvp on your doorstep would be awesomesauce

I agree that would be amazing and certainly the optimal choice. I've never played Ultima Online though so I'm not sure how they pull that off and what kind ofresources it would take.

Rodario

I felt like bumping those suggestions of mine in which I still truly believe. You know, give them another run on the forums

Mercurio

great ideas there really is no reason NOT to have housing in a Elder Scrolls game. It's a large blank spot in the design.

Artorious

Way to be lazy, ZOS.

At least acknowledge the extremely well-put threads like these, this is gold and free information/feedback to you.

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

looks interesting but im not a real fan of instance... i want ppl to see me house a mile away not to have 10 mil houses in the same spot...takes away the fun and feels like aion somehow...just to keep them packed up:( nah...just add a certain number of buyable locations or more space through out the world so u can buy that place and do wtf u want with it tough id like to make 1 fort in cyrodill i believe that would/should not be possible tough

Gidorick

I absolutely LOVE what you've written here. We are very much on the same train of thought when it comes to many of the options and functions of a player home.

Although homes are likely WAY off for ESO they could really add something special. It's a shame that ZOS seems on such a slow production schedule.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/145287/another-housing-suggestion-a-3-phase-release-plan

Tonnopesce

I do belive that they will adapt the Skyrim DLC hearthfire sistem into an istanced little land 1 for each alliance.
We all know that ZO$ is lazy....

MornaBaine

Tonnopesceb16_ESO wrote: »

I do belive that they will adapt the Skyrim DLC hearthfire sistem into an istanced little land 1 for each alliance.
We all know that ZO$ is lazy....

Even so, I'd take it. Places to roleplay without tripping over other roleplayers RPing different things are already close to impossible to find. Once B2P hits there will be a flood of new and returning players and with the houses RPers formerly used as "theirs" for RP purposes now locked up due to the Justice System the NEED for player housing is greater than ever. ZOS, for the love of the Divines and lots of money for you in the cash shop, GET ON THIS ALREADY!