Prices of Player Housing

Seraseth

I'm absolutely for instanced housing, either private, or communities, or both. But it has to have an outside as well as an inside!

potirondb16_ESO

Lool I want to be able to steal from your houses !

Could be a nice feature , put houses in cyrodill !

Eirikir

I may be in the minority, but I would like single instance housing with plots equaling to a small lot (free) half an acre (Gold) to a full acre in size (Crowns). To enter your lot you approach a universal path or walkway found in the region you have your house. The paths are found in the major cities of the map, (ones with crafting stations, banks, and/or way shrines). The path is visible and seems real but leads to an instance switch similar to walking from one region to another the first time.

INSTANCE HOUSING

Upon entering your lot you will see two paths, the one you entered and one that "leads" to the next lot, IE any lot in that city/area. To be neighbors with friends and all you all need to be in the same instance path. This would allow for instance housing (unlimited) while still shielding the immersion as much as possible. If you friend lives elsewhere.... I have an idea for that.

HOUSING & LOT SIZES

So all houses and types would be self made. No crafting skills? Hire a new "hireling" to do the work, just bring him the stuff. Motifs and such play a role of course in housing and decor constructions. Now here are how I would do the lot sizes, the small one is free and you can build a home (think the smaller one room + basement/attic you see out in the overworld). The medium (lot bought with gold) you can have a larger home with a room or two upstairs and an attic/basement (as seen in towns) or a business such as an armory (complete with crafting stations) or a tavern, showing the rpers some love. The large plot would allow for a manor (not castle size) or a farm and medium sized plot house, complete with gardens for mats, or pens for animals (also mats) and maybe some downed trees, rock outcrops and road side shrines (enchanter mats) that act as a second hireling or something, and of course a small barn and work stations. All large mats (stone, animals, exc) would refresh every 24 hours.

UNIVERSAL BENEFITS

Got a hireling, crafting skill, or friends who do? Build a way shrine, to travel far off cities as well as houses of friends with shrines of their own. Why not keep tradition and add a bed that when activated gives a buff of some kind? A daily meal? List goes on and on.

Sausage

Housing should be main time-sink imho, so I say hopefully a lot. Hopefully you can buy some House Extensions with TS and APs too, why not from your max lvl alts too, one Extension per maxed char.

RebornV3x

It depends we really don't know much about player housing I almost don't want to get my hopes up well just have to see I just have a hard time understanding how they would even implement player housing much less be working as intended on release.

Jim_Pipp

There is speculation that it will be the next dlc after dark brotherhood because there was a suggestion that they won't add a new zone with that dlc.. it is speculation but it suggests that you will buy a dlc based around building a home using crowns. If player housing is the third quarter dlc then expect a certain amount of questing and grinding to get your furnishings, so maybe it won't cost much gold at all.

rotaugen454

Individual houses can be bought for 10,000,000 crowns.

For 5,000 crowns, you can live in an apartment building. Each building will have 100 people per floor, and will be 100 stories tall. You will have to ride an elevator to anything but the 20,000 crown first floor. The elevator ride will be in real time, propelled by oxen turning a wheel. Only 6 characters can ride the elevator at one time, and there will be a massive line waiting for the elevator. People will be able to troll the elevator by getting half way out and holding the doors from closing.

kojou

I would like to adopt some sort of model like Skyrim where there are houses that can be purchased in each zone, and you have to complete the content in that zone to build a reputation for yourself before the zone administration (King/Jarl/Duke) will let you purchase one of them. They can be instanced so more than one person can purchase the same house, but have the ability to group if you want to RP.

I think the purchase price of 50K would be reasonable for a small house and 100k for a bigger one and 1,000k for the Chateau.

I also think it would be fun if you could take a town like Dawnbreak in Auridon and revitalize it after the deadric invasion. For example buy one of the broken houses for 20K and hire contractors to repair it for another 20k.

Hallothiel

Would the house be per character or account wide? How would that work? I have charaters from each faction -would they share or would I have to buy one each? Of the latter then they should not be that expensive!
Really don't care about others being able to see just would like a place to store my stuff! Skyrim was good but by the end I would spend ages going round trying to remember in which of my numerous properties I left a specific item......

Asherons_Call

I've never really liked the idea of instanced housing. I prefer to have housing actually in the game world.. Gives it a more realistic feeling. In AC they built many little communities all over the world in groups of 5-10 houses. When they first came out it was a mad dash to claim your favorite one. Some were close to towns and others were far from civilization. There were also single houses littered about for those who didn't like neighbors. It was such a gigantic world map though so I'm not sure if ESO could pull this off.

They did add instanced housing later on in the form of apartments. Easy portals right to them. That satisfied those who couldn't find a house in the overworld as well as those that just wanted a convenient place to store their stuff

kojou

Hallothiel wrote: »

Would the house be per character or account wide? How would that work? I have charaters from each faction -would they share or would I have to buy one each? Of the latter then they should not be that expensive!
Really don't care about others being able to see just would like a place to store my stuff! Skyrim was good but by the end I would spend ages going round trying to remember in which of my numerous properties I left a specific item......

Going from paper napkin idea to product design would take answering these kinds of questions.

This is all hypothetical, so I won't wast too much time on it, but my thoughts would be that one of your characters would gain access to the house and all characters would have access to the same house. In the case where I was thinking about revitalizing a house in a burned out area you would have to save the town on each character that you wanted to have access, but you wouldn't have to repurchase the house.

I can't imagine the need for a player to buy more than one house, but if I was the designer I would allow it.

Jimmy562

wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

TalonKnight wrote: »

LiquidSchwartz wrote: »

I hope they release crown versions along with the homes and I hope they have different areas in each zone or something.
hoping for a minimum of 100k gold to buy one or some bonus for having eso plus to make it worth having

100k is just BS, i have been playing on, and off since beta, and i have never had more the 30k, at 1 time, GTFO with your rich ass.

Wow. I don't know what you do in game, but I can make 30k in a couple hrs. 100k is not that hard, and thats fair price. Thats what the monster helms will sell for with Cyrodiil venders.

Prices for houses should be cheap. The only time they should cost a fortune is if they are placed within the world with limited slots.

It would be amazing if they introduced a similar system to SWG where players could have their own vendors setup in their houses with a global market board to view all the items being sold.

NewBlacksmurf

I came in and skim read a few things.......i wanted to comment:

Price:
I don't want to go as far as saying 100k is too much for housing having not seen any info

In DAoC...(I use this because its the best housing MMO example I've experienced) you could spend 1 plat or more so maybe we will see some type of range by location (neighborhood) of solo houses, guild houses.

Sizes
Small like the houses in town with one floor.
medium - like a small house with two floors
large - two floors and a basement
option 4 - two floors, basement and one or 2 vendors
option 5 - two floors, basement and crafting stations with vendors
option 6 - mansion style with hall, basement, crafting stations, walls, vendors and wayshrine
option 7 - basically a castle for guilds that can hold literally 500 players all at once without crashing on consoles with all of option 6

Prices - Id hope they would range from (unknown - $10 mil)
Prob some crown options too (im not for these but....just being realistic)

Tats

I hope they don't go the WoW route with Garrisons. It made the world feel so empty. You could do almost everything from inside your garrison so there was very little reason to leave it.

NewBlacksmurf

Tats wrote: »

I hope they don't go the WoW route with Garrisons. It made the world feel so empty. You could do almost everything from inside your garrison so there was very little reason to leave it.

I do think that is the point overall that some desire.
To some extent at least.

rotaugen454

My house will be Auridon. The rest of you peasants can live wherever you bloody well please. And get off my lawn!

lunarsyed

its just like with thieves guild tht introduced new mansions and estates so with player housing dlc they can incorporate new areas in tamriel for players to build their houses upon.

robwolf666

lunarsyed wrote: »

Ive been wondering since player housing is coming, it got me thinking how much will they cost to buy ingame? And that if the houses do come in varieties some may be more expensive than others depending on how luxurious or big one house is, that could be a possibility or maybe the house just comes in one shape rather than different varieties, who know but i am curious. Let Know what u guys think?

Hopefully something reasonable, but since things are already ridiculously overpriced in this game <> I mean 40k for an effing horse, 12kplus for effing backpack slots, 60k for effing bank space and considering the crappy amount of gold you can collect wandering or from quests, ir already takes for effing ever to buy anything <> I really doubt they'll be "cheap" and the average player won't ever be able to buy them thru gameplay and will likely have to resort to spending real money for Crowns to buy them in the Crown Store.... "come here ESO fans, let us milk you of more money...."

VodkaVixen1979

I hope player housing does not become a battle between the haves and the have nots. Some gamers can afford large crown purchases, but lets face it, many gamers are young (possibly students) and don't have the real world cash to throw at this game all the time. They need to make money yes, but look at Walmart, they are a leading billion dollar company because everyone can afford to shop there.

I am personally a student and don't want to throw $20 real money at a virtual house. For $5 worth of crowns, you will see a lot more people (like me) taking the plunge and purchasing, resulting in an overall increase in revenue out of sheer bulk. I also have more time to grind for in game gold, so I would like there to be options for both kinds of people. Those who want to pay crowns or those who want to grind for gold.

People with more money than time buy experience scrolls, people with more time than money (ahem, me) buy the psijic recipe for $150,000, then fish for hours to make psijic potions instead. Everybody is happy and gets exp in the end. I hope that player housing will be similar with both avenues of acquisition being available.

C0wrex

Apart from paying in-game gold for a housing feature in ESO? I'd gladly dish out real money for further customization from the crown store )

Elsterchen

I remember I was asked some background questions when creating my first character (back in beta) ... including some social aspects of my players history (poor family, middle class or even wealthy home)

Is this still true? @newer_players?

It would be awesome if housing would be related to this, or any new, background story of the char. Only the interior design ofc... pricy storage and special rooms should be possible for all versions. Then everyone can decide for themselfes if they go for the cosy cottage, the stone manor or the highly decorated palace for a home.

I would enjoy a bed in my house tho, I always feel bad leaving my char out in the wild when i log off and its a bit of a hassle to find a good sleeping spot in the city (I used to /lay down in a city during the early days before log out ... but I always got strange looks from guards when I "woke" up again)

C0wrex

Man, reading all the posts in this thread is getting my hyped for a player housing feature. Can't wait to see how it will all play out )

Might take a while till we get full details though

Volkodav

People wanting housing with an outside,..how would ALL those who have a house fit them all into the game? Houses opun houses upon houses. Where would they all go?
I mean,sure,Tamriel is big,and the largest part is Cyrodiil.I wouldnt put a home there for the ,life of me! Get ganked just for walking out of my house.No,no.
Perhaps a small portal you could open to get into your home,and it closed after you were in it.

Volkodav

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

I came in and skim read a few things.......i wanted to comment:

Price:
I don't want to go as far as saying 100k is too much for housing having not seen any info

In DAoC...(I use this because its the best housing MMO example I've experienced) you could spend 1 plat or more so maybe we will see some type of range by location (neighborhood) of solo houses, guild houses.

Sizes
Small like the houses in town with one floor.
medium - like a small house with two floors
large - two floors and a basement
option 4 - two floors, basement and one or 2 vendors
option 5 - two floors, basement and crafting stations with vendors
option 6 - mansion style with hall, basement, crafting stations, walls, vendors and wayshrine
option 7 - basically a castle for guilds that can hold literally 500 players all at once without crashing on consoles with all of option 6

Prices - Id hope they would range from (unknown - $10 mil)
Prob some crown options too (im not for these but....just being realistic)

10 mill for a house??
I dont think so.At least not for me.There it is again.People with tons of gold ingame set pricing way above those who dont have that much gold.
I dont see why pricing has to be high to begin with.Let everyone have a home.Shacks,small houses,medium and larger homes as well.There's no need to make it hard for newbies to enjoy homes too.
I think,in my humble opinion,that houses might start at a very low price for a small shack,with a bed and containers and a wardrobe.They could have more things as the house got bigger.Like enchanting stations,etc. The prices could get a bit higher then as the size went up along with the amenities.
Why cant lower level poorer players enjoy things too? Not just the richies.

Kashiwagi

I hope there will be an option to have a house on an island. That way house will have outside territory, will be instanced but still have a realistic feel to it.

FortheloveofKrist

Hilarious level of speculation.

Volkodav

FortheloveofKrist wrote: »

Hilarious level of speculation.

That's what forums are for.

Tommy1979AtWar

So does anyone actually know whether they're going to be crown store items or something you can hopefully craft, create and make your own in game?... like Skyrim.

rotaugen454

Once they allow the selling of houses, I will start my career as an ESO Realtor, getting a 6% commission for bringing buyers and sellers together. Let me handle the escrow, check title, and order termite inspections...

Averya_Teira

Turelus wrote: »

I guess it depends on their internal figures.

Most people I know who are good end game players have around 1mil+ gold, however there are often complains on the forums when items cost in the hundreds of thousands. It would be interesting to know what the average dare I use the term casual player has as gold reserves.

Based on the SWTOR model they offer one very cheap location, then two slightly more costly and one expensive location. Finally they also have the dreadnoughts which (although designed for a guild effort) are in the extreme levels of wealth section.

Well I considered myself an average player and I have something like 20 000 gold lol...