What are the benefits of buying a house?

Turbotailz · February 2017

Do I get any passive buffs just for entering, food buff duration? Questing for house materials or is it there just to look pretty? If it's there to look pretty then I might as well sleep in the woods chilling with my Lamia and Daedra companions.

MissBizz · February 2017

A) To look pretty

Have fun decorating

C) Roleplaying

D) Target dummies (DPS tests)

E) Look pretty

F) Learning furniture crafting to sell to people who care more about their pretty looking houses than you do

G) Oh yeah! Dye stations/crafting stations. Especially attunable ones so you don't have to trek so far for the annoying ones to get to.

zaria · February 2017

You can put down an target dummy who is nice for training rotation, you can also put down crafting stations.
Nothing more outside fun or rp.

MAEK · February 2017

You can fast travel to if for free, and you can put crafting stations in it.

Callous2208 · February 2017

I created a training pit at Forsaken Stronghold for duels. Having a good time with the Guildies so far.

Danikat · February 2017

MissBizz wrote: »

A) To look pretty

Have fun decorating

C) Roleplaying

D) Target dummies (DPS tests)

E) Look pretty

F) Learning furniture crafting to sell to people who care more about their pretty looking houses than you do

G) Oh yeah! Dye stations/crafting stations. Especially attunable ones so you don't have to trek so far for the annoying ones to get to.

All of this, plus you can teleport there for free from anywhere in the world.

Not all of that will appeal to everyone. Some people really don't care for it at all. If you're not sure you could always get one (or two or three) of the free inn rooms to play around with and see if you want to spend more on a bigger house after that.

Turbotailz · February 2017

MAEK wrote: »

You can fast travel to if for free, and you can put crafting stations in it.

MissBizz wrote: »

A) To look pretty

Have fun decorating

C) Roleplaying

D) Target dummies (DPS tests)

E) Look pretty

F) Learning furniture crafting to sell to people who care more about their pretty looking houses than you do

G) Oh yeah! Dye stations/crafting stations. Especially attunable ones so you don't have to trek so far for the annoying ones to get to.

MAEK wrote: »

You can fast travel to if for free, and you can put crafting stations in it.

I suppose that's one bright way to look at it especially for the attune crafting. I just hope they add other cool concepts for housing in the future.

LordGavus · February 2017

I only use mine for dps test dummy and monster bust trophy room at the moment.

But as other people have said, you have cratfing and dye stations and free teleport.
Plus I'm sure more features will be added in the future.

MLGProPlayer · February 2017

Decorating is fun

BlackSparrow · February 2017

Someone hasn't been paying attention over the past two months.

DigitalShibby · February 2017

Use your house to generate income. Furnish it with a little sex appeal and some mood lighting and rent out access to the erotic role players.

Rohamad_Ali · February 2017

Free fast travel to your favorite city . Crafting at home is also nice .

Uriel_Nocturne · February 2017

zaria wrote: »

You can put down an target dummy who is nice for training rotation, you can also put down crafting stations.
Nothing more outside fun or rp.

This.

Aside from these reasons, there's zero reasons to buy a House in ESO. This is the most bare-bones Housing addition of any MMORPG... ever.

ZOS didn't even give their players HALF of the features that come standard in Housing in every other MMO...

Gargath · February 2017

The main benefit is that you are given a possibility to use imagination and create something from scratch.
Either for you to feel fulfilled or to brag here on the forum of what you created

Turbotailz · February 2017

BlackSparrow wrote: »

Someone hasn't been paying attention over the past two months.

Nope because when you're preoccupied with other stuff you tend to forget

DigitalShibby wrote: »

Use your house to generate income. Furnish it with a little sex appeal and some mood lighting and rent out access to the erotic role players.

Interesting concept. Have that worked for you

?

BlackSparrow · February 2017

In serious answer to the actual question: Housing is meant to be the vehicle for the new furnishing system. It's meant as a creative outlet where you can have a place in Tamriel to call your own and decorate.

In short, yes. It's there to "look pretty."

There are a couple small benefits and perks: the free teleports to any of your houses are nice, and with master writs you can get a DPS testing skeleton and crafting stations put in your home.

But overall? It's basically a little playground you can decorate to your taste, and whatever you get out of it is whatever you put into it, creatively speaking. Some people create mini-games like mazes and jumping puzzles, while other people roleplay taverns, inns, and, yes, brothels. Meanwhile, other people are decorating their houses to certain themes, like Dark Brotherhood sanctuaries, witch's caves, and hunter's cabins. You get out of it what you want out of it. I've likened it to Minecraft before, because it's pretty much the same sort of mindset: you have your own little world and some tools to build it up to your taste... it's more limited than Minecraft, but that's made up by the richer lore and the rest of the game surrounding it.

Personally, I love having one house for each of my characters, and enjoy the challenge of finding the perfect decorations for each of their houses to reflect their stories and personalities. It's immensely satisfying to place items in a way that suggests there are stories attached to them... to know that the pile of fish in the kitchen, the wine bottle thrown on the workshop floor, and the dagger just peeking out from under the pillow all say something subtle but important about the character who lives there. That's what housing does for me.

If that's not your thing? No worries. Get the free inn rooms (and I also recommend the cheap apartments) for the free teleports. Then, sell any recipes you find on the guild traders and never worry about it again. There's nothing wrong with deciding it's not for you. You play how you most enjoy. The important thing is that you're having fun playing the game.

DigitalShibby · February 2017

Turbotailz wrote: »

DigitalShibby wrote: »

Use your house to generate income. Furnish it with a little sex appeal and some mood lighting and rent out access to the erotic role players.

Interesting concept. Have that worked for you ?

Yeah. That's why I suggested it. 24k for 24 hours of access.

rotaugen454 · February 2017

You get the tax write off on interest and depreciation, instead of the useless rent payments that net you nothing in the long run.

Tommy_The_Gun · February 2017

The only thing that comes to my mind is to buy & place crafting stations for Imperial City DLC crafted gear so you won't have to go through PvP zone in order to craft this gear...

And btw. I forgot.. training dummies - if you want to test some crazy DPS build that is...

The rest is purely cosmetics.

Blud · February 2017

I have the crowns to buy a nice place, but it's still not worth it to me at this time. If I want, I can just preview fully furnished and pretend I bought it if I just want to hang out there

I need some more functionality if I'm going to spend $80-100 worth of crowns on a house. I'm just going to wait and see if some more features are added with the Morrowind patch. ZOS has been great about listening to what people want and iterating the content on that basis.

Functionality I would love: fishing, farming, a boatyard, banker, storage, auctioneer, etc. Some sort of buffs maybe. Of course, it would need to tie into other game systems. Any kinds of mini-games that could be added to housing would be great. Wider the variability of decor available, the better. For example, what if I really do want to make a vampire's dungeon? What if I want a deluxe coffin/crypt to rest in by day? How will I keep my thralls? Can I keep thralls? etc.