What is the purpose of houses?

Khaeon

Are they just something to have and decorate or do they serve a real purpose?

DeadlyRecluse

Looking fly.

In terms of actual utility, they hold storage chests (very useful), crafting+transmute stations (useful, VERY useful if a guild stockpiles stations attuned to various crafted sets) and various test dummies (extremely useful).

They can also hold your NPC banker/merchant/fence assistant, but the capabilities of those are still limited.

Runs

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

Ragged_Claw

Beats sleeping on the street.

Seriously, they work as a free teleport and now you can get storage chests to put in them, they're handy if you've got an overflowing bank/bags. If you've got the merchant and banker assistant you can place them there too. You get a free Inn room in your alliance and with some DLC so you can use those if you don't want to lay out any hard cash.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

End game = playing house and dress-up.

Jolipinator

To house.

Elsonso

Khaeon wrote: »

Are they just something to have and decorate or do they serve a real purpose?

:shrug: Revenue for ZOS, mainly.

Tasear

The question is what else would you like to see?

Khaeon

Ragged_Claw wrote: »

Beats sleeping on the street.

Seriously, they work as a free teleport and now you can get storage chests to put in them, they're handy if you've got an overflowing bank/bags. If you've got the merchant and banker assistant you can place them there too. You get a free Inn room in your alliance and with some DLC so you can use those if you don't want to lay out any hard cash.

Is there a limit to the number of storage chests you can have?

Cr4p0w3

Khaeon wrote: »

Ragged_Claw wrote: »

Beats sleeping on the street.

Seriously, they work as a free teleport and now you can get storage chests to put in them, they're handy if you've got an overflowing bank/bags. If you've got the merchant and banker assistant you can place them there too. You get a free Inn room in your alliance and with some DLC so you can use those if you don't want to lay out any hard cash.

Is there a limit to the number of storage chests you can have?

I'm not 100% sure but the storage chests work as a special furniture, and there is a limit in number depending on the size of your house.
Big houses can have more special furnishings placed than small ones.
Plus being a subscriber allows you to put more things in your house.

kringled_1

There are 4 large storage chests (60 items), and 4 small storage chests (30 items). That is the maximum amount of home storage possible at this time.

Hallothiel

Because it's nice to do something different.

And after you have spent over an hour trying to align items to your satisfaction, it's a blessed relief to go out & hit things.

DarcyMardin

For some talented people, houses provide a creative outlet for their decorating skills. I have seen some absolutely gorgeous creations that people have made out of houses and their furnishings. Really incredible stuff!

OmniDo

Runs wrote: »

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

This is...beyond awesome.
And awfully expensive too, I'd imagine.

CompM4s

Most guild halls are paid by donations from all members. It would be expensive to get that many attunable stations on your own. They make great one stop locations

Cpt_Teemo

Gold sink

Cpt_Teemo

Runs wrote: »

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

Only if we had a way to turn writs inside our house doh

ArchMikem

Only the custom crafting stations and personal storage chests serve a practical purpose. Everything else is purely cosmetic decorating and achievements for owning the houses and decorating them.

Cpt_Teemo

ArchMikem wrote: »

Only the custom crafting stations and personal storage chests serve a practical purpose. Everything else is purely cosmetic decorating and achievements for owning the houses and decorating them.

Or maybe the IC sets that's about it but good way to show off every single set though

Runs

Khaeon wrote: »

Ragged_Claw wrote: »

Beats sleeping on the street.

Seriously, they work as a free teleport and now you can get storage chests to put in them, they're handy if you've got an overflowing bank/bags. If you've got the merchant and banker assistant you can place them there too. You get a free Inn room in your alliance and with some DLC so you can use those if you don't want to lay out any hard cash.

Is there a limit to the number of storage chests you can have?

Depends on the house. The free/3000g apartments only allow you to have one in it. The large notable homes you can have all 8 that are available.

OmniDo wrote: »

Runs wrote: »

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

This is...beyond awesome.
And awfully expensive too, I'd imagine.

Very, but thankfully only in gold. love the crown gifting trades, without that I could never justify the real cash cost of the mundus stones(52k total crowns).

Anyone on PC/NA is welcome to visit. Port to Friends House just need to put in my at name @RunsWithBullcrit and then choose Coldharbour Surreal Estate.

MattT1988

ArchMikem wrote: »

Only the custom crafting stations and personal storage chests serve a practical purpose. Everything else is purely cosmetic decorating and achievements for owning the houses and decorating them.

Oh yeah because target skeletons never benefited anyone right?

GamerAeryn

Halls with all the crafting stations are wonderful. Creating all your master writs in one lump without having to leave a house and then turning them in in one huge flood of xp is pretty damned awesome. There's DLC sets that some people can't access as well as transmute stations and then there's mundus stones and target dummies both single and raid size, it's nice to have that option.

aside from the crafting, tho, mine are just for ports and pretties. I likes Sims. I like ESO. I like brining Sims *into* ESO. And though I *rrrrreeeaaaaalllyyyyy* wish they'd up the damned limit I can have on my "clutter" (all those bits and bobs of a living, breathing home) I mostly just RP that each of my characters has a home and tailor it to what they like and what they'd do when they're at home.

Acrolas

From personal experience, housing is a way of finding new and interesting locations to die from falling or slaughterfish or otherwise rolling down the street like a turd in the wind (thank you Venom for the possible achievement name).

Zardayne

Cyber Love Rp? Not that I would know any..oh nevermind!

FloppyTouch

I think it's fun just building cool things. It's just something to do the true end game of eso

silvermistktralasub17_ESO

One last thing they do, and do very well, especially if you have the PortToFriendsHouse addon, is allow you to teleport to places that your character doesn't otherwise have a wayshrine for. I have actually outright told several guild members that if they get that mod, they can use my large number of houses to get most places they might need to get to in game, without needing a guildmate nearby to get there.

@alassirana

SneakyBo, ExSO_Gold, DemureDragonDealings

dodgehopper_ESO

Runs wrote: »

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

Too bad it costs 1000's of dollars to do that.

ArchMikem

MattT1988 wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Only the custom crafting stations and personal storage chests serve a practical purpose. Everything else is purely cosmetic decorating and achievements for owning the houses and decorating them.

Oh yeah because target skeletons never benefited anyone right?

Sue me for not thinking about the target dummies the moment of writing my post?

ChunkyCat

sometimes I go to peoples houses and just sit on their couches, hoping they come home to find a random khajit in there.

Pheefs

Quality time at a dye station with good lighting!

Protossyder

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Runs wrote: »

Set crafting stations, mundus stones, storage chests, target dummies,dance parties, erp parties....

Too bad it costs 1000's of dollars to do that.

I know a guy who got everything by himself with only gold :P And he only invests real money for ESO+ as many people do