In Home Furniture Sales

yodased

Had this idea for quite a while but never brought it up. What do you guys think of allowing furniture items, not plans, just items to be sold in a players house?

I don't think it will create too big of a dip in the market because right now its not really advantageous to make things on spec and put them in a guild store, as in my experience, most people would rather buy the plan than the furniture from a store.

I'm thinking maybe a new housing assistant that would hold i dunno, 50 or 75 pre-made items that are on display either through the U.I. preview or physically in front of the player.

This would give master crafters a reason to create the items they want to sell and give the players a reason to visit houses other than for coolness factor and/or dps dummies.

Obviously this would have to be well thought out and implemented in a way that doesn't murder the already low furniture market, but I think it would add additional value to the housing system.

What you think?

Acrolas

There's really no such thing as a "housing assistant". Assistants are NPC characters who follow you around in PVE areas. So a trader in the house would then translate to a trader in the game world. Which, I'll admit, is probably safer than WTB/WTS in zone chat. But for balance the trader would probably only allow a few items and with a much larger house cut than what trader kiosks take. So an official assistant would offer convenience but not necessarily profit.

As some guilds already do a weekly auction of furnishing bundles and go so far as to set up showcases so people can see before bidding, the unofficial systems available are probably the better balance of convenience and profit. And guilds such as that also provide a lot of traffic if they hold a trader. You're going to get more sales off traffic than having to actively plug your personal trader in zone chat. Which would then probably just turn into selling in zone chat rather than using the assistant.

yodased

there isn't a housing npc now, this is true, but the concept is introducing one, maybe purchased with master writs or something.

Sure guilds do post items for sale in their guild house, but that guild house is not going to be open for anyone but guild members.

Just like there is specific storage inside the home that is not available in the overworld, you can buy a furnishing npc.

I believe that when you establish yourself as a furniture seller, you won't really have to advertise as much as you think. Word of mouth will spread if your offerings are strong enough and not over priced.

I don't want to take away from the current system, it is pretty low as it stands, but I don want to add additional functionality to the housing system.

This could also open the door for people who do not understand the appeal of the housing system to see what some players are capable of. It may entice them to start working on their own place.