Do you like housing in ESO?

faeeichenlaub

YES I LOVE IT!!!

The limits stink but it is a challenge to do what you can within those limitations. Housing community has so many great ideas to make it even better.

WiseSky

Yes but...

I get robbed a few millions Every Friday in Coldharbor.

Zodiarkslayer

Yes but...

There are many things to improve upon, lighting for example. But overall it is one of the most enjoyable experiences in ESO.

Those mat costs, though...🤦‍♂️

nukk3r

YES I LOVE IT!!!

Yes, as I said it in another thread before, everything I do in the game, I do for housing.

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

nukk3r wrote: »

Yes, as I said it in another thread before, everything I do in the game, I do for housing.

That's dedication and passion in one ^_^

jssriot

Occasionally when I have time and gold.

I like housing in general but I prefer smaller and medium houses to gigantic spaces, as those are the only ones I ever bother to decorate, because gigantic spaces just take too long, require too much gold/Crowns and more decision-making than I want to do. I say this as someone who just spent 400k gold on plants from the luxury vendor just to decorate ONE house (the Coldharbour one) and the space still looks empty.

I wish there were more newer houses that are small and can be bought with gold, especially in DLC zones. I have never bought a Crowns-only house. Probably never will and I hope we'll be able to buy those houses via the endeavor system if ZOS doesn't ever relent and let us buy DLC housing with gold.

Also, I deeply resent that palm trees are all Crown store items and to my knowledge, cannot be acquired any other way. Little things like that kind of ruin the housing thing for me, so really I mostly use housing for crafting, storage, the house banks and porting.

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

jssriot wrote: »

I like housing in general but I prefer smaller and medium houses to gigantic spaces, as those are the only ones I ever bother to decorate, because gigantic spaces just take too long, require too much gold/Crowns and more decision-making than I want to do. I say this as someone who just spent 400k gold on plants from the luxury vendor just to decorate ONE house (the Coldharbour one) and the space still looks empty.

I wish there were more newer houses that are small and can be bought with gold, especially in DLC zones. I have never bought a Crowns-only house. Probably never will and I hope we'll be able to buy those houses via the endeavor system if ZOS doesn't ever relent and let us buy DLC housing with gold.

Also, I deeply resent that palm trees are all Crown store items and to my knowledge, cannot be acquired any other way. Little things like that kind of ruin the housing thing for me, so really I mostly use housing for crafting, storage, the house banks and porting.

Some palm trees can be bought for gold,example > https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/tree-towering-wax-palm/
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/trees-towering-palm-cluster/
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/trees-shade-palm-cluster/

I agree,I also wish they would add more small/medium size houses what could be bought with gold.Only one house per new zone what we could buy with gold is lame,in Northern or southern elsweyr there wasn't even any.

Morgha_Kul

Yes but...

I love becoming part of the world of the game. I love, LOVE housing in particular. When I was playing Star Wars Galaxies, easily 80-90% of my playtime was spent driving around looking for a cool place to put a house, then decorating it. I spent most of my time IN those houses, crafting or decorating or what have you. Loved it.

I would love to do that here. Some of the houses in ESO look fantastic, but EVERY SINGLE ONE has one or more problem that makes me reluctant to get them.

There are a few houses that come close. The Ald Velothi Harbour House is great... but is in an awkward place. Grymhath's Woe is nice inside, has a seperate room for the bedroom, and even has a (sort of) balcony... but the balcony doesn't look out AT anything.

There are a few things I really want to see in an house. NONE of the houses in the game has all of them.

First, I like a good location. There's two possibilities, a nice house in a city or a quaint cottage in the wilds.
Second, I like a nice yard. It doesn't have to be huge, but a nice view is best. That means no obstructing walls.
Third, I like a nice interior layout. I like to have separate rooms that I can use for different purposes.
Fourth, I like an upstairs, preferably one that leads to...
Fifth, I like a nice balcony with a view. Ideally, this would extend into the real world of the game, so I can sit up there and watch people going by (as with Grymharth's Woe's "shelf").

Some houses come close.

Lucky Cat Landing is awesome, but I dislike the location. The yard is FANTASTIC, with a spectacular view. The interior layout is brilliant, with separate rooms. It has a nice upstairs, and even a balcony, though it doesn't exist in the actual game world, it's still part of the isolated world of the house. So, it's CLOSE.

I dislike that the houses are isolated from the world of the game, their own separate instances. However, I understand why. I think what might help with this is if you were still in the chat channel of the relevant zone. So, for example, if I'm in Grymharth's Woe, I'll still be in the Eastmarch chat channel.

Some of the houses are really lonely. Some of them are actual CASTLES, and should have other people living in them. Places like the Daggerfall Overlook should have a staff; stableboys, kitchen staff, maid, butler, and so on.

Having said all that, I do have several houses in the game (I tend to get one for each of my characters, but one of them actually has several places he "lives."

Grymharth's Woe (1, 3, 4, (5))
Ald Velothi Harbour House (2, 3, 4, 5)
*Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery (1, 2, 4)
Domus Phrasticus (2, 3, 4)
Exorcised Coven Cottage (1, 2)
Flaming Nix Deluxe Garrett (1)
Gardner House (1, 2, (3), 4)
*Grand Psijic Villa (2, 3, 4)
*Hall of the Lunar Champion ()
Hammerdeath Bungalow (1, (2))
*Mara's Kiss Public House (1)
*St. Delyn Penthouse (1)
*Snowmelt Suite (1)
*Sugar Bowl Suite ()
*Ebony Flask Inn Room (1)
*The Rosy Lion (1)

I'm considering Proudspire Manor (1, 3, 4, 5)

Fiktius

Occasionally when I have time and gold.

Time is my most valuable currency in the game and sometimes there is not enough of it for housing projects.

Jaimeh

YES I LOVE IT!!!

Yes, it's one of my favourite game activities, I find it really enjoyable and creative. It's also a gold/crown/time sink, and it still has the problem of limited slot space for the size of a lot of the houses they've been releasing, but over the years we've gotten some really nice additions, like improved controls, structural furnishings, or items with animations, house guests, pathing... Overall quite happy with housing!

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

Fiktius wrote: »

Time is my most valuable currency in the game and sometimes there is not enough of it for housing projects.

Am pretty sure you lack of time Fik ^_^ and I can understand why you are very busy with other stuff.

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

Morgha_Kul wrote: »

I love becoming part of the world of the game. I love, LOVE housing in particular. When I was playing Star Wars Galaxies, easily 80-90% of my playtime was spent driving around looking for a cool place to put a house, then decorating it. I spent most of my time IN those houses, crafting or decorating or what have you. Loved it.

I would love to do that here. Some of the houses in ESO look fantastic, but EVERY SINGLE ONE has one or more problem that makes me reluctant to get them.

There are a few houses that come close. The Ald Velothi Harbour House is great... but is in an awkward place. Grymhath's Woe is nice inside, has a seperate room for the bedroom, and even has a (sort of) balcony... but the balcony doesn't look out AT anything.

There are a few things I really want to see in an house. NONE of the houses in the game has all of them.

First, I like a good location. There's two possibilities, a nice house in a city or a quaint cottage in the wilds.
Second, I like a nice yard. It doesn't have to be huge, but a nice view is best. That means no obstructing walls.
Third, I like a nice interior layout. I like to have separate rooms that I can use for different purposes.
Fourth, I like an upstairs, preferably one that leads to...
Fifth, I like a nice balcony with a view. Ideally, this would extend into the real world of the game, so I can sit up there and watch people going by (as with Grymharth's Woe's "shelf").

Some houses come close.

Lucky Cat Landing is awesome, but I dislike the location. The yard is FANTASTIC, with a spectacular view. The interior layout is brilliant, with separate rooms. It has a nice upstairs, and even a balcony, though it doesn't exist in the actual game world, it's still part of the isolated world of the house. So, it's CLOSE.

I dislike that the houses are isolated from the world of the game, their own separate instances. However, I understand why. I think what might help with this is if you were still in the chat channel of the relevant zone. So, for example, if I'm in Grymharth's Woe, I'll still be in the Eastmarch chat channel.

Some of the houses are really lonely. Some of them are actual CASTLES, and should have other people living in them. Places like the Daggerfall Overlook should have a staff; stableboys, kitchen staff, maid, butler, and so on.

Having said all that, I do have several houses in the game (I tend to get one for each of my characters, but one of them actually has several places he "lives."

Grymharth's Woe (1, 3, 4, (5))
Ald Velothi Harbour House (2, 3, 4, 5)
*Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery (1, 2, 4)
Domus Phrasticus (2, 3, 4)
Exorcised Coven Cottage (1, 2)
Flaming Nix Deluxe Garrett (1)
Gardner House (1, 2, (3), 4)
*Grand Psijic Villa (2, 3, 4)
*Hall of the Lunar Champion ()
Hammerdeath Bungalow (1, (2))
*Mara's Kiss Public House (1)
*St. Delyn Penthouse (1)
*Snowmelt Suite (1)
*Sugar Bowl Suite ()
*Ebony Flask Inn Room (1)
*The Rosy Lion (1)

I'm considering Proudspire Manor (1, 3, 4, 5)

I got myself the lucky cat landing and I am pretty happy with it.I did extend the terrace outside and made sort of thief place out of it.

itscompton

Yes but...

coop500 wrote: »

I like it, but wish it was more accessible to poorer players.

It's not fun telling players that, for example, many of the big houses cost 70+ USD

Yeah, the overall pricing in this game is geared toward whales. $70 is actually on the low end: The high end limited time houses start at around 14K crowns and that's $100 at regular price.
They're digital assets and once created it costs nothing to reproduce them so I've got to believe if the prices on houses, furniture and other amenities were more reasonable it would mean greater profits based on the sheer increase in the volume of sales that would result.

I have a really nice Hunding's Palace that I've spent a lot of time and money on and I love it but like nearly everyone who enjoys housing I get frustrated with the low item count. It's nearly impossible to use all of a property and make a house actually look lived in.

SickleCider

Yes but...

I was really excited about it when I first started, but it's lost its fun. Increasingly prohibitively expensive and grindy, the houses keep getting larger and the slots don't go up, and the furnishings themselves create the biggest inventory management nightmare. It's all a really big ask for something really lacking in functionality.

phaneub17_ESO

Yes but...

Needs actors I customize or at least let me dress up the current ones in costumes I already own. I fill out the difference with skeletal target dummies acting as my guards. 10 people isn't enough to fill the gaps.

Castagere

Am happy with my inn room,who needs more?

The inn room is fine since I refuse to pay real money for a house that should be given to the players like in all other MMO's. Funny I was thinking way back in EQ2 they gave you an inn room but later they added a second room and made the original inn room larger in an update. I guess zos makes a lot of money off of housing.

Chaos2088

Yes but...

Item slots need to go up in the bigger homes.

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

Castagere wrote: »

The inn room is fine since I refuse to pay real money for a house that should be given to the players like in all other MMO's. Funny I was thinking way back in EQ2 they gave you an inn room but later they added a second room and made the original inn room larger in an update. I guess zos makes a lot of money off of housing.

They surely do make a lot of money from the housing community.
Luckely there are a lot of homes what are obtainable with in game gold,I know some people who prefer those over the crown exclusive manors.

umagon

Yes but...

The large mansion homes need to have 1000 slots base and 1700 slots with the subscription. I don’t like how you cant fully kit them out with both in style and full services. I have whole room in the hall of the lunar champion that is mostly unused due to the 700 slot limit. I don’t see the point of them even making more of these large homes and adding them to the crown store. If I can’t fill out one with everything I want why I would buy another one?

Also zos needs to allow players to set the physics parameters on placed objects so you can do things like marking a surface as a ground type to allow ground based skills to function on it and properly paint the skill icon on the surface. And setting objects so players cant fall though or be knocked through them.

There needs to be lighting control to control the lighting distance and if the light source bleeds through objects or not. They also need to add in a way to make temporary scaffolding which doesn’t add to the slot count and only remains until players remove it or leave the house.

Supertonicbaker

Nah I never do housing.

In the 2-3 years I’ve been playing, the only houses I have are the one they give you in a quest and the elsweyr one near the palace. All I have in that elsweyr house is the training dummy you put together for the clockwork city quest. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it?

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

Supertonicbaker wrote: »

In the 2-3 years I’ve been playing, the only houses I have are the one they give you in a quest and the elsweyr one near the palace. All I have in that elsweyr house is the training dummy you put together for the clockwork city quest. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t get it?

Not everyone is into housing and that's totally fine,everyone does what they please and enjoy the most.
Some prefer questing,other dungeons,PVP and others well like housing ^^

LannStone

Occasionally when I have time and gold.

I have several small and medium houses that I like the look of, but the only one I've decorated fully is the Alinor Townhouse - as a gallery/museum for art and trophies and statues, since it's bright and has good spaces - it's about the only house with clean walls where you can hang paintings

Tharonil

Yes but...

Housing is great in games, but in ESO it's too expensive. Some people like that this is endgame content, but I think some things are too hard to get or hidden behind a pay wall.

If I want to create a green torch, it costs 20 Heartwood, 20 flour, an eye and a frozen unicorn tear.

Vampire motifs are out of my range.

I've nearly full decorated my psijic villa, but after that I wouldn't torture myself again with another house.

Lady_Galadhiel

Yes but...

I didn't know vampire blueprints are still that expensive.

Gracous

Yes but...

I wish that my guildies could visit all of my houses ,not just one.

Gilvoth

Nah I never do housing.

i do not like it because i asked for a small, 1 room, underground, hidden entrance house and the developers refused to make it. i made several threads asking for it. and ask many times in alot of threads, but the request was ignored and they keep making these MASSIVE huge houses, i hate it.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/297527/please-let-me-have-a-hole-in-the-ground-for-house/p1

i hate housing now, yes i own the Tel Galen and i like that house, but i
i just really Angry that what i asked for never happened and they dont care.

iksde

Yes but...

Gilvoth wrote: »

i do not like it because i asked for a small, 1 room, underground, hidden entrance house and the developers refused to make it. i made several threads asking for it. and ask many times in alot of threads, but the request was ignored and they keep making these MASSIVE huge houses, i hate it.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/297527/please-let-me-have-a-hole-in-the-ground-for-house/p1

i hate housing now, yes i own the Tel Galen and i like that house, but i
i just really Angry that what i asked for never happened and they dont care.

ye thats also point
ZOS is releasing only big, huge, massive houses for which you wont be even decorate in half....and all of the also oversised and so very expensive...
from all houses they released I have even no intention to think about them, Imight take a look and maybe also buy if they would release something smaller as and Im not a fan of massive structures, I dont have such big ego to need to have so big houses
small are very nice too

Danikat

YES I LOVE IT!!!

I enjoy it. I think it helps that I prefer the smaller houses that actually look like houses over the massive sprawling weird ones, which means I've very rarely had to deal with the price of the crown exclusive ones. I was tempted to buy Forgemaster's Falls, but I'm glad I didn't because for my purposes the Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery is actually better and that was given away free in an event.

My favourite is still Mournoth Keep but I've got a few I use, in varying stages of completion.

I really like visiting other players homes too and seeing what they've done with them.

Czeri

I only use houses as teleports.

I suppose technically I don't just use all my houses as teleports - I also put all the attunable crafting stations in one for crafting writs. Can't really be bothered to decorate much, though. I find it too fiddlesome, and I don't really see the point since you can't interact with the furniture.

Having said that, I do collect furnishing recipes. It's something to spend the gold on...

scorpius2k1

Yes but...

Housing, yes.
Price Involved, no.