I would like a treehouse

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

Stripper pole for all those Tamriel lady dancers out there. Room big enough for a crowd so we can do a /crown toss and throw actual crowns at the dancers.

Heh, striipers with bikinis?
Or for those that like: males with shorts?

No, thank you.

I would just like it to have a wayshrine and a stable outside. Then all of the crafting stations placed throughout. Doesn't matter where. I just want them all to be easy to get to.

I want to see non-instanced houses that are actually placed in the open world like Star Wars Galaxies had, but I know that's not really possible in this game.

Taisynn wrote: »

MasterSpatula wrote: »

I want to see non-instanced houses that are actually placed in the open world like Star Wars Galaxies had, but I know that's not really possible in this game.

No no no no! I came from Archeage and the land barons were terrible. Rich players would buy up the land and then do nothing with it. Then they'd just pay up the time so it would never expire. Many of them stopped playing the actual game - - they'd just log in, pay the time, then walk away laughing as they logged out.This made it difficult for genuine buyers who would use the land to get anything. No.

Having played Star Wars Galaxies from launch, I can also admit that that system was horribly flawed. Ultima Online was another example of how that system broke.

It's like massive Realm vs Realm vs Realm. It's a great idea on paper, we all kinda want it, but it's just not practical. The reality never quite comes close to the 'plan.' Between the abuses of ill intent, lazy players, and the reailty that this isn't a real world and players can come and go at their whim (and developers who punish players leaving just ensure players don't come back).




Gated and instanced 'communities', the kind we played with in Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, and eventually even Everquest, are also subject to the 'ghost town' problems, as well as needing a larger suspension of disbilief. Plus, you can still face certain issues if all the 'large' plots are bought, or you try to get guildies on the same shard, etc, etc. Still aviable option, fares better than open world design, but not perfect.

Instanced houses require suspension of belief as well, but each house is built into the game world. No outside controls, and your houses are generally limited by the zone. We've used this system in games as old as EverQuest II, to newer games like Grand Theft Auto. Developers show it works and it's the easiest to code for.

The 'own an island' principle of Wildstar is one I think would also do great in ESO. Gives you greater house controls, control over your land, and is fairly in-world considering that Tamriel has thousands of small islands (and certain mages can CREATE landmasses, so lore friendly). This is a newer principle and requires more developer resources, but it can REALLY expand a game.



But house exteriors and zoning is just the first thing we worry about. Control of the house interiors is also a huge thing. Star Wars Galaxies had a good (and often tedious) concept of allowing anything to be put anywhere and mixed together. We created many wonderous 3d designs, and almost every single item in the game had a 3d element, but it was incredibly costly as far as server resources are concerned.

The 'anchor point' system of EverQuest or Dark Age of Camelot really annoyed me more than it made me happy. I have to say I hated it, being limited to only certain items being placed in certain areas. I fear, but predict, that ESO will go with this system due to it's strong DAoC roots for many developers.

The 'set interior' system of Grand Theft Auto or even the other actual Elder Scrolls games also bothers the hell out of me. No freedom whatsoever. Your choices are limited to what the content designers decide would be good or nice, and I have to admit that I don't agree with that too often.

Everquest II, and Ultima Online, had a fairly robust system that I enjoyed alot. Control of interior materials for walls, floor, cieling, and plenty of furniture interaction and controls. Costly though, but still good.

I want a feature that allows me to burn down people's houses

Some people just like to see the world burn after all

Would be nice if you could move in (perhaps buy the house together) with your Ring of Mara spouse.

I guess not everyone married a random bearded ugly old sorcerer, never to be seen after two weeks, like my poor Argonian did. Could be a cool option for them.

#SaveCyrodiil2016

JD2013 wrote: »

I would like a massive, massive library dedicated to Hermaeus Mora.

Hermaeus Mora would be the best housecarl.

Sounds like a butler.

I want a portal in my house which takes me to a different version of the game with no lags, no 10 min. loading screens, no glaphical glitches etc.

Can someone explain to me the legitimate points to having a personal house in a massive online game where the majority of your playtime is spent running around the far corners of the map or grinding/ganking the Imperial Sewers.

I just can't imagine what real use you'd get of it. Yeah sure it may provide a place to dump those collectibles and trophies you pick up here and there but you're not gonna go back to it every time you're done playing for the day since you can log off anywhere you want.

I would like to be able to choose from many different locations to have my house.
I'd love for it to be modular, where I can add on rooms for different purposes.
Definitely need a trophy room. I want to show case all the things I've collected.
Would love a stable, with all the mounts I own sitting in it. And my pets running around the house freely.
Armour, where I can place all the special armour and weapons I've found on display.
I love the idea of a mini shrine, would have one for Hircine for sure!

I really also love the idea of Guild Homes. And if we can't have that, at least allow us to hang up our tabards in our houses.

And the last thing, we NEED to be able to invite friends into the house to share what it looks like, this would also be great for RP.

That's my Housing Wishlist

Taisynn wrote: »

The thing I love the most about this thread is that it's been rather consistent! Everyone seems to want similar things in the housing.
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Instanced Housing so everyone is included
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I don't know if I would say this.

I want to be able to decorate the surrounding area of my house (e.g. gardens, growing food), so that it looks unique also from the outside.

And I want other players to see my house by just stumbling over it, without having to be invited at first.

And I would also prefer if it would be placed next to other houses, so I can run into other house owners when leaving my house.

That's why I still kind of like the idea of "neighborhoods" from LotRo, cause I enjoyed walking around and inspect the different decorations and choosing a place with the environment and view I liked the most (although the customization was very limited).

So, I agree that some kind of instanced housing is probably better, but not for every single house. Because if every house is located in a single instance, then the place in the world where I enter the instance to my house, would look the same for everybody (at least for everybody who have their house at the same place, overlooking the fact that there might be several entries in different regions).

And there is also the drawback that my house would never feel like a part of a settlement. A home in a seperated instance always feels so... isolated.

I want to be able to craft any craft able set without traveling all around the countryside to do so.