I think they areally reasonable

Cherryblossom wrote: »

I think the price is dependant on whether or not you are lucky enough to be in a trade guild that can sell to the community.

Some will find Manors cheap, others will find them totally unobtainable.

The economy is an exclusive club so the price could never be right.

It's trivially easy to get into a trade guild.

I left mine fairly recently (No trader for a few weeks. No trader = poor income). Went to the Rift. Immediately found two people advertising trade guilds within an hour of each-other in decently frequented spots. Joined one, then left because a friend/guildie of mine recommended me to a guild with a wayrest vendor.

The guild I left had over 400 people, 10k sell requirements, and an optional raffle.
The second guild had no requirements and an optional raffle.
The one I'm in now, in a good location, has a 1k sell requirements and additional access/permissions if you sell more.

It's not hard, at all, to find a trade guild. Literally just got to any major zone (Reaper's March, The Rift, Bangkorai, Craiglorn) and ask around. You will almost certainly find a guild that has slots.

Trade guilds WANT members that sell things. That is how they pay for the trader. I've never seen a trade guild that is 100% full. Just stay active and sell stuff and you'll keep in it.

GaldorP wrote: »

Let the gold farming begin
3.78m gold for a manor and there's 3 of them (all 3 needed for an achievement that comes with a title). I feel poor now

Whats the title?!

Agobi wrote: »

I think they went too far tbh

Goals to work towards is just fine....But with those prices I will never ever set foot in a large house ( not to mention the even bigger ones..)

And since it isn't possible,thats when I ask myself..." why bother?"

Still haven't found the answer

I'm just going to crash at my guildie's house who has enough gold to buy all three manors. :-P

I will decide which houses I buy once I see them. I think different houses will be different characters' "homes"

Meri20098 wrote: »

I wonder if you could upgrade slowly. Say get a room in the inn and make gold then upgrade to a medium. Stay in a medium to upgrade to a large. Then stay in a large and upgrade to a manor when you have the money

You can own all houses in the game at the same time. So you could start with a small and then buy more as you wish.

Der goes all mah money!

I foresee a Crown sale AFTER housing drops. Milk the impatient.

How much for the Manor in crowns does anybody know?

gangyzgirl wrote: »

I think the mansions are far too expensive. I was expecting them to be two million at most. I've been saving for months and only have about 2.7 million saved. I think they are trying to exploit us to get crown houses.

I'd agree with that, except, I think they're really driving the idea that those high cost houses will be something not everyone gets.

Oldvegeta wrote: »

Anyone on the PTS can look into the crown prices?

Nope. On the PTS everything in the crown store costs 1 crown and everyone is assigned 5500 crowns to ensure that people can buy and test whatever they want (when crown crates were briefly on the PTS they were an exception to this, as they cost a full 400 crowns, and the 5500 crowns you were assigned was refreshed every day).

Long term goals and cosmetic things go together pretty well. Never had much reason to worry about buying things from or selling things to other players until now. Didn't care about gold, I just used it for maintenance and bag/bank space. Now I guess I'll find a good trading guild to join to hopefully boost my income and get the big house faster.

UrQuan wrote: »

Slurg wrote: »

I took a quick tour and liked some of the large houses better than the manors. Hunding's beach house, here I come! I'm sure will get the manors eventually just to have them (my fav was the AD one with the waterfall), but honestly, unless you have to have the titles, there are several really nice and spacious options in the classic category to choose from for around a million gold that should make most people happy.

I tend to agree. Of the large houses my 2 favorites were the Hunding's Beach House one and the Forsaken Fortress one, and I liked both of them better than any of the manors. Of the manors, the AD one was my favorite too, but that was more about the courtyard than anything else.

Oh, and so far my favorite of any of the homes that I've previewed is of course the crown store-only Grand Topal Hideaway.

Yes, the Forsaken Fortress is great, I'll buy up that one too! I was happy to see so many that had outdoor space. Even that smallish Sleek Creek house has a yard and deck with a view. I avoided previewing the crown only hideaway because I don't want to get hooked on a crown-only house but I am not surprised to hear it's the nicest one of them all.

This all strikes me just like real life.
Most people do not live in multi-million dollar mansions very, very few do. The "rich".
Then the proverbial white collar classes living in the large homes and blue collars in the medium and small homes.
And finally the down-trodden, unemployed or finacially challenged residing at the inn on a week to week paycheck.

heaven13 wrote: »

Achievements should be worked for, not purchased, in my opinion. I'm not bothered by having the houses available with crown purchases, just the combination of that with achievements.

This could be fixed if the achievement also requires the quests completion.