I am more into looking at what others have done than doing myself. I'm not always where I can play the game but I can get on forums and youtube almost all day. I'm a fan lurker of people creative ideas and screenshots. Insightful, Agree, & Awesome.

I can see a lot of potential for it, but the crafting aspect is just flawed to the point of ridiculous. The type of materials needed makes no sense and the amount needed is just silly. A wooden table for example should take wood to make, not an entire forest worth of wood, just a few pieces and maybe a single iron bar to make nails from. The worst part is the requirement to use crafting tempers for a decorative piece with no stats. Unless I can add powerful stats to this table and then use it as a shield in combat then there is no excuse for it to use even a single temper.

I find slowing down the pace, looking at the details of NPC's house decors, and grinding and finding those special furniture recipes, it's quite unique in the gaming industry now.
It's also got the elements of surprise and lottery like.

I like the test dummy.

Being on xbox it's nice to hit something and actually do a rotations nd practice. other than being able to teleport without spending money (that's nice also) it's pointless tbh. I bought the cheapest house, bought a test dummy nd haven't used anything else from the homestead patch.....

Really shouldn't put distractions in front of us because after everyone is done looking at the shiny new houses you realize on xbox the trials are unplayable. Zoning you get kicked and dungeons r stupid laggy........

don't even get me started on the master writs

didn't think much of it in theory or on the pts but i'm kind of liking it, now.

that said, it needs to have storage capability and the assistants parked there need to be fully functional.

homesteads also need more item slots. home beautification is a never ending process.

(assistants should be fully functional everywhere, actually)

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

I like that there are houses but a lot of this update introduced more problems, killed the stability, so overall I'm considering quitting entirely next week.

What good is adding content, if you're gameplay is noticeably worse in what you enjoy doing in the game. It's only stable in my house but not in any towns and problematic in dungeons due to animation changes and lag for performance on Xbox one.

Hmmm I'm betting ur still here after next week lol. 50k in game gold or Microsoft gift card? Kappa

There are lots of problems with it, but lots of good things too.

HOUSING THINGS
Housing Editor
The housing editor is great - much more flexible than I was expecting. The use of invisible walls inside houses (Black VIne Villa attic area) is frustrating. THEY HAVE REAL WALLS, USE THOSE!

The limit on items is disappointing. I'd like to see it doubled for inn rooms, and increased by 50% for small homes. Not sure about the larger ones as I can't afford them... :-(. Why cant you place more collectables? This needs just rolling into the total count.

Furniture Crafting
It's great how many things you can craft - and while I had hoped for motif-based crafting, recipes is actually better because it allows for unique items. However - I haven't crafted anything yet as the only furnishing materials 've found are decorative wax and alchemical resin, but I don't have any recipes that don't need heartwood or bast... :-(. (In ZOSs defence, I have cut two whole pieces of wood since the update, so I'm not really expecting any heartwood). I'm expecting in general to not be happy with the number of material i need to craft things, as I doubt they changed it since PTS. But I'll find out when I get into it more.

Furniture Vendors
At the moment I've been doing the garden. Lots of easy-to-get items for this. from vendors. I love just how many different plants are available. It's a bit frustrating that you have to guess which vendors sell which plants, sometimes it's easier than others. That the pink trees come from Auridon, for example, is easy to guess. However, where do you get birches? I have to admit, I resorted to using the crown store a couple of times when I was too lazy to go out any buy things. This includes things that I knew where to buy it from. It's wayyy too convenient to buy furniture with real money from there! I wish it had a separate section for crown EXCLUSIVE furnishing though. And i also wish there was nothing in that section right now.

I'm really happy with the available garden stuff - and I think that the achievement vendor stuff is great as well. I don't want anything, but i like that there are some unique items that you can buy, but still don't get really easily. My first purchases were the Trials of Eyevea reprints, the litany of blood, a dark brotherhood banner, and the Hanging Map of Tamriel. Very cool stuff.

Regarding Maps: more please! I like maps - and since there are maps of all the zones in the game, i'd like to see them as achievement furnishings in each zone. Maybe hanging maps for the zone pathfinder, and the table maps for the zone cave delver achievement?

NON HOUSING THINGS
User Inteface
I love that crafting now gets its own section in the Lore Library. I think that (on consoles at least), it might be a good idea to have another menu layer after Lore Library with Crafting, Eidatic Memory, Shalidors Library options - just to break up the list a bit. At the moment it's overwhelming and easy to scroll straight past what you are looking for.

I also like the new inventory layout. There is a bug where my Writ reward shipments go into "slottable" instead of supplies though.

Balance
No idea - been housing the whole time...Don't really care about this to be honest, as I'm not a competitive raider/PvPer. AS long as my character is still viable for casual pve, i'm good. Although... I did try the target skeleton and got an abysmal score...

TL;DR
See first sentence: There are lots of problems with it, but lots of good things too.

For me, it was a nice, free addition to my game. Sure, it doesn't do anything, but it's still nice that my character isn't homeless any more.

It would be even nicer if it had storage chests, weapon racks and more easily-gainable crafting stations, but whatever.


(And a moth just landed on my shoulder while I was typing this. An ancestor moth! I've been chosen! *Stares at the moth in wonder*)

Typical ZOS, nerf, no balance.

Yes, it's addictive. I get excited every time I find a purple recipe.

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

QUEZ420 wrote: »

NewBlacksmurf wrote: »

I like that there are houses but a lot of this update introduced more problems, killed the stability, so overall I'm considering quitting entirely next week.

What good is adding content, if you're gameplay is noticeably worse in what you enjoy doing in the game. It's only stable in my house but not in any towns and problematic in dungeons due to animation changes and lag for performance on Xbox one.

Hmmm I'm betting ur still here after next week lol. 50k in game gold or Microsoft gift card? Kappa

@QUEZ420

Pre ordered GR Wildlands. I think I'll take a break but I'll be on the forums. Open Beta is a lot of fun and it's an truly open world game. Actually more open than this

Yessir I pre ordered as well on xb1, I wuz a major fan of The Division n played it for months after release so I'm hoping the same outcome for Wildlands.

Yeah, u can make a lecture hall!

Their are things I like, and things I dislike about it. Until they start (or fail to start) implementing additions to the system I will reserve judgement.