Some Ideas for Homestead and/or ESO Plus
GorraShatan
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Hey all,
I had a couple ideas for features for Homestead (some linked to ESO plus, some not) that I thought I'd post here.
One thing that I think people would appreciate is if ESO Plus members had access to an "Improved Banker" and "Improved Merchant" for their homes. These Bankers/Merchants wouldn't be able to follow you around in game, but would be available to place in a home whether or not you have purchased the regular banker/merchant. In addition to the regular services, the "improved banker" would also allow you to browse / buy / sell from your guildstores, and it would let visitors to your house browse anything you've listed on any of your guild stores. The "improved merchant" would have the usual function but also would let you repair. If your ESO+ lapses, they'd just despawn.
Thoughts?
Also, note related to ESO+, but I'd also really like to see our pets/mounts able to wander about. A lot of the fun in Skyrim's housing was from observing the various occupants of your home going about their day. If ZOS wanted, they could monetize this by having different behaviour modules you could purchase, though you'd want to have enough free / gold purchaseable options to avoid a backlash. Frankly I'd just settle for having my pet cats wander the house and my pet goats wander the yard.
A bard hireling with songs that are unlocked some by achievements and/or gold and others from the Crown Store would be neat too. It'd be a way to fund more songs for the bards in various taverns to sing to give us some more variety in game, though if the bard can follow you around you'd probably need an option to hide others' bards to avoid rage and insanity.
I had a couple ideas for features for Homestead (some linked to ESO plus, some not) that I thought I'd post here.
One thing that I think people would appreciate is if ESO Plus members had access to an "Improved Banker" and "Improved Merchant" for their homes. These Bankers/Merchants wouldn't be able to follow you around in game, but would be available to place in a home whether or not you have purchased the regular banker/merchant. In addition to the regular services, the "improved banker" would also allow you to browse / buy / sell from your guildstores, and it would let visitors to your house browse anything you've listed on any of your guild stores. The "improved merchant" would have the usual function but also would let you repair. If your ESO+ lapses, they'd just despawn.
Thoughts?
Also, note related to ESO+, but I'd also really like to see our pets/mounts able to wander about. A lot of the fun in Skyrim's housing was from observing the various occupants of your home going about their day. If ZOS wanted, they could monetize this by having different behaviour modules you could purchase, though you'd want to have enough free / gold purchaseable options to avoid a backlash. Frankly I'd just settle for having my pet cats wander the house and my pet goats wander the yard.
A bard hireling with songs that are unlocked some by achievements and/or gold and others from the Crown Store would be neat too. It'd be a way to fund more songs for the bards in various taverns to sing to give us some more variety in game, though if the bard can follow you around you'd probably need an option to hide others' bards to avoid rage and insanity.
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S1ipperyJim✭✭✭✭✭I'd like placeable skeletons so that we can recreate our own 'death stories' around our home.0 -
Chronicburn✭✭✭✭There are so many upgrades they can do to the houses with gold (preferably) or crowns (to grab cash) ... having a vault linked to your bank (or just a banker hireling) ... crafting stations ... a personal vendor people can walk up to (assuming your "house" isn't instanced and is actually in a playable world) ... make the house sellable ... a portal or "portal merchant" or wayshrine whatever ... gardens for cooking and alchemy, trees for wood etc ... there are so many possibilities (THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE BETTER BY GAMES 15 YEARS AGO WITH MUCH OLDER TECHNOLOGY <cough> <lazy> <cough> ) ESO has the most modern technology at their disposal so housing should have been something with all that and more! Something to blow us away!
Instead it's a place to decorate... woo hoo... I still haven't bothered to go get the free one, but I'm sure I'll stumble on it sometime
Eso devs ... look at the way Ultimate Online had in world housing 20 years ago .... make it craftable and limit it to a certain number and maybe 1 or 2 per account to stop hoarding ... make the lots buyable and sellable... and let people craft their own house from wood and steel... add in all the other things I mentioned above (which DAoC had 15 years ago) and you have a good start!
Then surprise us with your good ideas (if you have any)0