I really want him but he's just too expensive. I'd pay that much for a companion, not just for an (awesome, talking) house furnishing.

I'd be more inclined to invest further in houseguests if we could simply put Pets & Mounts into an Animal Furnishing category, separate from all of our NPC resources & allies. As it is, something is needed to expand what we can place in this category, especially if ZOS is going to continue to add more houseguests.

Right now, M'aiq would just be another item I don't have room to place, so why should I buy him?

Agree.

It's like M'aiq in the world is him playing a character. The houseguest version is M'aiq the guy just chilling outside of work.

Why don't they just used many of his existing quotes he has tons of them.

Yeah it's sad. But in my case I did know about the preview option so I noticed about the quality of the lines and made the choice of not spending the crowns.

I gave M'aiq a home because I always see him along the road with apparently nowhere to go.

Yeah, I previewed his dialogue lines and decided not not buy him. Disappointing.

I was gifted M'aiq for my birthday and I'm quite happy with his selection of dialogue. M'aiq's always sounded different in ESO than I remember him in Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind (though for the latter, he didn't even have a voice ), but in essence he's the same goof as he's always been.

The only thing I wish for M'aiq the Houseguest is if it were possible to set a % chance of him being in your house after being placed, so sometimes you'll just stumble into him when zoning in. Would really match his character I think.

I got M'aiq when he was first put up in the crown store. Saw it advertised on Facebook post and was waiting for him to be available. I'm satisfied with my purchase. Nice to see him settled down.

HOWEVER, if I may make a suggestion, if we have more than one house it would be really neat if he could port around to different houses and it would be a mini game trying to find him in one of your houses.