Make housing into dungeons

robertlabrie · December 1

Hey ZOS, do you want to boost player engagement AND make more money? I bet! Here's what you need to do:

Make hostile enemies a furnishing and let us place them in houses.

Now I'm not talking about immovable trial dummies here, I'm talking about mobs and bosses similar to Infinite Archive.

Why is this good for players?

It lets sweaty PVErs try outrageous combinations of enemies not possible in the current shared world
It makes player housing more engaging than flipping lights and music boxes

Why is this a plausible feature?

ZOS already curated bosses and enemies that work outside their original dungeons when they built infinite archive
The housing editor is already a stripped down world builder adding hostile enemies as assets ought not be impossible

How does it make money?

You put these new furnishings as drops in DLC zones
Sell premium bosses in the crown store

(I know some players groan at monetization but ESO is a business)

What about farming/abuse?
Just turn off gold and XP drops

What about lag?
Yeah fighting 200 Durzogs might lag things out, but you can set limits per house and maybe even some proximity rules.

What about NPCs?
Stibbons already does quite well with the Daedric ladies, he'll be fine

Upvote if you want to see what the community does when they're able to create their own dungeons and runs.

Wise_Will · December 1

I'd rarther they double/triple the furnishing limits first.

MageCatF4F · December 1

I would like both double/triple furniture limits and the OP's idea as well. Odds are we get neither.

I will point out that they have already given us falling damage, trap plants, and that arena house. Not to mention target dummies that take damage and walking talking house guests. It would not be "impossible" to combine all that. Or even some of that.

SilverBride · December 1

I don't want this feature for our normal houses but think it could be a fun idea if they created a dungeon type house for players to set up with the bosses and trash mobs of their choice.

katanagirl1 · December 1

Cool idea, but if they can’t give us more slots in houses as they are now, I don’t think what you propose would be possible. The game is struggling pretty much everywhere now.