Player housing: an answer to empty cities

[Kathranis]

We have too little info to tell. The little post has good ideas, as far as how to manage plots and community housing to be alive. Obviously if the housing itself suck ass like garisson, then yes what ever system around it will be pointless. Wait and see?

They basically said it'll be a full 3D toolset with the power to fine tune the little details. We'll see if they can deliver on the promise but it sounds like they want it to be easily accessible but not have many limitations.

[enexa]

With the new info update on housing i got a few questions and i wonder what you guys think of it. I am aware that some question cannot be answered yet for exact answer, but it might be fun to these things a thought.

Is there a central space where neighbors can gather?
At first I thought that'd be cool for private neighborhoods to gather for guild events or celebrate/party after raid, but I'm not sure if that's something for public ones as that space would tend to draw people away from the actual "thing" and make it feel less alive elsewhere. No?

Can you visit any house in the neighborhood or can you lock your door?
Like in palworld you can decide to have it open for everyone all the time or to have a 4 or 8 digit lock for your door/entrance so others can only visit your plot but cannot get inside your house if you so desire and I always thought that's a good middle ground to let people decide for themselves.

How big is 1 housing slot? Do you have a yard?
It could work in a way like the pandaria farm; over time you can unlock more usable space (maybe via quests?) but the total amount of space you can have is fixed so there is no "accidental" overlapping of plot spaces.

Can multiple players live in the same house as roommates or a couple?
woa that'd be cool. like to be able to assign certain players as your roommates for your plot so upon entering the neighborhood they'd always phase into your specific plot and not anywhere else. i feel like they want it to be a social thing where people can live together so why not?

Does each house have it's own mailbox or are there a couple spread out across the neighborhood like cities?
Remains to be seen - and even if there aren't any mailboxes - wouldn't be much of an issue, as there are several toys for mail you can place if quickly needed.

Can your house have multiple floors?
When I looked at Blizzards artwork (i mean the one on the front page in battle net app, look at the wooden-castle-like building in the background just above the gryphon stable) for housing I think there's a chance we could create something on-top of the base building, at least a 2nd floor.

How many customization is there for your house? Can you change the rooftype, roof color, room layout, wallpaper, floor, doors and windows etc..?
From what I've read it sounds like it could indeed be complex enough for such things. But I wouldn't expect too much of it in an overall themepark-styled mmorpg.

[MrLachyG]

So for Midnight, It's like everyone forgot just how crappy garrisons were. Yet for some reason everyone is so excited for player housing? What?


You guys really should ask for more for your 20$ a month. Like I don't know... another legion level expansion?

Boy this post aged badly

[Triceron]

No not at all. Its going to be Garrisons all over again. Schematics/manuscripts that drop and you customize your "house". A little monument that you click on to cycle between 5 different statues, a mirror that comes in 3 different designs by running dungeons. Its going to be awful. And what are you going to do... be like

HEY MAX COME SEE MY HOUSE! ITS SO COOL. Seriously... you guys should expect better.

What do you think player housing is or should be? It's being devved by the plunderstorm team, so it's not like its gonna cost you a raid tier to get.

[vilememory]

What do you think player housing is or should be? It's being devved by the plunderstorm team, so it's not like its gonna cost you a raid tier to get.

Worse, it is costing us mythic plus dungeons. We should have twice as many mythic+ dungeons available than what we currently do with three times as many affixes. But the damned casuals want housing so we are losing out on old dungeons being turned into mythic+ so we can run our +40 keys.

[enexa]

Worse, it is costing us mythic plus dungeons. We should have twice as many mythic+ dungeons available than what we currently do with three times as many affixes. But the damned casuals want housing so we are losing out on old dungeons being turned into mythic+ so we can run our +40 keys.

lol i really like your humor :thumbs up:

[Zerora]

Is there a central space where neighbors can gather?
At first I thought that'd be cool for private neighborhoods to gather for guild events or celebrate/party after raid, but I'm not sure if that's something for public ones as that space would tend to draw people away from the actual "thing" and make it feel less alive elsewhere. No?

I assume there will be a place where you can buy house upgrades, (basic) furniture etc.. Like the Garrison Architect. That could be at the central location, like square of a neighborhood.

How big is 1 housing slot? Do you have a yard?
It could work in a way like the pandaria farm; over time you can unlock more usable space (maybe via quests?) but the total amount of space you can have is fixed so there is no "accidental" overlapping of plot spaces.

Yes, i was thinking something like that as well. I used Palia as example. See above.

[enexa]

Yes, i was thinking something like that as well. I used Palia as example. See above.

Yea I see your example is definitely more elegant

Also I'd like if there's an option to switch from 3rd person to a top-down view (like in your picture, or like in Starfield), to have a better overview of what's going on. I tend to loose orientation in my own virtual base camps pretty quickly anyway, but maybe it's just hormones hh It'd definitely help out "old grannys" like me hhh

[Triceron]

Worse, it is costing us mythic plus dungeons. We should have twice as many mythic+ dungeons available than what we currently do with three times as many affixes. But the damned casuals want housing so we are losing out on old dungeons being turned into mythic+ so we can run our +40 keys.

Lol, I genuinely chuckled. Thanks for the laugh

[vilememory]

lol i really like your humor :thumbs up:

Lol, I genuinely chuckled. Thanks for the laugh

Glad I could make some people smile.

[Tiwack]

Worse, it is costing us mythic plus dungeons. We should have twice as many mythic+ dungeons available than what we currently do with three times as many affixes. But the damned casuals want housing so we are losing out on old dungeons being turned into mythic+ so we can run our +40 keys.

Where's the rush? In due time we'll have both. If you think the m+ dungeon pool is too small go petition blizz about it on their forums.

[Relapses]

Where's the rush? In due time we'll have both. If you think the m+ dungeon pool is too small go petition blizz about it on their forums.

Sir, I believe you are responding to what the children like to call sarcasm.