Comments on: Housing Glut? http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jezebeau http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24773 Jezebeau Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:45:53 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24773 I dunno, Heartless. While EQ2 had *much* more versatile furniture/decoration placement, the instanced homesteads are actually really nice. They've got a great look and give people a space to call their own without requiring suburbs equivalent in size to several zones. It keeps runs through housing areas fairly short (exception: 6 Waterbank Road, Falathlorn. ~4-5 minutes from the neighbourhood entrance, but the view...) I dunno, Heartless. While EQ2 had *much* more versatile furniture/decoration placement, the instanced homesteads are actually really nice. They’ve got a great look and give people a space to call their own without requiring suburbs equivalent in size to several zones. It keeps runs through housing areas fairly short (exception: 6 Waterbank Road, Falathlorn. ~4-5 minutes from the neighbourhood entrance, but the view…)

]]> By: Saylah http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24769 Saylah Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:57:49 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24769 Empty towns can be discouraging to new/trail players. I know seeing empty EQ2 towns kept me from actually buying the game for a long time. I didn't expect a WOW-like population but wandering around ghost towns wasn't very encouraging. As long as their conscious of the negative aspects hopefully, they'll force players to forgo the small conveniences for the greater good of sustaining the game population Empty towns can be discouraging to new/trail players. I know seeing empty EQ2 towns kept me from actually buying the game for a long time. I didn’t expect a WOW-like population but wandering around ghost towns wasn’t very encouraging.

As long as their conscious of the negative aspects hopefully, they’ll force players to forgo the small conveniences for the greater good of sustaining the game population

]]> By: Captian Wonder http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24734 Captian Wonder Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24734 Ethic the hobbit house is pretty cool. I like the idea of owning my own place, and having storage areas to toss extra gear is a bonus. One thing I always wondered, and the talk re: Star Wars Galaxies brought it back, was that you have these great cities and towns in the game, but as you mentioned they aren't used. In Star Wars there was NOTHING going on in towns except people heading to the starport or cantinas. The most interesting towns were player towns where all the vendors etc etc were. In CoH the city is pretty much a wasteland between missions...in UO there was some pretty cool buildings in Britain and the towns, but they were just there for show. My Idea: Why not sell the housing (at least some) in town to players and guilds. One could perhaps actually live in Archet or Bree or Hobbiton where ever there were open houses. Then they would get some good use out of all the fancy graphics of the town. Bree is pretty big and most of it isnt really used. Players could then pay New York or London property values for the premium spaces, and the game towns would spring to life. If the fancy places filled up, or a player wants less hustle and bustle, one would have the option of moving out to the instanced suburbs where anyone can purchase an affordable house of their dreams. Ethic the hobbit house is pretty cool. I like the idea of owning my own place, and having storage areas to toss extra gear is a bonus.

One thing I always wondered, and the talk re: Star Wars Galaxies brought it back, was that you have these great cities and towns in the game, but as you mentioned they aren’t used. In Star Wars there was NOTHING going on in towns except people heading to the starport or cantinas. The most interesting towns were player towns where all the vendors etc etc were. In CoH the city is pretty much a wasteland between missions…in UO there was some pretty cool buildings in Britain and the towns, but they were just there for show.

My Idea:
Why not sell the housing (at least some) in town to players and guilds. One could perhaps actually live in Archet or Bree or Hobbiton where ever there were open houses. Then they would get some good use out of all the fancy graphics of the town. Bree is pretty big and most of it isnt really used. Players could then pay New York or London property values for the premium spaces, and the game towns would spring to life. If the fancy places filled up, or a player wants less hustle and bustle, one would have the option of moving out to the instanced suburbs where anyone can purchase an affordable house of their dreams.

]]> By: Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24733 Ethic Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:13:04 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24733 I did finally get the house I wanted so look for an upcoming post detailing the features and failures. I did finally get the house I wanted so look for an upcoming post detailing the features and failures.

]]> By: Heartless_ http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24731 Heartless_ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:03:17 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24731 Ultima Online spoiled a lot of veterans on housing, because everyone is so anti-instanced housing now. I don't think there has been a good housing system since SWG and UO before it. But even then, SWG and UO had horrible urban sprawl issues. So, this makes me just hope for instanced housing in the future ala EQ2. Ultima Online spoiled a lot of veterans on housing, because everyone is so anti-instanced housing now. I don’t think there has been a good housing system since SWG and UO before it. But even then, SWG and UO had horrible urban sprawl issues. So, this makes me just hope for instanced housing in the future ala EQ2.

]]> By: Julian http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24728 Julian Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:08:19 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24728 About time they did something to handle those 4 million characters. About time they did something to handle those 4 million characters.

]]> By: Nicodemus http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24724 Nicodemus Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:11:58 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24724 Man, I love static content! This sounds like a GREAT implementation of player housing! Really! Login queues? Does that mean more players, or the servers were toned down to make the login queue kick up with fewer players (making it *seem* like more players). Hrm, one wonders. Man, I love static content! This sounds like a GREAT implementation of player housing! Really!

Login queues? Does that mean more players, or the servers were toned down to make the login queue kick up with fewer players (making it *seem* like more players).

Hrm, one wonders.

]]> By: Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24723 Ethic Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:01:20 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/25/housing-glut/#comment-24723 OMG, login queues! OMG, login queues!

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