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ESO player Housing

10 posts · started by TheUltimateGeekX on Jul 15, 2015 · 1496 views · in General Discussion
TheUltimateGeekXJul 15, 2015
Jul 15, 2015 at 11:27 PM #1
Hello everyone, this one is here to talk about a subject that is very near and dear to my heart: Player Housing. Player housing is something that was in Skyrim and Oblivion as well as many modern MMOs like Wildstar and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Really I believe ESO could have amazing player housing if done right, and I am hoping this thread can help in coming up with ideas for the expansion (I call it an expansion but it has not been confirmed).
Just to start off the discussion I'd like to list some ideas I've seen while searching the web for similar forum posts.
1. Player Villages: Instanced areas where players could buy houses and create a thriving community of non NPCs.
2.Instanced World houses: what I mean by this is houses found throughout the world that would be instanced to make the interior customized depending on what player entered it.
3.Instanced Village houses: Same as last entry but in a village or city instead of around the world of ESO.

Personally I'm not sure what I think would fit ESO best, that's why I made a thread! What do you guys think?
Deleted UserJul 16, 2015
Jul 16, 2015 at 05:01 AM #2
I think that maybe having instanced houses would work well. Probably what I'd like to see would be more houses added to all the little villages and places you pass. Flesh them out with more houses and buildings and make them seem more like small villages rather than three huts out in the middle of no where with a few npcs. In this situation a place like Vulkwasten might have more treehouses. some possibly built up higher on trees, or maybe just a few extra huts built down the path a little on the north side before you get to the mammoths or the thunder bug things. there could be even just 3 or 4 extra buildings, not a huge thing. but then those would be instanced player houses, so whoever walked in, that would be their house.

the ownership could be handled by just having an npc in each town who was the local property person, and you would purchase the house through him, thus gaining access to it. Another thing is that maybe you could bring another player with you to see your house if they grouped with you as leader. that would decide the house instance you entered.

over all I don't think it would need much. maybe a couple extra houses plopped around, and an npc, or even just a few extra lines of dialogue added to an existing town npc.
TheUltimateGeekXJul 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 at 07:00 PM #3
That is along the lines of what I mostly hear and is also what I personally think would work best. What do you think about customization of the interior?
ElridgeJul 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 at 08:56 PM #4
I would like to see instanced single housing. I like the idea of having a village but at the same time, the more houses in a single area, the less you can do to each house and be able to customize your own home.

I'd like the houses to be as customizable as possible, with purpose, such as storage, variety of interactable objects, maybe a training room where you can test your DPS against dummies/archery targets, crafting tables.

To fit as much customization as possible though, I think it would have to be single housing instances. Otherwise a group of houses in the open world or even in a residential area of sorts, seems like too much to be heavily customizable and add utility to them.

(btw they did confirm that it would happen, just not anytime soon haha)
granted they confirmed it ages ago on a episode of ESO Live, and they can change their mind at any point xD

Edited Jul 23, 2015 at 09:05 PM by 0

TheUltimateGeekXJul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 04:22 PM #5
Yeah I think I know the confirm you are talking about and I also really like the dps practice idea I would have never thought of that
RoseheadJul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 04:44 PM #6
I think they should vamp up all of the towns. In other words they should change some things, make them seem more like towns, a few more npc houses, make a few instanced houses to buy, put RP CLOTHING shops in. Maybe a way to get your clothing styled or cleaned up since the ones that are found are rather dirty. (there's a thread for the unique clothing, and on there are 2 pics of clothing in game done with a special art design on them) On this note they should also add a way to dye your weapons. Add the missing emotes. Pretty much an RP update.

I would also be happy if i could make my own clothing at a loom (and other fabric making/using stuff) myself, something that could be a player house only thing. And if they did that you may also be able to make things to hang in said instanced house, like player guild banners, npc guild banners, curtains for windows, or like stuff to put on nightstands and tables, like tablecloths. Stuff that is more home based that you wouldn't make at a crafting station.

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Deleted UserJul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 07:53 PM #7
*coughBARBERcough*

But seriously. I want to change my hairstyle and color. Not my face or body, but just my hair and color would be great. And beard.
RoseheadJul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 08:34 PM #8
Yes how did i forget that i knew there was another shop that was missing that we were promised. Also tattooists are something else that we were told we'd have.
Deleted UserJul 24, 2015
Jul 24, 2015 at 09:23 PM #9
I also want the ability to have bleach white skin and green hair.
TheUltimateGeekXJul 26, 2015
Jul 26, 2015 at 03:32 PM #10
^^^^^^