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Housing, What games do this well?

IamLightningIamLightning Member Posts: 93
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^ What games currently out, have a good housing system, or even one at all? Is there any newer generation MMO's that have this feature?
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  • RedcorRedcor Member Posts: 426
    I think Aion does now as far as a newer one. Guild Wars 2 is planning on it from what I hear.

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  • Professor78Professor78 Member UncommonPosts: 611

    EQ2 had a decent housing system, including for a guild.

    But by far imo RIFT has the most amazing housing system (called dimentions) to date. Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of available items, and you can construct whatever you can thnk if (like building blocks).

    Check out some youtube vids.

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  • RedcorRedcor Member Posts: 426
    Ahh. Forgot about Rifts new system. Its sounds pretty sweet.

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  • slickbizzleslickbizzle Member Posts: 464
    I liked Lord of the Rings housing.  The way the neighborhoods were set up was pretty cool.
  • nyxiumnyxium Member UncommonPosts: 1,345
    Lord of the Rings Online is cosy neighborhood nice. I like it. I hear Turbine are making it even better soon.
  • McGamerMcGamer Member UncommonPosts: 1,073
    Rift's housing is only for end-game players and is extremely expensive to buy and furnish. I lost interest in Rift due to that restricted content and the anti-social nature of the community there.
  • NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798

    EQ2 has instanced player housing

    its very easy for players to accessorize especially if you choose carpenter tradeskill

     

    doing seasonal and monthly city events also reward tokens for buying furniture off npcs

     

    with the upcoming April patch,

    EQ2 players will be able sell their housing designs to other players via marketplace w Player Studio

    http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/player-studio-housing/

     

    Wildstar, releasing later this year, will offer player housing

    http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/16193/20130326/wildstar-mmo-gameplay-preview-player-housing-revealed.htm

     

     

     

    EQ2 fan sites

  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    EQ2, UO, Puzzle Pirates and EVE Online seem to have housing systems that work well within the game world, have relevance to gameplay and offer a decent amount of features/functionality beyond just a pretty place to store crap.

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  • DamonVileDamonVile Member UncommonPosts: 4,818
    I haven't seen a good system since SWG. I'm interested in seeing what wildstar does with it. The open world house is the best system but how they'll deal with the problems swg had ( inactive accounts and space ) are still up in the air.
  • Ice-QueenIce-Queen Member UncommonPosts: 2,483
    Ultima Online and DAOC had nice housing. You can have merchants to sell your goods.

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  • AvanahAvanah Member RarePosts: 1,627
    Originally posted by McGamer
     I lost interest in Rift due to that restricted content and the anti-social nature of the community there.

    Every MMO has what you stated.

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  • mustang2750mustang2750 Member UncommonPosts: 34
    DAOC has the best housing but the game isn't popular enough anymore for that to matter.
  • UOvetUOvet Member Posts: 514
    Originally posted by DamonVile
    I haven't seen a good system since SWG. I'm interested in seeing what wildstar does with it. The open world house is the best system but how they'll deal with the problems swg had ( inactive accounts and space ) are still up in the air.

    They're housing is instanced so no worry. I'll be watiing for The Repopulation when it comes to housing.

  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424

    @ Tayah  I remember that video in your signature.  The one about your daoc characters still being connected to the server when you're not there,  it's hilarious XD

     

    Anyways, my vote would be DAoC because it was so much fun to throw parties at your house or guild house.  And you had to make it like a job if you wanted the bigger houses.  I can't count the amount of gold I spent on my big house...too bad it's no longer there probably, since I quit playing a couple of years back when Rift came out.

     

    Speaking of Rift, thier new housing system is awesome.  I love how customizable it is.  It is expensive, but it is fun.

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  • FromHellFromHell Member Posts: 1,311

    Age of Conan, love the guild city building and the decoration system is offering endless possibilities

    http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=163025

    http://youtu.be/2xIOczq_zBQ

    http://youtu.be/XnC98FGji88

     

    the best housing ever was in SWG, but unfortunately that is history, thank you Bioware, EA and Lucasarts

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  • free2playfree2play Member UncommonPosts: 2,043
    Originally posted by mustang2750
    DAOC has the best housing but the game isn't popular enough anymore for that to matter.

    DAoC was a good game too. If any Game earned a sequal, it's DAoC. The engine is just outdated. I know there will be arguments to the contrary but if I complained that I couldn't do 'stuff' on the internet because I refuse to stop using Windows 98SE people would think I was nucts. Yet, DAoC is a 98SE era game.

  • WolfenprideWolfenpride Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,988

    I liked the way EQ2 did it. A small apartment is given and affordable right from the start, and getting it decorated wasn't to expensive/grindy. Not a whole lot of showing off to go on with everything being instanced, but it was a nice little player base I guess.

    Dark age of Camelot had neat housing as well, but it was very expensive and I was never able to afford one.

     

     

  • strangiato2112strangiato2112 Member CommonPosts: 1,538
    top 3 of all time are easily SWG, UO and EQ2, in whichever order you want to put them in.  Rift is probably #4 now.
  • GGrimmGGrimm Member Posts: 49
    Originally posted by slickbizzle
    I liked Lord of the Rings housing.  The way the neighborhoods were set up was pretty cool.

    I always felt like it was a mistake to go in the direction of instanced neighborhoods for LotRO. It took people out of the towns (ex. Bree) that would have benefitted from the additional activity created by instanced appartments/housing within the town.

    That being said, I did think their implementation of the neighborhoods was well done.

  • StanlyStankoStanlyStanko Member UncommonPosts: 270
    Originally posted by strangiato2112
    top 3 of all time are easily SWG, UO and EQ2, in whichever order you want to put them in.  Rift is probably #4 now.

    YEP!

     

  • purewitzpurewitz Member UncommonPosts: 489

    I know the game had its rough spots, but SWG had the best housing system when it was out. Its ashame no other game has tried to copy that housing system and/or city system. I really miss having player made cities in games with player made houses in the open world. Plus I miss being able to just walk into my house without having to loading into my house in a game.  Anyone who has played SWG or a game with a similar housing system, knows what I'm talking about.

    So to answer you question, no game right now does housing well.

    When we get back from where we are going, we will return to where we were. I know people there!

  • velmaxvelmax Member UncommonPosts: 224
    Originally posted by McGamer
    Rift's housing is only for end-game players and is extremely expensive to buy and furnish. I lost interest in Rift due to that restricted content and the anti-social nature of the community there.

    Rift housing is not for end-game, i can have a house at level 6.

  • VorthanionVorthanion Member RarePosts: 2,749
    I preferred the way housing was done in Star Wars Galaxies and Vanguard:  Saga of Heroes.  I also liked the way they did instanced neighborhoods in Lord of the Rings Online, Dark Age of Camelot and EverQuest I.  Housing within the game world is my preference over any other.

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  • VorthanionVorthanion Member RarePosts: 2,749
    Originally posted by DamonVile
    I haven't seen a good system since SWG. I'm interested in seeing what wildstar does with it. The open world house is the best system but how they'll deal with the problems swg had ( inactive accounts and space ) are still up in the air.

    Planetary zones were so huge, I don't remember space ever being an issue where player towns were concerned.

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