What kind of house do you want?

[Fish]

I often wonder about some of the finer points of why anybody would want to own their own place in a role-playing game.  Sure it?s always nice to have your own pad however the question always remains why?

This is one of those issues that I see either way.  Just having a residence isn?t good enough you actually need a gaming advantage or why would anybody bother.

Here are some reasons why it?s a waste of time having your own residence.
One reason in real life is it?s a place to sleep.  In game time I doubt anybody is going to give any serious consideration to their character sleeping away while they stare at the screen.
Another reason for having your own residence is having a place to cook food.  Although cooking has been stated to be a skill maybe even a trade skill buying an entire house or apartment to learn this seems like quite a lot
it?s a place to put your belongings.  Most people in role-playing games don?t exactly buy couches and other furniture.  They?re more into armor and swords, sometimes poisoning things.

Here are some reasons why you might just what your own residence.
It includes storefront.  A place you can hire an NPC to sell for you.
You?re really serious about your trade skill and need facilities.
You?ve got a lot of belongings and require space to store it.

So I really doubt people just want a house or apartment.  They?re going to need something they can do something in.

So another question is what does property ownership mean.  Do you own a piece of paper like a title?  Do you have a key that allows you into certain rooms?  Can you have the key duplicated so that your friends can enter?

So please go ahead and post the following information.  What you would want in your house and how would you prove it is your house.  This could also include a place of business.

And then how would you sell your house to buy a larger one or different one.  After somebody bought it how would you know that it is no longer your house but somebody else?s.

[roguewolftamer]

im too tired to read ur post but i want player housing, i want to be able to add rooms to it and such, and through ONLY in-game money, and the additions i dunno how they\'d do it, like add it on through editting the house or whatever, or if they can just have it added in the game without updates, but as long as i can store stuff in my house, easily recall to it, and maybe have a merchant NPC outside the house so when u lock ur house (hopefully) u can turn ur merchant NPC on after stocking him with sellables and he\'ll sell to anyone who wants to buy from him, i think this would be really handy for all players

[Xelon]

Originally posted by Fish
One reason in real life is it?s a place to sleep.  In game time I doubt anybody is going to give any serious consideration to their character sleeping away while they stare at the screen.

isn\'t that what people do in the sims? and the like

[Moogie]

Argh... this forum ate my long reply...


Yes, that\'s what you do with Sims, but thank god you can leave them and do other things and even dramatically speed up time while they sleep. But you simply can\'t do something like that in a MMORPG.

[Monketh]

You have many good points fish.
I think the only \'real\' reasons ppl want player-housing is the \'rp\' & \'cool\' factors...

[Moogie]

Yes, that\'s something I wrote about at first before I got the dreaded \"Page Not Found\"... Most people would only spend such huge amounts to buy a house simply as a status symbol. Owning your own little place on the map in a MMORPG is a way of saying \"look at me, I can afford something this big!\"

Of course houses have other uses... but there\'s nothing you could do in a house that you couldn\'t do somewhere else in the game, and for alot less money.

[Kiern]

Simply to throw the fact in other less fortunate people\'s faces...what else?

[druke]

honestly i would try to get a small hut (or dug-out hobbit hole like) dwelling in a forest where i could practice my arts in peace, i would have some kind of gate to take me to the AO tower but i woul mostly stay aorund my home

[snow_RAveN]

when i get rich iam gonna buy some house and rent rooms out (is that gonna happen ?) so ill get extra cash

[Caldazar]

I want my own little town, yay.

[Xordan]

My house:

I wanna HUGE fortress with walls about 500m high, all black, with about 1000 bedrooms, countless dining halls etc. My own big barracks, training grounds, smithys.
Basically a town inside giant walls. I want big towers, with 1000\'s of npc guards patrolling.  
It most likly won\'t happen.... but it\'d be gr8.

Oh, and to prove it\'s mine I\'m gonna have my name painted on the wall...

[loan]

well..i also want a hobbit hole!...But how will planeshift support all houses?Ex. if all players in the whole game wants a house...Planeshift must become RELLY huge!

[Moogie]

Like I said, housing will be expensive. It may also have to be approved by a GM, and buildings can only be constructed in certain areas.

[Drilixer]

alright, I want a Roman style house like this:






http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html

The above link shows a diagram of a Roman house.

Of course I\'d have to replace that ugly garden with a Japanese rock garden - and substitute a whole shite load of crystals for the rocks to keep my little kran happy.

[Icefalcon]

I dont know if i want a house...im thinkin my guild HQ will be enough for me. Yup, the Mercenary Guild HQ will be seen for miles...big, strong fortress