Balsa.3951 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Anet has a nice track record of not just implementing known game mechanics (Mounts) but taking them to the next level. My suggestion Instead of individual housing let players built a city. Means players own real land in a shared map. Few sqm are free more can be bought with gems or rewarded with ap. City layout streets are designed by anet perhaps. Fun thing on it would be to see a ever growing changing city, with different seasons and day night circle. Player can design the layout of their home build walls. The outside of the house anet can let players buy with gems, but need keep a matching city feel. Thanks for read maybe other have more ideas. Edit the city can function as Eye of the north Aborstone style 2 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezbefriends.7516 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 We need people on older maps, not in houses with their clique. 5 1 1 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Balsa.3951 said: Means players own real land in a shared map. Few sqm are free more can be bought with gems or rewarded with ap. City layout streets are designed by anet perhaps. Fun thing on it would be to see a ever growing changing city, with different seasons and day night circle. Seems like a huge resource investment for little-to-no actual gameplay value in return. Not only that, but if you want an actual city of players by players, it seems only the outskirts will be able to buy more land since the ones in the middle will already be surrounded by other players' buildings. Grand idea that's next to impossible to implement as far as I understand. 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsa.3951 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 Just now, Sobx.1758 said: Seems like a huge resource investment for little-to-no actual gameplay value in return. Not only that, but if you want an actual city of players by players, it seems only the outskirts will be able to buy more land since the ones in the middle will already be surrounded by other players' buildings. Grand idea that's next to impossible to implement as far as I understand. Can always build high. Game play like I said its comparable with Aborstone or Eye of the North. A gamehub with something extra 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Balsa.3951 said: Can always build high. I don't see how that responds to -or generally changes in any way- what I said. 1 minute ago, Balsa.3951 said: Game play like I said its comparable with Aborstone or Eye of the North. A gamehub with something extra So something we already have in the game. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsa.3951 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Sobx.1758 said: I don't see how that responds to -or generally changes in any way- what I said. So something we already have in the game. In fact it does think a little 1 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vares.8457 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 no thanks, sound boring. We already have home instance and guild halls. 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, Balsa.3951 said: In fact it does think a little Connect the dots for me. I'm saying "Not only that, but if you want an actual city of players by players, it seems only the outskirts will be able to buy more land since the ones in the middle will already be surrounded by other players' buildings. Grand idea that's next to impossible to implement as far as I understand." and you're respnding with "you can build up!". It doesn't change anything about the limitation and clear design flaw I was talking about. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsa.3951 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Sobx.1758 said: Connect the dots for me. I'm saying "Not only that, but if you want an actual city of players by players, it seems only the outskirts will be able to buy more land since the ones in the middle will already be surrounded by other players' buildings. Grand idea that's next to impossible to implement as far as I understand." and you're respnding with "you can build up!". It doesn't change anything about the limitation and clear design flaw I was talking about. If everyone can only build high. I know new ideas always get critic here thats ok. Comments like we already have that forget we also head Main cities before eye of the north and after that we got Aborstone. Are they so useless and boring too? Edited January 12, 2023 by Balsa.3951 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Balsa.3951 said: If everyone can only build high Ah, so the mention that the locked-in players "can always build high" was in fact backing out of the idea of players being able to buy more land. I still don't like the concept, as you see it's -as I previously said- a grand idea that's not exactly well thought out and doesn't make much of a return in terms of gameplay value. Edited January 12, 2023 by Sobx.1758 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsa.3951 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Sobx.1758 said: Ah, so the mention that the locked-in players "can always build high" was in fact backing out of the idea of players being able to buy more land. Maybe u can do both im not a dev its just a suggestion for the devs. Not here to debate with u on details. U have a idea to add or just critic other pols idea up to u Im more a fan of ideas 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Balsa.3951 said: Maybe u can do both im not a dev its just a suggestion for the devs. Not here to debate with u on details. U have a idea to add or just critic other pols idea up to u Im more a fan of ideas Yes, I'm aware I can either like the idea or dislike the idea. In this case I pretty clearly dislike it and I pointed out how the basis of your "city made by players" concept plays against itself by incentivizing players to NOT settle next to each other, so their "potential future land expansion" isn't forever blocked by other players. 4 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 How exactly is this supposed to work with instancing? You live in a city where you built your fancy Human aristocratic mansion with servants and a stable full of not-horses, then when you visit it the next time... that land plot is a run down hovel filled with Charr roleplayers sleeping 23h a day. I rather liked the way you could build your own houses in Archeage and farm the land (well except the whole tax thing forcing you spend all the time and coin you had to keep it). But it only really works under a single world system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco.9302 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 terrible idea. would be a huge waste of resources for the 3 people who want to play the sims to have housing. if you want to build/customise your own personal space create a private guild with GH 1 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Min.5834 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Very, very, VERY few players are interested in building or decorating stuff in the game . Go check out your guild halls and see for yourself. Your idea will need a lot of resources to implement yet no or very, very, VERY little monetary gain for ANet. Same for guild hall improvements and WvW, hence they are neglected or given very, very, VERY little attention all these years. 4 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarius.9285 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Balsa.3951 said: Are they so useless and boring too? yes. besides entering strikes and the exp boost, there's no way for that insane amount of hubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Yet another housing thread? Sigh. No thank you. I would rather Anet spend their resources elsewhere. 6 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anninke.7469 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Would this mean shift from fashion wars to real estate wars? First come first serve system for getting land? I think I'd still prefer to have my instanced personal airship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuzuru.3651 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The history of MMO have proven multiple times that this is not a good idea. Did you see the fashion wars fiesta with infusion-staking walking nova and other debatable fashion style? Now imagine that as a city, trust me, you don't want to see that. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Shuzuru.3651 said: Did you see the fashion wars fiesta with infusion-staking walking nova and other debatable fashion style? Now imagine that as a city, trust me, you don't want to see that. But Cyberpunk looks pretty great? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul.9651 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Idk maybe someone already said this but its the same as with mounts. People were against it and with PoF anet made something unique and added them Into the game. Same with housing, maybe anet could create a unique style of housing aswell or honestly just rework the current home instances its either useless place now where people dont even bother to go or a node farm where most materials you get has such a minimal value.. like how much gold does full home instance harvesting even give you? Few gold maybe not even that??? Less than a gold? If you you convert it Into the gold ofc and if u have all of those harvesting nodes. Like compare the profit you getting from the harvesting to how much it costs to even get all the nodes. Its just a scam and a waste of gold and it just need an absolute rework, the whole current housing system.. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotTooFoolish.7412 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 minute ago, soul.9651 said: where most materials you get has such a minimal value Think of it long term and as a way to skip visiting LW maps to farm the currency in there. It gives you the opportunity to do other stuff in game if you don't have much time to play the game each day. Ez hop into home instance, harvest some stuff in 5-10 mins, move onto whatever else you like to do e.g. Raids, Strikes, Fractals... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul.9651 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, NotTooFoolish.7412 said: Think of it long term and as a way to skip visiting LW maps to farm the currency in there. It gives you the opportunity to do other stuff in game if you don't have much time to play the game each day. Ez hop into home instance, harvest some stuff in 5-10 mins, move onto whatever else you like to do e.g. Raids, Strikes, Fractals... Reaaallllyyy looong term.. and thats just for map currencies.. for crafting materials its straight up useless since you mentioned strikes raids and fracts where u gonna get enough gold for all materials you need or materials themselfs aswell and at that point i just dont see how any harvesting nodes even can be usefull(ores like mithril and other materials used in crafting ). Most of them are just a gold sink if you dont know where to spend it.. Edited January 13, 2023 by soul.9651 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnClar.1304 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Maybe a concept of "homelike" possibilities on all maps. Like if you're out in a remote outpost, there's a place you can go/setup/unlock that would be like visiting, but across the maps. As in, I have cousins living in a remote outpost in Snowden Drifts...sure overdue to visit. Maybe the cousins would be so happy to see me, they might give me a gift for showing up...a unique boon, or buff, or item...whatever. Just some random thoughts. This might be totally impractical, but it sounds like it might be fun if it could be implemented, and it would give ppl an excuse to visit older maps and maybe find something else worthwhile to do in those maps while they are there "visiting" the cousins. Edited January 13, 2023 by AnClar.1304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsa.3951 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 14 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: Yet another housing thread? Sigh. No thank you. I would rather Anet spend their resources elsewhere. I think u keep necroinging ur old comments as well. Its a suggestion about city building, didn't saw anyone yet with that topic. But if u have a link would be great 1 1 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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