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Moe_Nox  Title: In Moe We Trust
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Registered: 2007-2-4 12:17:56
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Yeah it really was. Fantastic concepts, but horrible implementation. It went free to play for a long time and eventually became renamed, repackaged, and profitable.
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ZigmundZag Title: Grammar Nazi
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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Yukishiro1 posted:
SWG had the best housing I've seen. You would wander out into the tatooine desert and stumble upon whole massive cities in the desert, complete with elected mayors, public buildings, guild halls, whatever else you can think of.
I was about to mention SWG as having a really good housing system. It was also helpful that houses were crafted instead of purchased, though it did mean that the uberguilds were powerleveling their crafters early in the game to make their halls for them.
The whole thing collapsed on itself when the player base went away, though. I think I finally had to disable guild invites entirely because you couldn't set foot into a player-made city without getting spammed with them, complete with promises of credits and your own house for free!
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ZartanAround  Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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un-raidable housing is boring.
you shouldn't get any kind of huge benefits w/o some comparable risk.
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__Bonk__  Posts: 5,122
Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
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They just dont figure it adds much to the game. In most cases it doesnt. The only housing that needs to be added to any game is guild housing for guild meetings and it should be instanced
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Bonzoboy1 Posts: 885
Registered: 2008-8-1 18:04:29
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DemonicXH posted:
I miss houses in UO 
I miss camping falling houses in UO.
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ZartanAround Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
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Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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__Bonk__ posted:
They just dont figure it adds much to the game. In most cases it doesnt. The only housing that needs to be added to any game is guild housing for guild meetings and it should be instanced
it's good for the player experience to feel at home somewhere in a shared community.
it should be the sense of defending you home and your home tribe(s) that drive the game.
simply put, primal instinct coded into a Skinner Box = WIN.
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Bonzoboy1 Posts: 885
Registered: 2008-8-1 18:04:29
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Player housing is another time sink, it is amazing what people will enjoy in an MMORPG. I remember banksitters in UO they would outfit themselves in some of the best, most rare, nicest looking gear with the nicest mounts and just sit in front of the main bank so people could look at them.
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illmyrin Posts: 705
Registered: 2001-12-25 11:52:26
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DemonicXH posted:
I miss houses in UO
I miss murdering people at their doors and changing their locks behind me.
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the_great_ontex Title: This is what cool looks like
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Registered: 2012-2-13 18:38:12
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I liked casting earthquakes into people's houses and packet injecting spells
UO was the glory days of all MMOs
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ZartanAround Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
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Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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DAOC housing had an awesome bug/feature that was soooo much fun.
one time, my son and i, trapped my brother in the basement of my house with boxes.
he flipped the f*ck out. that must be even better with people you don't know very well.
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