Searching for a house

Who actually HAS 15 houses? I tried a few times to assemble some housing for a player run town between me and maybe 2 other people and it was a nightmare having even close to that many houses. It was a great burden lifted when I soldl/re-deed excess properties after giving up on that idea.

Small and medium sized housing spots are still pretty common if you look... seems like anything above a villa is harder to find but i believe there might be a few L shape spots somewhere.

Thing is, this complaint only comes up because people want something bigger than a tower and can't (subjective) have it. So I think it's just a tired conversation. I've been placing two story and bricks on regular basis and selling them at near-deed price. Those are a hard sell as is, but what more do ya need? ZZZzzzzz

I don't know a single person who does. I don't doubt there are a few people, but most people hate refreshing. Even when I idoc'd, we churned houses fast enough to never even get close to 15.

It irks me a bit knowing a few people own real nice houses and keep them empty, and knowing they don't play or play somewhere else but keep refreshing here, but that's just part of the game I guess. Even the most rabid of refreshers slip up every now and then and accidentally let it fall.

*old man voice* In my day.... some 15 / 16 years ago, housing was filled as far as the eye could see.... ne'ry a small house could be placed anywhere... and that's in Felucca too! Why, you'd pay almost a half million or more to get a small in the middle of a swamp surrounded by pk's...

Yeah, these aren't issues that should stop people from enjoying themselves.

I have a small tower and that's all I need. I can afford far larger but I don't NEED it.

What I'm more concerned about isn't the size of the house but the prime locations that just sit stagnant and unused when they could be opportunities for new players to set up vendors or actually put some use to sought after locations. Not have those prime houses refreshed and unused because a player has 3 keeps as his main homes (exaggeration, hopefully) or doesn't play hardly at all anymore.

And how is that concern solved by 1 account/1 house?
A. What would the proposed mechanic change that would stop people from going inactive and just logging in to refresh their 3 prime houses?
B. What would the proposed mechanic do to stop friends of the inactive player refreshing the prime houses for them?
C. What would the proposed mechanic do to disallow ACTIVE players the ability to own prime houses and refresh them but according to you, "sit stagnant and unused".

I understand this goes against all that you stand for in this game and your frustration with my posts is cute...


However let's say for example...you have a keep on ice isle, a tower near the hedge maze, a mining house north of Brit, a house near yew liches, and a vendor house.

Pick 3. That's how it would change the dynamic of housing.

Buuuut, that's over your head.

The problem here is that there is a ton of free space for small houses on main roads and around moongates, and nobody seems to be setting up vendors (unfortunately).

Clearly I'm the frustrated one, as you continue to make personal attacks.

Alright, I picked 3, the keep on ice isle, the mining house north of brit, and a vendor house and they aren't for sale. @PaddyOBrien bought my house near yew liches and the hedge maze tower and they aren't for sale.

You and shadowjack are still complaining in the forums about not being able to buy said houses and want to change the mechanics again!

I've been doing some running around and I am not seeing space for a Villa or similar; however, I freely admit I am not a housing pro.

Do me a favor, if you come across a space to place a Large Brick, or have one to sell near deed, please PM or IRC me. That's my desired full time home and want one.

Just placed this for you. Deed only since it was just sitting there empty. We got a real housing crisis on our hands lol.

I think you got the info you're looking for already, right?

btw... large brick has been and still is my favorite house

You got yourself a new brick house!

No offence, but if you can't find a villa spot you aren't looking very hard.

Awesome!

Yep, El Horno hooked me up! And I've always wanted a large brick. It's been my favorite too. I never liked the tower, keep, castle, etc... Plus on live servers I was always poor so. I had a log cabin once but I hated it.

Hey hey! I said I wasn't a professional house placer

If there was such a limit a real estate market wouldn't exist. There would be so much open space there would be no demand the server would appear dead.

I have also placed 5 towers in the past 3 months so if you wanted free housing its out there. Getting a keep or castle spot for free is probably a bit unrealistic.

While I initially felt 15 houses per IP was too much, I can definitely see your point. But there are probably people who have multiple castles/keeps/forts. Plus with the refresh issues, you're talking about a lot of land that is tied up and not being used. That's the only true issue. Meh. Why do I care though, your .01% problems don't really affect a poor noob like me

It usually sorts itself out... sometimes huge properties are forgotten by the pepole who don't play anymore and go idoc, like that one on the island near the Justice shrine a while back... it had been there for a very long time i think

Plus, as others said previously, there are tons of small house places. Prime spots too like on private beaches, mountain ranges, etc... The housing on this shard is quite noob friendly.

Not to mention the awesome community (See above!)

No man, I'm not and you took it as a real example when mine was hypothetical.

You made a choice to keep 3, now do that for every person on the server who has as many houses as you do in prime locations... and it turns into an open market for useful houses again.

I'll await your reply that has little to do with the content of my post and only pushes your measage.

Cheers.