Comments on: WoW Player Housing

By: Kieran

Kieran — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:38:57 +0000

Wow, this was some new hope for me. I’ve recently been looking into past ideas Blizzard have expressed interest in, and the idea of player housing really hooked me in, particulary as I enjoy playing on RP servers. From what I’ve read so far, it appeared as if they idea had been totally dropped.

But seeing as this is a more recent find, it looks promising!

By: Mantees

Mantees — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:41:01 +0000

Very interesting news.
Player housing is definitavely the thing that could make me go back to WoW if nothing better comes in the meantime. Until then I will stick with EVE :)

By: MMODump.com » MMOG Nation: If It’s January It Must Be Time To Burn The Crusade

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:42:27 +0000

[...] Housing – This one, at least, we know for sure is coming at some point in the future. Jeff Kaplan admitted as much: it’s not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’ Player Housing makes it into the game. (It’s semi-been there since launch; go look for the gated-off instance portal in Stormwind some time.) The reason it’s not out yet is, again, the extremely high level of quality Blizzard demands from its products. They want housing to be amazing and fun before they’ll release it. Given the release of jewelcutting with the BC expansion, it’s possible we could see a new crafting skill to deal entirely with housing items. At the very least, we’re sure to see the ability to take trophies from momentous kills, and perhaps the chance to show off our impressive loot in our homes. What will be interesting to see is whether WoW can elevate housing from a simple pleasant distraction to something with impact on your game experience. [...]

By: Saylah

Saylah — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:51:28 +0000

I hope, no I pray that you can choose any aligned faction city. My NEs always make the run to GS to level. I would HATE being stuck in elf land.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:06:24 +0000

Well … not quite ended. SWG? :)

WoW housing is almost certainly going to be instanced. To my knowlege, they have never said what the gated-up blue swirly in Stormwind is for, and I can only assume there are similar hidden troves in the other major cities.

By: darniaq

darniaq — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:53:35 +0000

/agree Ethic

Nice find!

I don’t think anyone would be surprised if housing came to WoW. It’s on the short list for broadening the mid- and endgame for any MMO, particularly the linear ones.

As long as they do it in their own instances, it’ll be fine. I know people have fears of houses on Hyjal, but the days of players building wherever they feel like ended with UO’s first expansion :)

By: Ethic

Ethic — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:18:59 +0000

Nice find, that would be very nice. Housing is one of those things I have always found enjoyable – I hope it happens.