Customizable Player Homes?

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Posted by: AwesomeMSE.4902

AwesomeMSE.4902

Q:

I am sorry if this has been talked about already, but looking up “Player Homes” in the search function doesn’t yield any results, so here goes.

I know this is minor, but the first thing I noticed when I saw the Player home for my character is “Wow, this place is BIG,” Second, “There are a ton of NPCs here,” and third, “Where’s the customization menu?” I know you can add resource nodes, and the player homes are pretty well created, but I guess I’m used to some other MMO’s where you can personalize your home instance. I see ways to fix issues that could come up (Again, I’m just a player, so I know nothing about the engine of the game):

Too much data on the server: I’m not sure if this is ACTUALLY an issue, but if it does turn up, you could save the models and map file to the hard drive of the player’s computer (If it’s not already) and set the models to render at certain areas. You can set the player to localhost the home instance.

How to make the personalization appear: I answered that in the previous reason, actually.

Too much extra stuff for the devs: Oh please. They can work on Living World each month or so, and they crafted a HUGE world for us to explore. I think they could spare some time to add some relatively small map files and models.

Again, I don’t know if there’s some huge issue with this and there’s a reason you haven’t done this, but I feel like if this is my character’s house, I should at least be able to decorate it.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

There was recently an extensive CDI (Collaborative Development Initiative) on the subject of Guild Halls, with a number of side-trips into how such things could translate into personal housing. It was a thread lasting weeks.

If anything comes of that, it won’t be in a few weeks unless ANet’s been secretly laboring away at the concept and used our discussions to fine tune. And the CDI’s never promise that anything from them will be implemented at all. Still, there’s hope to be had in that the devs were willing to sink a lot of time into the thought experiment.

Check the CDI sticky at the top of this page to get a link to the thread.

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Posted by: Feirlista Xv.1425

Feirlista Xv.1425

There are several threads on this subject and it was suppose to be in the game at launch but didn’t make it, maybe some day hopfuly. With several new games out or coming out with this feature I’m hopful anet will take the time to work on this project again real soon. Hopfuly it will be the build your own type and not the cookie cutter pre fab.

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Posted by: masterJP.5048

masterJP.5048

I Hope for this

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Angela Sky , THE Guardian
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