Dear OP,
Just because you can’t imagine why people would want player housing, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be something people would enjoy. I would not consider garrisons to be player housing at all. If it is done correctly, it would be something many people would enjoy (even those who never thought they would).
I’m not especially interested in Player Housing, but i would enjoy having a project/system to slowly work on and add to as the expansions come and go. Ultimately I’m sick of disposable content and expansions that may as well be thrown in the dumpster when the expansion’s over. I think something garrison/MoP farm related that could be added to and customized as the expansions roll on would be great.
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I have MOLL-E and Katy Stampwhistle.
I have a brutosaur.
I have Jeeves.
/mount Grand Expedition Yak
You got me there. I need a barber mount.
I’d just stay in my garrison like I do now. 
Garrison it is!
You literally cannot stop me. You won’t catch me in town unless I’m gettin’ my hair did.
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Where in did I say that the things I listed wouldn’t prevent player created options. It was a macrobanning of all activities. Take your straws somewhere else.
No such thing.
Why are you playing a MMORPG, then?
I don’t entirely not roleplay, but it’s minimal and is just me playing out my character really. I don’t talk with others much or act out scenarios as such.
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I don’t know what “take your straws” means, but I don’t take anything anywhere but my garrison because I don’t have to. I already have complete privacy with all the amenities of any major city (minus a barber shop). Many people enjoy this situation. The hill you’re trying to die on is the site of a battle lost long ago. That ship has sailed, sunk, and already been scavenged by James Cameron in his little submarine.
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Garrisons were garbage. Sure. But other games have had good housing. The best part of Wildstar was the housing. It had fairly limited gameplay uses, was a nice place to show off in game collectibles, was amazing for building RP locations, and was fun for people who like the whole “interior decorator” aspect of games like Animal Crossing.
Garrisons had almost none of the good parts of successful player housing systems while pushing harder on the aspects that forced you to be in your house.
Can’t have that so called rpg you think this game should be if everyone is in their own self-sufficient island.
Garrisons should and should have had trade chat turned off back at WoD launch.
Sure you can. I do the majority of my role-playing with one or two people in a private setting. Public role-play can be alright, but it’s generally not that immersive and js rife with distractions. A good RPG allows you to express yourself through your character and the things you are able to acquire, collect, and customize. WoW does that, and all without me having to participate in your public community.
Besides, Shreds is a serial-murdering psychopath and cannot express himself in public settings without my account getting reported.
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I didn’t realize I had to put on my robe and wizard hat whenever I booted up Elden Ring or Witcher 3.
Once player housing is implemented, it’s obvious what those players will ask for next: Farming Simulator.
It’s no use reasoning someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into.
I find myself answering in a similar fashion when I mention how I don’t do group content and people ask me “tHeN wHy ArE yOu PlAyInG a MMOrpg!?!?”
If people feel that they can criticize my misanthropic playstyle because the genre contains the letters “MMO,” then I reserve the right to criticize people who don’t role-play because the genre contains the letters “RPG.”
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I mean, RP’ing is intrinsically group content so…
Sometimes. I’d say about 60-65% of my role-playing is done alone for my own amusement/entertainment.
When I do find worthy role-players, it is indeed a group writing project, and I enjoy collaborations in that context, although I don’t believe I’ve ever found a quality role-playing contact within the game itself. I always have to arrange for them to come to my server initially and then they have to enjoy playing there enough to stick around.
I almost prefer role-playing with just the NPCs who serve me these days. At least I can rely on them to remain consistent from one day to the next.
I look forward to better companion AI in the future so that, perhaps, we can simulate the social aspect of WoW adequately to comfortably partition each player away from most other players, populating the world primarily with convincing NPCs that only seem like real players. But there would be an occasional real player, so you’d never know for sure.
I think that would be ideal because it would give you the best of both worlds. Less competition, fewer trolls to deal with, and roughly the same social experience you’re already having.
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go play a different game that has played housing. they almost always do it better than WoW.
now think about what you’ve done you rapscallion you
Player housing sounds like a nice idea in theory but it doesnt seem like itll be practical to actually do from a dev time to player engagement standpoint. There are some players who im sure would be over the moon for it and spend tons of time on it, the general playerbase from my observations would likely play with it for a few hours and then itll collect dust. Another thing ive noticed is that some player housing advocates have lots of ideas as to how houses should work and any slight deviation from that will cause them to drop it and say that its not TRUE player housing because you cant build a house in vashjir and stack chairs infinitely.
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Except the Garrison system lacks what player housing needs, which is the ability to CUSTOMIZE it. We have seen several successful MMOs out there that do player housing well enough that it is its own end game. And with our various crafting system/our propensity to collect stuff it would easily interact well with crafting/raiding/pve in general.
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That sounds like a blast actually.
Also, love the mog! That set looks awesome on BElf males especially. But the shades and tattoo color really tie it up.
Oh, and you win the internet with your use of misanthropic.
Bravo.
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