Houses in aion!

[Shadowlightz]

I'm game... as long as there is no cookies and cider. I have eaten way too many in the introduction section.

And as far as me having a house. I would probably have a cardboard box. I am poor on every game.

[Warggoath]

Houses I think that they are mainly used for storage but it would be cool to decorate it as you see it fit for yourself. And no Habbo system that you have to pay real money for furniture. And you could lock the door if you dont want to anyone steal anything from you...

[Aeterna]

Houses could basicly go into a lot of directions.
Quite some have been pointed out here already and I won't add anymore of those. I'll simply wait for it untill we get further information on it.

However Guild Housing could be very interesting, PvP would be a big part of Aion and this could mean that there would be guilds fighting over houses.
Ofcourse it would be great if such a guild-house gave the guild bonusses so they really become something to fight over. An example I'm thinking of is a dungeon connected to the guildhouse or for example a small exp/drop rating boost or something similar. It could prove to be alot of fun trying to protect your guild's place against other guilds.

And all that coming from someone who doesn't even like PvP that much.

[Lojik]

I love the idea of houses, i used to play AO (Anarchy Online) for about 5 years before i stopped and the housing system in there and guild cities was a realy nice way of just relaxing with your mates and chatting about stuff, or having guild auctions or just a plain party or pvp tournament. the best thing about it was you could buy furnature, lamps, pictures lots of things to outfit the house. some of the best house items would be given from events, i got a gold widescreen TV in my house that was cool.
Another thing u could do which i thought was realy cool was u could use the house as a warehouse and store all the items u dont want in the house instead of a NPC bank.

as long as the player house's dont interfear with the actual gameplay i think there a perfect place to save, store items like a warehouse, have parties and just relax. the guild house's would rule, players could come into the house meet the guild, sign up for the guild, have meetings in special rooms, have a small inhouse trade area etc etc etc. unlimited possibilities.

EDIT:
Just had a realy vivid vision :P, imagine a guild style house like the ones in oblivion (single player RPG) where you can go in and there are member rooms, trade and selling people where as a member you can place items to sell or buy items of other memebrs, a guild roster and register where u can look at the information about the guild from books, these could include information on what the guild has done like wars, tournaments etc. maybe even meeting rooms and party rooms where u can talk tactics or meet for a dungeon raid or a grinding party etc.

Just goes on and on

Lojik

[osric]

not sure if anyone else here has played Saga of Ryzom, but they have an interesting outpost system in place.

there are outposts set around the world maps that guilds can own. you initially fight npcs in a series of battle rounds to take over an outpost. once taken over these outposts can be outfitted with drills that produce xp boosters to be used by the guild and special materials used in item creation. taking an outpost from another guild requires you to schedule an attack on the outpost and fight any guild members that show up plus any npc guards they've hired. other guilds or random players can declare for one side or another.

this obviously made pvp worth something, and made brokering alliances was almost essential to taking or defending an outpost. not sure if i'd like that system exactly in aion, but something along those lines would be cool. tangible benefits for a guild owning property creates a great pvp environment.

one problem with the system was that it eventually became a stalemate. large guilds owned all the best outposts and had super powerful alliances to help them defend should anyone attack. the element of aion that could really help is the dragons. if the property ownership stagnates then the dragons could end up assaulting outposts from guilds and opening them up for others to have a shot at owning one.

os

[Fealinquen]

I think that houses will have magic locks, enchanted for owner
It will be good if there will be a tower house type. Imagine: you wake up in morning, go upstairs, stand at the top of tower and then step out the edge with wings spreading.

[osric]

that's a cool image, flying straight out the tower window, i like it

os

[Red_Bear]

I think guild halls should be large upgradable areas. You can add extra rooms on to get more bonus' such as a crafting area with a better chance of creating something special because you feel relaxed in your guild area.

[Akoni]

Originally Posted by Mark

I read that and wasn't overly excited. Houses are houses. Sure, they'll be fun to have and decorate, but that's not my reason for playing Aion. I think it's a good idea though, and I hope they do it justice.

ToA houses were gonna be nice... you decorate em make em nice and pretty even paint them... THEN I would come and DEESTROY IT MUHAHAHAHAHAH

[srinknorei]

not sure where this whole player housing thing came from, but i know that from my experience, player housing in SWG (sorry to mention that name) was incredibly unique and i think it has inspired other gaming companies to at least consider the idea, if not implement it themselves.

granted, the method employed in SWG was a nightmare and a resource drain, but the idea of having a bunch of houses owned by players in a city-like configuration was a great idea because to have your own city was a matter of pride, and if you were fairly pvp-centered you would defend your city if other players showed up. it was a show of strength and pride to send them packing if they dared to show up on your turf. it was personal.

[Akoni]

i actually respect the devs on SWG as much as i HATEM sonyonline becuase all they do is steal ideas... SWG was a big risk... alont of unique ideas and even a great customiseastion but they ran low on funds... so they had to release early that was their fall.... but as i said in another post most companies wont invest in risks.. i doubt we will see Sony EVER do that again... from what i have seen they have just runied all their games anyeways matrix used to ROCK now its just stupid SWG you can START as a JEDI!!!! it took me 5 montsh to learn the trick and become one WHAT THE HECK!! i hate companied thet bend and break to make stupid poeple who cant game happy... okay im better... night

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Akoni

ToA houses were gonna be nice... you decorate em make em nice and pretty even paint them... THEN I would come and DEESTROY IT MUHAHAHAHAHAH

Hey, if Aion was in the Crysis engine, then even castles would be fully destroyable.

[Exode]

What games have that engine in them Mark?

[Dez]

Though it is not the main reason I would play a game, housing would be a cool feature indeed. What I would like is something very customizable, like choosing inventory for your house, paint, looks, etc. It should be a place where you can just chill out after a hard day of raiding/PvP, turn on your stereo and kick back. Maybe even invite some friends? House pets would be cool too btw :P

[Crunshii]

Vanguard beta, people can build your own house anywhere you would like. only problem is if you build your house close to a enemy field, when you log off, the enemy can spot your house and trash it; you log back on, everything you had stored was destroyed.

I like the person who put different samples of housing rom diff MMO's. the most stable housing ive seen was ala FFXI, but I would like to see... if air housing would add more imagination for the dev team. Since everyone "can" Fly, that should be a option.

and a Guild housing should be able to create a Castle or so by upgrading little by little trough quests, missions, accomplishments ect ect. Something the players work hard and benefits the Guild as a whole... Then having all-break-loose Wars in order to trumble down your hardworked castle, or conquer it by other enemy NPC/ guilds...

Theres so much that can be done... I hope this reaches the Dev team, this would really help end game players accomplish more stuff to do other than just grinding or doing silly A to B quests.