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I think what is really needed in WoW isn't so much the personal player home, but a guild-hall in the same manner that Guildwars has. A place that's effectively a private instance accessible only to members of the guild. That way the guild can have meetings, gathers, duelling etc without interruption by non-guild members.

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My big issue with implementing some kind of showcase for your housing in WoW at this point is the fact that I've already vendor sold both my hard won Dungeon 2 and Zandalar sets. :(

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I myself don't feel the need of having a place just for myself, but it is important for certain groups I'm in to have a land to meet and stuff like that, and I know many people who like having their own place to be personalized and be alone or with their partners or to have parties etc, kinda like how people do with their rl homes

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"Do you think that player housing is just a form of mini-game or time sink for trophy hunters, or do you like the idea of having a place to show off the stuff you've gathered together on your travels in your favorite world?"

The way you phrase this kind of implies that a mini-game/time sink is a bad thing. I can't see how giving players more choices is ever a bad thing. I play a bit of EQ2. I have an "Inn Room" that I don't do much with. My girlfriend, though, has a huge house that she works hard at, both to maintain (rent fees) and to decorate. She plays a lot more EQ2 than me, and loves the housing.

I just don't see how it can be seen as a 'bad thing' except in terms of development costs. Like I said, I'm all for player choice. Give us housing.

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Yeah, but these games are all about time sinks, aren't they?

I guess that's my point...

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Uhh, Massively just ate my comment. :(

Player and guild housing good. Bring new people who like to decorate houses to MMO. People work hard to decorate houses. Me like houses with inside AND outside. Neighborhood instancing only solution.

Me want to use conquered monster shield as kitchen table and have dragon-scale siding on house. Yay!

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I think player housing is really good for a certain sub-set of players, but isn't needed in every game.

I usually have no use whatsoever for housing. However, the only exception to that would be UO. I had 2 houses in UO (one with a totally amazing location, the other with a bad loc but it was huge). I had tons of fun getting certain bits to spruce it up.

I think that was a good feature to have for UO. I was also an avid WoW player, but if they implemented housing there, I don't think I'd care. The game is just a different animal, approaching the genre from a different angle. Would some people froth at the mouth for it? Sure. But the fact that I loved it in UO but wouldn't care at all in WoW tells me that there's something different about games, and that they don't (and shouldn't) all offer the same features.

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I'd love player housing as long as I can give my house goblin wallpaper. Now all I have to do is decide between Everlook wallpaper and Area 52 wallpaper...

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